Brian Harvey (Waikiwi) and Brent McEwan (St Clair) proved to be the form players at the Dunedin regional PBA finals at the Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium on Sunday.
Two marathons in three months, one in each hemisphere, will give Georgia Wort the distinction of backing up the fast and furious Edinburgh Marathon with the technical Dunedin Marathon on September 1.
Superb draw and drive play enabled Oliver Mason to progress to the business end of the Dunedin regional PBA bowls International Singles qualifier next Sunday.
The selection of six players from Otago in the 20-strong South Island squad to tour the North Island in early August is a fair reflection of the growing strength of indoor bowls in the region.
Sheldon Bagrie-Howley and Elliot Mason will defend the Kittyhawk Bowls 2000 when play in the optional mixed pairs tournament gets under way today at the Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium.
The country's leading provincial players will be in action at Dunedin Lawn Bowls Stadium this weekend playing for the Bowls New Zealand Champion of Champions pairs title.
Embarking recently on a training programme for the Dunedin Marathon in September helped set Steve Stewart (Caversham) up for victory in the 69th Barnes Cross-country held at Kettle Park yesterday.
Invercargill's Brian Harvey won a final for the ages when he overcame crowd favourite Ross Stevens (St Clair) in a tiebreak to win the Henselite PBA Ranking Singles at the Dunedin Bowls Stadium on...