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The New Zealand lawn bowls team, the ‘Blackjacks’ have begun their campaign with a bang at the World Bowls Championships in the Gold Coast today, winning 16 of the 18 games played on day one. It is the biggest World Bowls Championships in ...
The New Zealand lawn bowls team, the 'Blackjacks', are now in camp ahead of the eagerly anticipated 2023 World Bowls Championships starting in the Gold Coast tomorrow. The World Championships were last held seven years ago, in Christchurch. Since then, ...
A fresh-looking New Zealand bowls team has been named for the world championships, with proven performers Shannon McIlroy and Ali Forsyth both missing the cut.
The Black Jacks are lead by world champions and a five-time Commonwealth Games participant for the Birmingham Games.
Symes led the final 16-9 after 11 of the 18 ends. But Kernaghan took a four on the next end – the third of the game – to tighten up the contest. Symes took a two on the next end, but then Kernaghan got on a run and including a three on the penultimate head, his team grabbed the lead for the first time. Both Scott and MacDonell produced top draw shots on the deciding end, before Gray, with his second delivery, immaculately drew the jack a few centimetres to hold two. Kernaghan, a highly decorated player, had to watch with frustration when his last drive hit the head but he still found h...