Bowls Direct Ltd is the New Zealand agent for Drakes Pride lawn bowls, and sell direct to bowlers. Drakes Pride make models specifically for outdoor NZ conditions that have proven consistency and reliability. Sets are checked on our test table prior to delivery.

Also we are WB licenced Bowls Tester, bowl renovation specialists and test all makes and models. See our used page for current sets of used lawn bowls. Our mission is to help you play to your full potential. 

All prices are in NZ dollars and incl NZ GST tax which is rebated for export orders. Freight free in NZ for orders over $500.

WE  ARE OPEN OVER XMAS & NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS IF YOU NEED BOWLS OR TESTING

Checked Your Bowls lately? SAND  CAUSES BIAS CHANGE! You CAN play much better! 63% of sets checked last 6 years are not legal and don't have the correct bias due to sand! Bowls must be of same bias and not less than WRB minimum.  [ Rules 1.4.3 & 8.2.1 ] 25 years of playing on sand topped synthetic greens and no testing has had dramatic effect. WB TEST & RENOVATION / Re-BIAS $100-160 incl courier return & GST

Drakes Pride Announcing 3 new models for the new season. We have added 3 flatter-finish models to compliment the popular Ultra and Professional and Excel min bias turn finish bowls. The new DELTA model  has a same path as Excel with  flatter finish. The CORSAIR is slighlty narrower again with an earlier break point, holds its line longer with even flatter line into the head. The DIRECT model is our narrowest tracking bowl and has an even controlled arc into the head. Models have been specifically designed for NZ greens conditions with the goal being consistent playability. Players comments have been tremendous about the consistency on NZ windy greens. check the bowls page Check the Tech page if you want to know why some bowl models perform the way they do.

Trust Drakes Pride bowls for consistent play in New Zealand.....Audrey Stevenson wins National singles with Drakes Pride Specials [ "balanced sole" type bowl ]...and

Bowls: 'Faithfuls' help Sims find form 02.01.06 By Peter Martinez NZ Herald

After surrendering her singles title at the national championships in Wellington, Sharon Sims has gone back to the tried and true for the rest of the tournament.

Where she had struggled to come to terms with the breezy, hot and dry conditions in Wellington previously, Sims was a picture of confidence in post section play of the women's pairs yesterday with some sparkling shots.

She attributed the confidence to having her set of Drake's Pride Specials, the "old faithfuls", back in her hand.

She had switched to a Greenmasters set in October and had finished runner-up in the world singles champion of champions event in Christchurch in November, going down 8-6, 3-9, 1-2 to Malaysian 19-year-old Nor Iryani Azmi.

"I was using the Greenmasters at the start of the tournament but rushed home on Friday night to get the Drakes," Sims said after cruising untroubled into the last 16 of the women's pairs.

"I just felt so much more confident using the Drakes, with which I have won so many events over the years - the Greenmasters are on a shelf back
home in Palmerston North."

[PS. Model Drakes Pride Special has been redesigned with slimmer shape and named Ultra.]