Bowls New Zealand's vision is to be the best bowling country.  New Zealand has a long history of bowls and many of our bowling clubs throughout the country are over 100 years old. Our mission is "Bowls is enjoyable, entertaining and accessible to all New Zealanders - now and into the future".  In 2008, close to 100,000 New Zealanders played bowls either socially or as a club member.

Bowls New Zealand was formed in 1996 when the New Zealand Bowls Association and the New Zealand Women's Bowls Association amalgamated to create just one national body to govern the sport of bowls in New Zealand.

The national office is based in Penrose, Auckland, with staff placed throughout New Zealand, including five Community Development Officers who aim to promote the sport within their region.

To Download PDF documents of our Vision and Mission, Or Values, please see the links below.

Vision_and_Mission.pdf

Values.pdf

Patron

His Excellency The Right Honourable Sir Anand Satyanand GNZM, QSO, Governor-General of New Zealand (until 31st August 2011)

 

President

Trevor McComish - Wellington

 

Vice President

Ann Muir - Northland

 

Board

John Carter – Chairman

Trevor McComish –President

Ann Muir – Vice President

Lynette Adams

Cushla McGillivray

Matt Barber

John Calvin

 

Board Risk and Audit Committee

Cushla McGillivray

Doug Haines (of BDO)

Matt Barber

John Calvin

 

Selectors

Dave Edwards  - Convenor

Terry Scott

Raelene Peters

 

Judicial Committee

Judge John Bisphan

Martin Christensen

Kevin Holland

Neil McGillivray

 

Umpires Committee

Helen Stallard

Reg Briggs

Peter Turnbull

Michael Ayers

 

Remuneration Committee

John Carter

Lynette Adams

John Calvin

 

National Office Staff

Kerry Clark OBE – Chief Executive Officer

Steve Clifton – Operations Manager

Ritesh Chhita - Special Projects Assistant 

Nicole Ramage - Business Development, Marketing & Communications Manager

Nicole Fearon  – Marketing & Communications Assistant

Rob Pidgeon - National Programmes Manager

Allan Griffiths – Event Manager (Part Time)

Sam McKean - Finance Controller/ Administration/ Events

Pauline Rowland - Secretary/Reception (Part Time)

Nicki Patrick - Administration Assistant/Receptionist (Part Time)

Dave Edwards – National Coach

Martin Mackenzie - Region 1 Team Leader Community Development Officer

Steve Beel - Region 2 Community Development Officer

Paul Cavanagh - Region 3 & 4 Community Development Officer

Vince Roper - Region 5 Community Development Officer

Pete Thomson - Region 6 Community Development Officer

 

Legal Advisor

Maria Clarke LLB (Hons) BA

 

Auditors

Ross Melville PKF

 

Past Presidents

1996/1997 - Joan Jagger ONZM (Auckland)

1997/1998 - Malcolm Kidd (Waikato)

1998/1999 - Edna Higgins (Nelson)*

1999/2000 - Ken Stott (Dunedin)

2000/2001 - Jean Curry ONZM (Far North)

2001/2002 - Brian Guy (Bay of Plenty)

2002/2003 - Margaret Malcolm ONZM (Dunedin)

2003/2005 – John Carter (Wellington)

2005/2007 – Joy Gilson (Southland)

2007/2009 - Martin Christensen (Gisborne East Coast)

2009/2011 - Coral Wing (Manawatu)

*deceased

 

Life Members

Bob Vinsen*

Jean Ashby ONZM

Peter Belliss MBE

Martin Christensen

*deceased

 

Bowls Events New Zealand Board

Kerry Clark OBE - Chair

Cushla McGillivray

John Carter

Michael Kerr

Ken Wilson-Pyne

 

Centennial Committee

Trevor McComish

Ann Muir

John Carter

Kerry Clark