3/12/2008 | NEWCASTLE legends Darby Ross and the late Dave Downie were inducted into the NSW Lawn Bowls Hall of Fame last Wednesday night.
Ross represented Australia between 1981 and 1987, winning gold and bronze medals at the 1987 Pacific Games and Hong Kong International Pairs in 1981.
3/12/2008 | CHARLESTOWN Bowling Club will be operating from a new club and bowling on new greens from the end of next week.
Long-serving chief executive Doug Hitchcock said yesterday that Charlestown now had the capacity to grow from just being a bowling club into becoming the social hub for the suburb.
3/12/2008 | RATHMINES Memorial have been relegated to No.2 grade for the Newcastle district pennant competition next year.
All 24 teams who played in No.1 grade this season renominated for the top grade in 2009, along with Lambton and Belmont.
27/11/2008 | NEWCASTLE and Hunter bowlers cleaned up at the Royal NSW Bowling Association's annual presentation evening at the Sydney Harbour Marriott Hotel last night.
Sam Laguzza (Toronto Workers) was named N...
26/11/2008 | COUSINS David King and Jamie Minter combined to keep Alder Park at the head of the Invitation Big Bowls Challenge ladder on Friday night.
Both new recruits King transferred from Kahibah and Minter...
26/11/2008 | TALENTED Raymond Terrace youngster Natasha Van Eldik capped a meteoric rise when she was named Royal NSW Women's Bowling Association Junior Bowler of the Year on Saturday.
It has capped a big year ...
26/11/2008 | TORONTO Workers skipper David Govan has been dumped as a skipper in the Newcastle representative side to play ACT at Southern Cross Woden on January 17 and 18.
Selectors have named the same line-up...
19/11/2008 | CLAY Parker, the Newcastle District Bowler of the Year in 2004, is the new bowls manager at Raymond Terrace.
He takes over the reigns on Monday from Chris Ramage, who has been combining the role of...
19/11/2008 | FOURTH-placed Wallsend (58.5 points) will be without their super-cool skipper Ian Johns when they host competition leaders Alder Park (68) in the Invitation Big Bowls Challenge on Friday night.
Wal...
19/11/2008 | NEW recruit Chris Holstein will chase his first title with his new club Lambton when the Rosellas attempt to win their second successive Four Way Challenge tonight.
Holstein, a Newcastle under-25 r...
4/11/2008 | FORMER Australian representative Steve Glasson accounted for Peter Taylor at Raymond Terrace yesterday to win a second NSW Champion of Champions singles title.
Glasson, a long-time member of St Joh...
4/11/2008 | FORMER Newcastle Bowler of the Year Mick Beesley is set to resume his playing career with Newcastle district No.1-grade pennant champions Soldiers Point.
Beesley was coach and co-ordinator at Beres...
28/10/2008 | MICHAEL Abel played a major role for Swansea when The Skiffs scored their first win in the Invitation Big Bowls Challenge at Wallsend last Friday night.
Swansea downed Wallsend 9.5-5.5 with 20-year...
28/10/2008 | THE Newcastle representative side gave themselves a confidence boost at Newbold Diggers on Sunday.
After what has been a reasonably lean year, the Newcastle side showed a return to form in beating ...
28/10/2008 | A STRONG showing by Terry Antram in the NSW Champion of Club Champions singles title at Raymond Terrace on Monday and Tuesday may avoid a dilemma for the Newcastle District Bowling Association.
The...
21/10/2008 | TONY Miller has finally cracked a No.1 grade pennant victory.
The 56-year-old, who has been playing for 33 years, played with Charlestown and Redhead in Newcastle before heading to the Gold Coast n...
21/10/2008 | SOLDIERS Point honoured club stalwarts Merv Livingstone and Charlie Eason on Sunday.
Livingstone, who is the club's long-serving greenkeeper and Eason, a former secretary and president and current ...
21/10/2008 | SOLDIERS Point have enlisted the services of former world champion Steve Glasson for their Invitation Big Bowls Challenge match at home against Alder Park tomorrow night.
Glasson and Kelvin Kerkow ...
17/10/2008 | IN-FORM Newcastle trainer Jason Coyle and Uber are back together but in vastly different circumstances.
Uber will be having his first start for Coyle today when he attempts to win the listed Lightn...
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14/10/2008 | ALDER Park have signed three Newcastle representatives as they build up for the 2009 Newcastle district pennant competition.
Jamie Minter has returned to the Stallions after stints at Wallsend and ...