2023 NZ MIXED PAIRS

Congratulations to Daniel French and Keri Te Tamaki on winning the 2023 NZ Mixed Pairs.

Last year they were third in the mixed fours and second in the mixed pairs, only narrowly missing out on the gold, so to come back a year later and clinch the title will taste extra sweet.

Their only loss was in the first round TV match against Tauranga's Anthony Oullet and Fiona Keegan, and they had a third round draw against Ashburton's Michael Lawson and Katrina Wealleans.

Lawson and Wealleans had been in the box seat up until a loss in the sixth game. This opened the door for French and Te Tamaki who finished their campaign with four determined wins.

A countback was required to separate first from second place, and it was the Ashburton pairing who fell just short by two ends.

2022 DANIEL FRENCH selected for Mat Blacks

​​​​​​​Congratulations to Daniel French on being selected for the New Zealand Indoor Bowls team to defend the Henselite Trophy against Australia at  Ballarat on September 1st - September 3rd.  It will have been three and a half years since the almighty clash in Invercargill where New Zealand edged out Australia with a 34-32 victory.

Daniel has been selected to play the Men’s Singles before reuniting with Simon Thomas and Michael Lawson as a proven combination for the Men’s Triples.

2018 NZ CHAMPION OF CHAMPION SINGLES (HENSELITE TROPHY)

Congratulations to Brandon Williams who was 3rd in the NZ Henselite Singles played in the Feilding Civic Centre on Saturday 8 September.  For detailed results - Click here

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2018 NZ Championship Triples

Congratulations to Daniel French who was in the winning triples team at the 2018 National Championships

WON BY:  Simon Thomas, Michael Lawson, Daniel French - Rakaia Club, Ashburton

DANIEL FRENCH selected for Mat Blacks (2017)

Congratulations to Daniel French on being selected for the New Zealand Indoor Bowls team to defend the Henselite Trophy against Australia at the Mounties Club, 101 Meadows Rd, Mount Pritchard, Sydney. The test will be played from Thursday 18 May to Saturday 20 May 2017.

The Men’s Triples team of Simon Thomas (s), Gary Low, Daniel French (NZ) bt Kyle French (s), George Draffen, Hayden Weir (Aus) 24-15, 27-19, 26-20 to win the Australsian medal.

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2016 National Junior Singles
Otago's Jonty Horwell has taken out the New Zealand Indoor Bowls Junior Singles in North Wellington Saturday 27 August 2016.

He beat last year's winner, Aidan Zittersteijn of North Taranaki, 10-9 in a close final.

Seventeen-year-old Horwell also won the junior singles in 2014. He's from the Kaikorai Club in Dunedin.

On his way to the final Horwell put out Daniel Curtis of Manawatu 12-6 in one semi- final and Zittersteijn eliminated Leighton Shanks of Poverty Bay 13-8 in the other.
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2015 NZ Secondary Schools Singles Championship

Jonty Horwell from Logan Park High School in Dunedin won the 2015 New Zealand Secondary Schools Indoor Bowls singles championship. In the final Jonty beat Jason Gray from Southland Boys High 12- 6.
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2014 Henselite Champion of Champion Singles

Daniel French of Otago is the winner of the 2014 Henselite Champion of Champion Singles, played at Hamilton.  He beat Chris McAdam of Upper Valley 13-7 in the final.
Daniel got out to a good start and kept ahead of McAdam all the way. He was a member of the winning men’s four in the recent inter-Island fixture.
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2014 National Junior Singles

Jonty Horwell (15) is the New Zealand  Junior Singles champion for 2014. He beat 14-year-old Jakeb White of Counties  8-7 in a tight, tense final. After six ends Horwell led 4-3 but a three on the next end gave the lead to White. However  Horwell fought back, and the scores were level starting the final end. Jonty drew the shot  with his final bowl to secure the win.
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