Well done to the team of Joan Stirling & Lorna Heyward who made it through to the semi-finals of the Southern "Champion of Champions" tournamnet.

Congratulations to the team of Brian Dodge, Paula Hadley & Peter Jenkins who won the 2012 Australia Day triples event. A big thanks to Ros Jones, Joy Houston, Lyn Young and Des Carpenter from the Ladies and Men's match commitees as well as Jenny Lourey for organising the fantastic afternoon tea. Thanks also go to Boags for sponsoring the day and supplying prizes.

Congratulations to Joy Quilliam and Len Keam who won the 2012 Florence Nichols Mixed Pairs trophy on Saturday. Runners-up were Kaye and Graeme Kearney.

The 2011 Subway Shoreline Autum Triples concluded on the weekend, with the team of Scott Adams, David Dimsey & Arthur Kregor taking top place this year. It was another successful competition this year with 24 teams taking part.

The final placings for 2011 were:

First Place
Team Yellow 6
Scott Adams, David Dimsey & Arthur Kregor

Second Place
Team Green 3
Wally Miller, John Steed & John Zagni

Third Place
Team White 3
John Fisher, Brian Walker & John McKibben

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped run this years competition.

Howrah's Mens Division 4 team were crowned State Champions on Sunday after a sucessful trip North for the State Pennant Finals. Played at the Invermay Bowls Club, Howrah defeated both their northern & north westerern opponents. In their morning game they had a comprehensive win over the north's Bridport Bowls Club; 94-55. This was followed in the afternoon with a strong win over the north west's Burnie Bowls Club; 79-71.

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Well done to Howrah's Mens Division 2 Reserve & Division 4 teams who played off in the 2010/11 Pennant Grand Finals on the weekend. 2 Reserve had a tough fight against Dover who had led the division all season. The final came down to the last bowl of the day with Howrah missing out by just 2 shots. It was better news for Division 4 with a strong 14 shot win over divisional heavyweights Beltana and will now head to Launceston this weekend to represent the South in the State Division 4 Finals.

The 2010 Howrah Winter Handicap Fours came to a close on Saturday when unfortunately the Grand Final games were washed out due to the consistent rain all day. With the games washed out the top four placings and the group winners were determined by where each of the teams playing in the playoff games finished on the ladder at the end of round 15. This resulted in Team A who finished in second place being crowned the 2010 Winter Handicap Fours champions. The placings were a follows;

Champions
Team A
Tony French, Jack Steele, Barrie Gill, Mick Matthews & Andrew Blake

2nd Place
Team O
Peter Jackson, Dennis Edwards, Carlo Zagni, Glenn Cooney, Geoff Cooper, David Alexander & Nigel Clutterbuck

3rd Place
Team B
Col Worsley, Wally Talor, Peter Wettenhall, Brian Dodge & Peter Cranwell

4th Place
Team D
Garry Davis, Jill Davis, John Sutcliffe, Rosie Geeves, Lynne James & Dale Maundrill

Group B Winner
Team N
Kim Baker, Noel Archer, Len Keam, Noel Dewart & Kevin Gallagher

Group C Winner
Team H
Robert Wansbrough, Steven Potter, Doug Saunders, Dennis Lourey & Charles Thomas

Group D Winners
Team M
David Doran, Bruce Winzel, Vic Green, Dan Bouwmeester & Leon Moore

Congatulations to all the winners and to all the teams that participated and helped make 2010 another successfull competition.

A competition like this would not be able run if not for the dedicated work by so many Club volunteers, a big thanks goes to the members of the Men's Committee, Graeme Morrisby & Charles Thomas, Andrew Blake for statistics and web site, Fred Binns & Brian Dodge for collecting the monies each week, Wes Grubb, John Marshall & Kevin Gallagher setting up each week and to everybody else who helped in serving savs, cleaning up, setting up and putting away. Your help is invaluable, thanks.

Great news in the last couple of weeks for the Howrah Bowls Club with two of our men's Pennant teams promoted to higher divisions. Our Southern & State Pennant winning 4 Reserve team has been promoted to Division 4 and 1 of our 2 Division 5 teams have been moved up to 4 Reserve.

Also in the Men's Midweek Pennant competiton Howrah now has teams in all four divions, 1,2,3 & 4 after Grand Final wins in Divisions 2 & 4.

The Alison Rithchie Autumn Triples came to a close last Saturday. It was another successful event with the competition this year comprising 24 teams. A big thanks goes to the members who helped run the competition in particular Charles Thomas, Peter Wettenhall & Graeme Morrisby and to all the competitors.

Congratulations go to the three place getters:

Howrah's Winter Fours competition kicks off this weekend.

Click below for the Autumn Triples Ladder after games 5 & 6.

Some photos from the recent Bowls Tasmania South presentation evening held at the Rosny Park Bowls Club.

The Club's Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday, May 14th at 4:30pm at the Club. All members of the Club are invited to attend.

Check out photos from Howrah's Championship winning trip to the North West Coast.

Howrah's skips have ranked well in the 2009/10 pennant season stats released by the STBA statastician. Rankings are based on points scored.

Well done to Howrah's Division 4 Reserve men's team who were crowned State Champions on the weekend. Playing at Ulverstone on the North West coast they had tight wins over the Northern Club Exeter and North West Club Smithton.

Congratulations Boys!!!

A big thanks also to the Ulverstone Bowls Club for looking after the players and supporters so well.

Good luck to Howrah's 4 Reserve team who play off in the Bowls Tasmania State Pennant Finals this weekend at Ulverstone on the North West Coast. Good Luck Boys!

Due to Howrah's Division 4 Reserve team playing in the State Pennant Finals on the North West Coast on the 17th of April, the start date for the Autumn Triples has been pushed back a week and will now start on the 24th of April. This in turn will move the start date for the Winter Fours back from the 15th of May to the 22nd of May.

Entries for the Winter Fours is now open. See the Club's noticeboard for details and the entry form.

What a fantastic end to the 2009-10 Pennant season it has been for the Howrah Bowls Club. Yesterday our Men's 4 Reserve side had an emphatic victory over Kingborough, winning 3 rinks to 1. On Wednesday in the Midweek Pennant competition our Division 2 side and Howrah (1) in Division 4 both brought home Grand Final victories against Beltana and Brighton respectivley. Both sides won 3 rinks to 1. A big congratulation also goes to the other sides that competed in finals this season, the Division 2 ladies Howrah White side made it to the preliminary final and in Saturday pennant Divisions 3 and Mixed B played in semi-finals.

Howrah Twilight Bowl's Summer Roster came to a close last Wednesday with finals night. Championship deciders were played of between the top two teams in each division. The Summer 2010 Champions are:

Congratulations to all those teams and well done to all the teams in the competion.

A competition like this could not happen without the all the Club members who volunteer their time, organising the roster, preparing and cooking the food and ensuring everything runs smoothly each Wednesday night. A big thank you to all of them.

The Howrah Bowls Club held their annual Austalia Day Triples tournament today. Even though the weather turned nasty and only one of the two 10 end games were played, fun was had by all who participated. Congatulations to the team of:

who won the day overall.

Thanks to all those Members who worked hard to make this day a success.

Howrah Bowls Club's annual mixed pairs event the Florence Nichols Trophy was held on January 2 and was again well supported by Club members with 24 teams competing. The top three were:

Howrah Twilight Bowl's Spring Roster came to a close last Wednesday with finals night. Championship deciders were played of between the top two teams in each division. The Spring 2009 Champions are:

Congratulations to all those teams and well done to all the teams in the competion.

A competition like this could not happen without the all the Club members who volunteer their time, organising the roster, preparing and cooking the food and ensuring everything runs smoothly each Wednesday night. A big thank you to all of them.

The new 2009-10 Bowls Tasmania South season kicks off over the next week. Men's Pennant starts this Saturday, Howrah this year will be fielding two new teams in the competition, a second Division 5 team and teams in both the open and restricted Mixed rosters. Men's Midweek Pennant starts next Wednesday with Ladies Pennant commencing the following day on Thursday. Good luck to all teams for coming season.

The Howrah Bowls Club recently celebrated the opening of the new bowls season with their Open Day and Fred & Eva Clifford Trophy game. The Club's Patroness Nora Reid and Patron Harold Huxley were there to roll the first jack and bowl of the 2009-10 season.