🏆 ABCA Cup: Honouring the Legacy of Junior Coaching 🏆

Optional Junior Fours | Epsom Bowling Club | Sunday 11 August

Following the spirited competition of the Campi and Canoe events, the spotlight shifts to the ABCA Cup — a one-day optional fours tournament that celebrates unity, development, and the rich legacy of junior bowls coaching in Auckland.

Hosted at Howick Bowling Club, the ABCA Cup brings together male and female junior bowlers from across the winter coaching programme, forming zone teams that reflect collaboration and shared growth. This event is more than just a finale — it’s a tribute to the enduring impact of the Auckland Bowling Coaches Association, (Now Bowls Auckland Coaches Committee) whose work laid the foundations for the junior development pathway we see today.

🔹 Event Highlights

🎯 Format: Optional Fours – 4 players per team (players can be male or female)

👥 Eligibility: Players involved in the winter coaching programme, with five years or less bowling experience

📍 Venue: Howick Bowling Club

🕘 Start Time: 9:00am (one-day event)

🏆 Trophy: The ABCA Cup, is named in honour of the now-defunct Auckland Bowling Coaches Association and its lasting contribution to junior bowls. Its legacy lives on through the newly formed Bowls Auckland Coaches Committee who continue the ABCA’s winter coaching programme to ensure opportunity for junior bowlers in Auckland to develop. 

The ABCA Cup represents the spirit of connection, teamwork, and progression — the very principles at the heart of junior coaching.

Come along and celebrate the final chapter of an incredible weekend of youth bowls. Let’s honour the past and cheer on the future.