Get your mates together for Twilight Bowls!
UPDATE:
Sadly, due to Covid Level 3 restrictions on gatherings it's unfeasible to hold this event. All teams will be offered a refund, or they can chose to roll their registration over to the Raumati (Summer) series- 19/1-23/2. Team skips will re ceive an email withmore information.
We will continue to look for opportunities for a limited, or even one-night, tournament before Christmas and all registrants will get advance notice.
Stay well, get vaccinated if you're able, me ka kite ano
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Get ready for one of the highlights of your summer!
The music will be pumping, food and drink flowing, and competition fierce for Rocky Nook Bowls's 2021 Twilight Bowls3Five Koanga (Spring) series, sponsored by Harcourts Twentythree.
Kick-start your weekend with a couple of friends or whanau (teams can have unlimited subs) in beautiful Fowlds Park, Mt Albert. All skill levels and experience are encouraged- it's all just friendly competition... until it gets serious 🙂
Drinks will be available to purchase from the AIS bar and this year we have a range of food trucks!
Spectators and cheerleaders are encouraged, and there'll be weekly prizes of 3x double passes to The Classic comedy club for top teams as well as spot prizes throughout the tournament thanks to Bowls NZ.
The final night prizegiving will include a meals for each team (additional can be purchased) along with prizes and a trophy.
Registration fee: $150 per team (includes prize-giving dinner)
The COMPETITION
- Six week season starting Thursday 21st October through to 25th November (with rain delay hold of 2nd Dec).
- 6pm for 6:30pm start
- Teams of 3- Lead, Second and Skip in that order- with substitutions permitted (we know it's hard for everyone to commit to 6 weeks).
- Matching uniforms encouraged!
- Bowls can be supplied by the club or own bowls may be used.
- Winners Trophy and weekly prizes
The FORMAT
- Two bowl triples - 3 players each deliver two bowls, per end.
Full rules at: www.rockynookbowls.nz...
REGISTRATION: forms.gle...
- MUST CLOSE 5pm MONDAY 18th October
Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
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