Kia ora {{First Name}},

Just a few weeks until the season opening at 10am on Sat 4th October!

All members are invited to a rollup in the morning and this will be followed by a Stewarding 101 session for members interested in helping the club host group bookings during the season. The bar will also be open from 1pm and members are welcome to bring a guest or two to have a go at lawn bowls.

The 25/26 Season Calendar is now on the website including club coaching (free to members) resuming from Mon 6th October, and the first club tournament, Graded Triples, on 16th October.

In other news, whakamihi to Rook Nook Bowls member Morgan McConnell (pictured on the right below) on being selected for the Auckland 1-5Y Men's Training Squad!

This is a fantastic achievement- all the best for the season, Morgan.

egm + working bee
1.30pm, Sat 20th September
This Extraordinary General Meeting is to ratify an updated Constitution- bringing it into line with current legal requirments. The constitution- with ammendments highlighted, can be viewed here. Formal notice of meeting was emailed to all 2024-25 and 2025-26 members and only current members will be eligible to vote.

This short meeting is also an opportunity to discuss with the Board some recent changes and initiatives at the club, and will be followed by a working bee- to prepare the clubrooms for the coming season- and a few drinks. 
Members are invited to come to one or both.

25/26 season membership 
If you haven't already, it's time to renew your membership for the coming season to take advantage of unlimited greens use, member prices over the AIC bar, free coaching, and more. 
Now with new digital membership cards you can store in your mobile Wallet!

public bowls + group bookings
The RNB Board have made the decision not to schedule public bowls sessions- previously Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons- for the coming season. 
Members can still bring one guest to bowl with them for free (2 guests on Club Nights) and unlimited guests to bowl at $20 each, paid at the bar on Friday afternoons, or by bank transfer outside these times.

And, going forward, Auckland Irish Club are now managing all group bookings at the venue. For the time being booking enquiries can be made to events@aucklandirish.co.nz
though AIC are intending to impliment an online booking system, similar to the previous RNB one.

Mā te wa

PS: Waimarie pai/good luck to Lance Scott, Morgan McConnell, Maree Beckett and Jim Lawn, representing RNB in the Auckland Centre 1-5Y 4s this weekend.

Section play is at Royal Oak from 8.30 Saturday (first up against Howick), with finals on Sunday afternoon at Remuera.