Grant's gets into the club spirit with a Kiwi first bowls tournament like no other

A favourite Kiwi pastime is about to get an official makeover.

Grant’s Blended Scotch Whisky has joined forces with 100 local bowling clubs from across the country to bring a new angle to a traditional light-hearted bowling game, with New Zealand’s first-ever Corner to Corner bowls tournament.

Lion Nathan Marketing Manager Susan Browne says, “Most Kiwi bowlers will know of ‘corner to corner’ play as an informal game that is often played at the end of the day once official competition has finished. It offers players the opportunity to wind down from more serious play and have some fun.

“We thought it was time for Corner to Corner to have its moment in the sun, so launched the Grant’s Corner to Corner Tournament. We wanted to preserve the relaxed spirit of Corner to Corner, while also providing a standard format to allow competition between players and clubs at a national level.”

As opposed to normal bowls games which are played end to end on a bowling green, Corner to Corner is, played diagonally across the entire green from one corner to the opposite corner and uses no jack. The objective is to play the bowl as close to the corner of the green as possible.

Over the past three months, each of the 100 participating clubs in the Grant’s Corner to Corner Tournament has held 12 round robin matches to identify a club winner who will represent their club in the regional finals, to be held 6 – 26 March in Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland.

The national finalists from each region will then go head to head Saturday 17 April at the national final at Pt Chevalier Bowling Club in Auckland, where they will compete for the grand prize of $5,000 cash for their club.


Regional Final Events:

WELLINGTON - SATURDAY 6 MARCH 1pm
Naenae Bowling Club
Rain date: Sunday 7th March, 1pm

DUNEDIN – FRIDAY 12TH MARCH 6.00pm
North East Valley Bowling Club
Rain Date: Saturday 13th March, 6.00pm

CHRISTCHURCH – FRIDAY 19TH MARCH 6.00pm
Beckenham Bowling Club
Rain Date: Saturday 20th March, 6.00pm

AUCKLAND – FRIDAY 26TH MARCH 5.30pm
Pt Chevalier Bowling Club
Rain Date: Saturday 27th March, 5.30pm

National Final Event:

AUCKLAND – SATURDAY 17TH APRIL 1pm
Pt Chevalier Bowling Club
Rain Date: Sunday 18th April, 1pm
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