Around the Clubs
(Club specific updates and news)
2026 Roseville Shield
10 Oct 2026
This year’s Roseville Shield was hosted at Lindfield Rollers Bowling Club on Saturday, 10 October. Twenty One clubs from throughout the Metro North-East Region were represented on the day with both morning and afternoon games. It was a day of changing seasons with the morning starting off with some light showers that eventually cleared to a bright and sunny day.
All games were played on the club’s new synthetic carpet greens which were highly praised by all in attendance. As the sun came out and dried the green, the pace of the green sped up to over 16 seconds. Everyone was impressed with how true the line of the bowls ran.
It was great to see nearly every club from the Region represented and all games were played with a wonderful spirit of competitive camaraderie.
The Belrose team of Sarah Cormio, Kasey Watson, Jason Beswick and Brad Franklin were declared the overall winners with 33 points and 42 shots margin.
The Asquith team of Gary Barton, Andrew Thomson, Mark Pitman and Bob McLeod were runners-up with 30 points and 23 shots margin.
Third place went to the Lindfield Rollers team of Finn Jorgensen, Susie Meares, Gary Forster and Bob Silversides with 29 points and 22 shots margin.
This event was again sponsored by Phil Lewis of Elections Australia Pty Ltd who has sponsored the event every year since 2002.
Synthetic Bowling Surfaces also helped sponsor the event by contributing to the cost of catering.
Phil Lewis
100th Birthday of Dee Why Bowling Club
6 September2026
Dee Why Bowling Club celebrated its centenary on Sunday 6 September 2026.
On Monday 6 September 1926, after a meeting in the Dee Why Cinema Hall, a vote was taken and overwhelming support was given for the formation of the Dee Why Bowling and Recreation Club.
Originally located in Lismore Avenue, Dee Why, the club re-located to the present site in December 1972.
After a celebratory dinner on Saturday 6 Sept 2026, members and guests from around the Region took to the greens for a game of bowls followed by the cutting of the magnificent Swan cake. The celebrations continued for the centenary and Father’s Day. Some members even dressed in the bowling gear of days gone by.
A wonderful 100 page centenary book, which was compiled by David Hooley, was distributed to all members detailing the 100 years of history. Well worth a trip down memory lane.
Congratulations to the Dee Why Bowling and recreation Club and best wishes for the next 100 years!!!
2025 Roseville Shield
27 Sept 2025
This year’s Roseville Shield was held at Lindfield Rollers BC on Saturday 27 September, when 18 clubs from across the Region competed for the honour of winning the Shield. Fine weather, coupled with a great spirit of competitive comradery and a really good lunch made for a wonderful day.
Killara emerged as winners with 31 points and a margin of 18 shots. Their team consisted of P. Brech, T. Hunt, J. Townend and C. Fay. Asquith with 30 points and a margin of 19 shots just pipped out on a countback Lindfield Rollers’ 30 points and a margin of 7 shots. Asquith’s team consisted of P. Abdallah, C. Burrough, A Thomson and A. Foy whilst Lindfield’s team included S. Meares, B. Silversides, I. Kimmorley and L. Amos.
125th Birthday of Chatswood Bowling Club
3 June 2025
Chatswood Bowling Club celebrated their 125th birthday on Tuesday 3rd June. The day was attended by over 90 players and dignitaries including representatives from Bowls NSW, Metro North-East Region, and local clubs. The local member for Willoughby, Tim James, unfurled the new club banner to celebrate the occasion. Chatswood Bowling Club Chairman of the Board, Gary Henderson, welcomed the visitors and spoke of the extensive heritage the club has accumulated of the 125 years and outlined the way forward for the club.
Champagne was the order of the day, and Club President Phil Slade spoke of how the club is going through a membership resurgence and thanked all those bowlers participated in the Reverse Triples event which was organised to celebrate the day.
Congratulations to Chatswood Bowling Club.
2024 Roseville Shield
12 Oct 2024
Lindfield Bowling Club held their 2024 Roseville Shield on Sat 12 Oct. The winning team was the North Sydney team of Peter Arnold, Rob Jones, James Godfrey and James Mitchell.
