Natal Inland Bowling Association
🏆 2026 NIBA MIXED FOURS – SECTIONALS COMPLETE! 🏆 What a weekend of bowls, determination and a few surprises! Hosted and sponsored by Howick Bowling Club, with additional hosting support from Lynwood Bowling Club, the 2026 NIBA Mixed Fours brought together 120 players for what turned out to be a competitive and entertaining tournament. With overnight rain and more rain pelting down on Sunday morning, you could forgive the players for wondering whether the competition would get underway at all! However, following greenkeeper assessments, both clubs' greens were given the green light, and play got underway in a light drizzle and a fresh breeze. Nothing was going to dampen the enthusiasm of our bowlers! The Mixed Fours is unique on the NIBA calendar in that more than one team per section can qualify for the playoffs. While eight teams were guaranteed progression, the strength and depth of this year's field saw 11 teams qualify, with a few unfancied combinations upsetting the form book along the way! 👏 Congratulations to our playoff qualifiers and winning skips: Section 1 Jordan Taylor (Howick) Vickus Olivier (Underberg) Section 2 Mike Hattingh (Collegians) Section 3 Jaco van Wyk (Lynwood) Section 4 Werner Strydom (Lynwood) Wilma Halvorsen (Collegians) Brandon Nel (Maritzburg) Section 5 Sid Siebert (Collegians) Section 6 Brad Robinson (Lynwood) Section 7 Brendan Ainley (Maritzburg West) Section 8 Craig Whitby (Howick) With 11 teams progressing, the District Executive faced the task of conducting an additional playoff draw. In keeping with the occasion, a live WhatsApp video draw was held from the District office, with players signing in to watch the proceedings and witness the draw as it happened. 🎯 NEXT STOP – PLAYOFFS & FINALS! Howick Bowling Club will once again take centre stage, hosting the playoffs and finals on Saturday and Sunday, 21 & 22 November. With the various individual and collective races for NIBA Player of the Year and Club of the Year still very much alive, this promises to be a fitting and exciting conclusion to the 2026 competition calendar. A big thank you to Howick Bowling Club for hosting and sponsoring the event, Lynwood Bowling Club for its support, the greenkeeping teams for getting both greens ready, and everyone who contributed to making the sectionals a success. To the 11 qualifying teams – congratulations and all the very best for the playoffs! Play more bowls, have more fun! 🎳 Full sectional play result can be viewed on the attached link below: www.bowlsdraw.co.za/Reports/Results/RR_Results.aspx?CompID=4701&Venue=All #NIBA #NatalInlandBowls #MixedFours2026 #HowickBowlingClub #LynwoodBowlingClub #BowlsSouthAfrica
Natal Inland Bowling Association
BSA MARKERS & LEVEL 1 TECHNICAL OFFICIALS COURSE – NIBA TAKES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD! 🎯👏
It has been encouraging to see a number of Natal Inland Bowling Association members taking the initiative to further their knowledge and skills by participating in the Bowls South Africa Online Markers and Level 1 Technical Officials (Umpires) Courses during October.
A total of 17 members from various NIBA clubs undertook the online Markers Theory Course, while a further 6 members participated in the Level 1 Technical Officials Theory Course.
While some members were unfortunately unable to attend today's practical session due to prior commitments and being away, 12 Markers and 4 Technical Officials successfully completed their online theory examinations during October and today put their knowledge into practice by completing the practical component of their respective courses.
As a district, we are hugely excited by this initiative and extremely grateful to Steve and Yvette Arendse from Port Natal Bowls, who made the trip up to Pietermaritzburg to facilitate today's practical assessments at Collegians Bowling Club.
Steve and Yvette, thank you for giving up your time, sharing your knowledge and making this possible. Your contribution to developing our technical officials is greatly appreciated.
A special thank you also goes to Pmb Collegians Bowls for making their greens available and accommodating the practical session.
BUT NOW THE HARD WORK BEGINS! 😉
Qualifying is just the beginning. We look forward to seeing these newly qualified members putting their skills into practice and becoming an integral part of supporting and growing the game of bowls within Natal Inland.
Hopefully, this initiative will inspire even more of our members to step forward, upskill themselves and take on these important roles.
Our game relies on willing volunteers, and developing our own pool of competent Markers and Technical Officials is vital to the future of bowls.
Well done to everyone involved! Natal Inland is moving forward!
Play more bowls, have more fun! 🎳
Natal Inland Bowling Association
🏆 NIBA OPEN TRIPS PLAY-OFFS – WHAT A WEEKEND OF BOWLS! 🏆
A huge congratulations to our ladies' winners, the Lynwood Bowling Club - Pmb team of Tara Van Rensburg (skip), Sharon Willey (2nd) and Danielle Van Staden (lead), who successfully defended their NIBA Trips title!
This makes it three consecutive titles for Tara and Sharon, having won in 2024 and 2025 (with Jenny Smith as skip) and again yesterday, with Danielle joining the team this year. A wonderful achievement and a very proud moment for everyone at Lynwood! 👏
They faced a formidable Pmb Collegians Bowls team of Zelda Stoop Siebert (skip), Calsey Hollis (2nd) and Tracey Berriman (lead) in an extremely close and exciting final. Well done to both teams for treating spectators to such an entertaining contest.
On the men's side, congratulations to PMB Collegians Sidney Siebert (skip), Roy Fraser (2nd) and JP Geldenhuys (lead), who took the title after a spirited challenge from the Maritzburg West Bowling Club team of Craig Booth, Ernest Smith and Lyle Evans. Sid Siebert and JP Geldenhuys are also back to back trips title winners having won it in 2025 with Dave Carruthers.
Well done to all four teams for making the finals such a great showcase of competitive bowls.
A special thank you to Maritzburg Bowling Club for sponsoring and hosting the event. Your support and hospitality are greatly appreciated.
Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up, and thank you to everyone who participated and supported the NIBA Trips competition!
#NIBABowls #NIBATrips #BowlsSouthAfrica #ProudlyNIBA
Natal Inland Bowling Association
Huge Congrats to our 6 players on their selection to represent Natal Inland Bowling Association at the 2027 BSA Masters
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Natal Inland Bowling Association
🎯 NIBA OPEN TRIPS PLAYOFFS – THIS WEEKEND! 🎯
The stage is set for an exciting weekend of bowls as our 2026 NIBA Men's and Women's Open Trips reach the playoff stages!
MEN'S OPEN TRIPS QUARTER FINALS
📍 Maritzburg Bowling Club
Sat, 31 Oct 🕜 13:30
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OPEN TRIPS
📍 Maritzburg Bowling Club
Sun, 1 Nov
🕣 Semi-finals – 08:30
🕚 Final – 11:00
Congratulations to all the teams who have made it through to the playoffs. We look forward to some excellent bowls and a great weekend of competition.
Spectators are encouraged to come down to Maritzburg and support our players as they battle it out for NIBA Open Trips honours!
Good luck to everyone competing! 👏
#NIBABowls #OpenTrips2026 #NatalInlandBowls #BowlsSouthAfrica
Natal Inland Bowling Association
🏆 2026 NIBA MIXED FOURS – SECTIONALS COMPLETE! 🏆 What a weekend of bowls, determination and a few surprises! Hosted and sponsored by Howick Bowling Club, with additional hosting support from Lynwood Bowling Club, the 2026 NIBA Mixed Fours brought together 120 players for what turned out to be a competitive and entertaining tournament. With overnight rain and more rain pelting down on Sunday morning, you could forgive the players for wondering whether the competition would get underway at all! However, following greenkeeper assessments, both clubs' greens were given the green light, and play got underway in a light drizzle and a fresh breeze. Nothing was going to dampen the enthusiasm of our bowlers! The Mixed Fours is unique on the NIBA calendar in that more than one team per section can qualify for the playoffs. While eight teams were guaranteed progression, the strength and depth of this year's field saw 11 teams qualify, with a few unfancied combinations upsetting the form book along the way! 👏 Congratulations to our playoff qualifiers and winning skips: Section 1 Jordan Taylor (Howick) Vickus Olivier (Underberg) Section 2 Mike Hattingh (Collegians) Section 3 Jaco van Wyk (Lynwood) Section 4 Werner Strydom (Lynwood) Wilma Halvorsen (Collegians) Brandon Nel (Maritzburg) Section 5 Sid Siebert (Collegians) Section 6 Brad Robinson (Lynwood) Section 7 Brendan Ainley (Maritzburg West) Section 8 Craig Whitby (Howick) With 11 teams progressing, the District Executive faced the task of conducting an additional playoff draw. In keeping with the occasion, a live WhatsApp video draw was held from the District office, with players signing in to watch the proceedings and witness the draw as it happened. 🎯 NEXT STOP – PLAYOFFS & FINALS! Howick Bowling Club will once again take centre stage, hosting the playoffs and finals on Saturday and Sunday, 21 & 22 November. With the various individual and collective races for NIBA Player of the Year and Club of the Year still very much alive, this promises to be a fitting and exciting conclusion to the 2026 competition calendar. A big thank you to Howick Bowling Club for hosting and sponsoring the event, Lynwood Bowling Club for its support, the greenkeeping teams for getting both greens ready, and everyone who contributed to making the sectionals a success. To the 11 qualifying teams – congratulations and all the very best for the playoffs! Play more bowls, have more fun! 🎳 Full sectional play result can be viewed on the attached link below: www.bowlsdraw.co.za/Reports/Results/RR_Results.aspx?CompID=4701&Venue=All #NIBA #NatalInlandBowls #MixedFours2026 #HowickBowlingClub #LynwoodBowlingClub #BowlsSouthAfrica
Natal Inland Bowling Association
BSA MARKERS & LEVEL 1 TECHNICAL OFFICIALS COURSE – NIBA TAKES ANOTHER STEP FORWARD! 🎯👏
It has been encouraging to see a number of Natal Inland Bowling Association members taking the initiative to further their knowledge and skills by participating in the Bowls South Africa Online Markers and Level 1 Technical Officials (Umpires) Courses during October.
A total of 17 members from various NIBA clubs undertook the online Markers Theory Course, while a further 6 members participated in the Level 1 Technical Officials Theory Course.
While some members were unfortunately unable to attend today's practical session due to prior commitments and being away, 12 Markers and 4 Technical Officials successfully completed their online theory examinations during October and today put their knowledge into practice by completing the practical component of their respective courses.
As a district, we are hugely excited by this initiative and extremely grateful to Steve and Yvette Arendse from Port Natal Bowls, who made the trip up to Pietermaritzburg to facilitate today's practical assessments at Collegians Bowling Club.
Steve and Yvette, thank you for giving up your time, sharing your knowledge and making this possible. Your contribution to developing our technical officials is greatly appreciated.
A special thank you also goes to Pmb Collegians Bowls for making their greens available and accommodating the practical session.
BUT NOW THE HARD WORK BEGINS! 😉
Qualifying is just the beginning. We look forward to seeing these newly qualified members putting their skills into practice and becoming an integral part of supporting and growing the game of bowls within Natal Inland.
Hopefully, this initiative will inspire even more of our members to step forward, upskill themselves and take on these important roles.
Our game relies on willing volunteers, and developing our own pool of competent Markers and Technical Officials is vital to the future of bowls.
Well done to everyone involved! Natal Inland is moving forward!
Play more bowls, have more fun! 🎳
Natal Inland Bowling Association
🏆 NIBA OPEN TRIPS PLAY-OFFS – WHAT A WEEKEND OF BOWLS! 🏆
A huge congratulations to our ladies' winners, the Lynwood Bowling Club - Pmb team of Tara Van Rensburg (skip), Sharon Willey (2nd) and Danielle Van Staden (lead), who successfully defended their NIBA Trips title!
This makes it three consecutive titles for Tara and Sharon, having won in 2024 and 2025 (with Jenny Smith as skip) and again yesterday, with Danielle joining the team this year. A wonderful achievement and a very proud moment for everyone at Lynwood! 👏
They faced a formidable Pmb Collegians Bowls team of Zelda Stoop Siebert (skip), Calsey Hollis (2nd) and Tracey Berriman (lead) in an extremely close and exciting final. Well done to both teams for treating spectators to such an entertaining contest.
On the men's side, congratulations to PMB Collegians Sidney Siebert (skip), Roy Fraser (2nd) and JP Geldenhuys (lead), who took the title after a spirited challenge from the Maritzburg West Bowling Club team of Craig Booth, Ernest Smith and Lyle Evans. Sid Siebert and JP Geldenhuys are also back to back trips title winners having won it in 2025 with Dave Carruthers.
Well done to all four teams for making the finals such a great showcase of competitive bowls.
A special thank you to Maritzburg Bowling Club for sponsoring and hosting the event. Your support and hospitality are greatly appreciated.
Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up, and thank you to everyone who participated and supported the NIBA Trips competition!
#NIBABowls #NIBATrips #BowlsSouthAfrica #ProudlyNIBA
Natal Inland Bowling Association
Huge Congrats to our 6 players on their selection to represent Natal Inland Bowling Association at the 2027 BSA Masters
www.facebook.com/share/p/1EQ8V1Fc9x/
Natal Inland Bowling Association
🎯 NIBA OPEN TRIPS PLAYOFFS – THIS WEEKEND! 🎯
The stage is set for an exciting weekend of bowls as our 2026 NIBA Men's and Women's Open Trips reach the playoff stages!
MEN'S OPEN TRIPS QUARTER FINALS
📍 Maritzburg Bowling Club
Sat, 31 Oct 🕜 13:30
MEN'S AND WOMEN'S OPEN TRIPS
📍 Maritzburg Bowling Club
Sun, 1 Nov
🕣 Semi-finals – 08:30
🕚 Final – 11:00
Congratulations to all the teams who have made it through to the playoffs. We look forward to some excellent bowls and a great weekend of competition.
Spectators are encouraged to come down to Maritzburg and support our players as they battle it out for NIBA Open Trips honours!
Good luck to everyone competing! 👏
#NIBABowls #OpenTrips2026 #NatalInlandBowls #BowlsSouthAfrica
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