What can you learn from Australia's Champion Bowlers?
| January 10, 2012 In this month's coaching column, "On Line Delivery", Lachlan Tighe shares with us some pearls of wisdom he picked up when he met with some of Australia's great bowlers at the Inaugural BA Hall of Fame Awards Night. Take a look at what he discovered in the Hints and Tips Section of our website.Read More |  |
Lachlan Tighe's Coaching Column is Back!
| October 17, 2011 World-renowned, international bowls coach, Lachlan Tighe, has returned with his training program "On Line Delivery" for the Henselite website after a few month's break. You can read Lachlan's latest program in the Hints and Tips section of the website and also revisit his previous contributions over the last two years. Lachlan's columns provide...Read More |  |
July Newsletter winner
| August 21, 2011 July's winner for signing up to our Henselite newsletter is Bruce Douglas from Tasmania. "I have just got new trammels & calipers," he said. "Both good quality & very satisfied. Also got set of ALPHA's in May & ditto. I will enjoy coming season.I have always had Henselites." Bruce has won a Henselite Pro Bag. You, too, could be a winner...Read More |  |
June's winner is...
| July 19, 2011 Terri Minge of South Australia is June's lucky winner for signing up to our Henselite Newsletter. Terri has won a Henselite H556 Bowls Bag in Navy. "I am very pleasantly surprised to receive such a good quality product, which will definitely not go to waste. Many thanks to Henselite." said Terri. You too could be a winner, sign up to our online...Read More |  |
IBD World Champions Kaytlyn Smith and Carolyn Nelson
| May 30, 2011Queensland's Kaytlyn Smith has returned victorious from the IBD World Championships in Pretoria, South Africa earlier this month. "I really enjoyed my time over there," said Kaytlyn, "and I bowled well throughout the tournament. I paired up with Carolyn Nelson from Sydney and we got a gold medal in the B7/8 ladies pairs. Carolyn also got a...Read More |  |
This month's winner is...
| May 23, 2011Tina Cohen from NSW is the lucky winner of April's monthly prize draw for simply signing up to our email Newsletter. Tina has won an H556 bowls bag. "It was a nice surprise to win something," said Tina. "My partner is the bowler so he will love his new bag." Congratulations Tina! You too could be a winner. Sign up to receive our Henselite newsletter on the left...Read More |  |
WSNSW Singles Classic Titles to Chris Nairn and Lyn Smith
| April 26, 2011Taren Point’s Chris Nairn claimed the 2011 Men’s Wheelchair Sports NSW Singles Classic title at Rosehill Bowling Club last month defeating Engadine’s Michael Vassallo 19-18 in the final. Nairn and Vassallao, who are great mates, put aside their friendship for this match with the NSW title on the line. The match could have gone either way with both players sharing the lead...Read More |  |
Honours for NSW and QLD at the Australian Sides
| April 6, 2011When the cream of Australian bowlers met in Nelson Bay earlier this week for the Australian Sides Championships, friendships were forgotten and state pride was on the line. In the end it was powerhouses NSW and QLD who shared the spoils. The NSW men's team took home the Alley Shield for the first time since 2007 by finishing 7-0. The QLD women achieved the same feat, sweeping past all their...Read More |  |
New Henselite Catalogue - Out now!
| March 16, 2011The 2011 Henselite Product Catalogue is out now. Full of the latest bowls, clothing, shoes, clothing, equipment and accessories from Henselite, the catalogue can be downloaded from the home page of our website or by clicking the link below. Download Henselite CatalogueRead More |  |
And the Winner Is...
| March 8, 2011Ken De Morton from Victoria is the lucky winner of February's monthly prize draw for simply signing up to our email Newsletter. Ken has won an H556 bowls bag in green. Ken is a keen bowler who recently updated his bowls. "I am more than happy with my purchase of the Henselite size 4H Dreamline Bowl", he said. Congratulations Ken! January's monthly...Read More |  |
Henselite Announces Flood, Fire and Cyclone Relief Package for Bowls Clubs
| February 7, 2011So far in 2011 Australia has had its fair share of natural disasters with much of the country under water, ravaged by cyclones or threatened by bushfires. Many bowls clubs and bowlers have been affected by these events and Henselite today announced a discount package to help bowls clubs to get back on their feet and get bowlers out on the green again. "Bowls clubs are such an...Read More |  |
Gold for Kaytlyn and Ashley at National Championships
| February 1, 2011Queensland's Kaytlyn Smith and Ashley Pardon were over the moon after winning a Gold medal in the Pairs at the Multi Disability National Lawn Bowls Championships at Clearview Bowls Club in Adelaide last month. The pair were the form team throughout the tournament, losing only one game in the section play to finish as winners of their section. They advanced to the...Read More |  |
Foster Claims Fourth Indoor Singles Title
| January 24, 2011If outdoor bowls is all about adapting to different environmental conditions, indoor bowls is game of pure precision with the bowler who is able to get his bowls to draw to the jack time and time again, running out the victor. In Sunday's dream final of the World Indoor Singles, two of the World's best met to fight it out. In the end it was World number one Paul Foster who beat Alex 'Tattie'...Read More |  |
Australian Reps at Northern Beaches
| October 21, 2010Northern Beaches Bowling Club recently welcomed the Sporting Wheelies team to their Invitational Fours, an open event. All four members of the team have represented Australia at international disabled bowler events. The Invitational Fours event is sponsored by Henselite who continues to support the wider bowling community. Photo: Back from left A.Pardon...Read More |  |
Holt at Home as Henselite NSW State Sales Manager
| May 4, 2010It’s been somewhat of a homecoming for David Holt this week as the former Commonwealth Games Champion embarked on his latest challenge, taking up the role as NSW State Sales Manager for Henselite. When he started out on what was to become a celebrated international career, David’s first set of bowls were Henselites. “In 25 years as a bowler there hasn’t been much time...Read More |  |
Alpha - latest release
| April 1, 2010Just released - ALPHA Galaxy Gold and Planet Earth. Both are available in Gripped and Non-Gripped in HW sizes 2-4 and XH sizes 3-4. For the first time since ALPHA was launched last year, personalised and specific engravings are now available. Read More |  |
Dreamline win for Dutch Double
| March 23, 2010Last weekend saw the staging of the Dutch National Mixed Pairs Championship in Holland with Guurtjie Copier and her partner Andy Docter coming up trumps in the final to take home the trophy. Bowls is more than just a hobby for Guurtjie who spends her working hours as a sales person for Viltalis, a Dutch sporting goods company which is the agent for Henselite...Read More |  |
Who's winning with ALPHA?
| March 11, 2010The new ALPHA bowl has been basking in the warm glow of success since it's preview at Tweed Heads Bowls Club in July and its rolling launch in all states of Australia in August. Here are some of the successes ALPHA has...Read More |  |
ABT-evo cleans up
| May 25, 2009ABT-evo bowlers have cleaned up at the Queensland Men's State Titles. Nathan Rice won the Men's SIngles beating Kurt Brown in a convincing final. ABT-evo also saw more success with the Men's Pairs with Alex Murtagh and Sean Baker winning the title. In addition both Alex and Sean were part of the winning team to take out the Men's Triples title as well. Read More |  |
RVBA 2009 Henselite Victorian Under 18 Triples
| April 15, 2009Played at Clayton, the RVBA Henselite U18 Triples was won by Dane McKinnon and twin brothers Nelson and Chris Ball from Werribee RSL and Altona. Runners-up were Mathew O’Brien and Ethan Pell from Yarra Glen and Stuart Huddle from Cranbourne. Sponsorship of this event is part of Henselite's ongoing commitment to the sport of bowls as demonstrated by encouraging...Read More |  |
First Coaching Consultant Column
| April 1, 2009Lachlan Tighe, coach of the Commonwealth Games Gold Lawn Bowls and World Bowls Singles Champions, has launched his coaching column. Lachlan will provide information, guidance, training routines suited to you becoming a better bowler or coach. In addition he will answer your questions. Topics to be covered include: Warm up training routines Measuring and rating technical skill ...Read More |  |
Henselite joins Australian Made
| March 30, 2009Henselite has formally claimed its 80 years Australian Made and Owned heritage by joining the Australian Made Campaign. The Australian Made Campaign is a not-for-profit organisation that assists Australian businesses to effectively brand their products as Australian. Australians have always been proud to support products that are made here and by joining the campaign, as the only Australian...Read More |  |
Bushfire Bowling Clubs
| March 2, 2009Continuing a long history of support of the bowling community, Henselite is assisting both bowlers and bowling clubs affected in the Victorian bushfires. In Marysville only two places survived the fire on Black Saturday - the bowling club and the bakery. Sadly among so many perished, the bowling club lost its oldest and youngest members having played on its new green for the first time earlier...Read More |  |