Nagy (30) played with his father-in-law, Peter Drummond, in post-section play in the pairs at the New Zealand open bowls championships on his wedding day at the North East Valley green.
"I worried a bit about playing bowls on my wedding day and it was a bit stressful," Nagy admitted.
"We were lucky. We finished our first two games at 1pm and had a bye in the third round."
The wedding of Nagy and Ansilea Drummond (32) was held at the Chingford Park Stables at 6pm and the wedding photos were taken at the nearby North East Valley Bowling Club.
The couple spent the wedding night at the St Clair Beach Hotel.
But there was no time to sleep in the next morning, because Nagy was back on the bowling green at 8.30am.
The couple met in Egypt three years ago, when Nagy was employed by the New Zealand Army and his wife was a navigation officer in the navy.
The wedding was planned well in advance and was designed to fit in with the New Zealand bowls championships.
Nagy's mother travelled to Dunedin from her home on Waiheke Island and joined in the Drummond family's traditional game of bowls on Christmas Day.
Nagy played bowls as a teenager and found he needed a hobby when he left the army and settled in Devonport.
He plays for the Takapuna club.
"I'm addicted to the game now. It is my life," he said.
"You meet some awesome people through the sport."
His wife grew up in a bowls family in North East Valley and has always followed the game.
A honeymoon on the Gold Coast is planned for later in the year, and it could include bowls.
There was a sad postscript to the wedding because Peter Drummond suffered heart problems and spent two days in Dunedin Hospital for observation and tests.
He missed the start of section play in the fours yesterday but showed he was coming back to health by texting his son-in-law to get progress scores.
