What is your club doing to recruit new members? Not just veteran bowlers, and not just male bowlers but 'bowlers' and fee paying members. The Bowls Development Alliance are announcing a national scheme to promote bowling. This will take place over the spring bank holiday weekend...

For this season only there will be a new format for the Julie Fuller Trophy which will give all teams more games. It is based on a 4 week maxi league with the top 4 teams on aggregate going through to a semi-final. The teams...

  The management committee have decided today on both the dates for the start of the 2021 season and the league structures. The 6-man teams will have their first game on Monday 3 May whilst the 10-man teams will start on Tuesday 4 May. By this...

This is another casualty of the COVID pandemic as Lindley Liberal Club had doubts whether they could field 2 teams in the 6-man section and have therefore withdrawn their B team. This leaves the 6-man section with 30 teams in 3 sections so in effect...

The death of Peter Armitage of Hemplow Bowling Club has been announced this morning. Peter will be well remembered by veteran bowlers as a very jovial character around the green. Club reps and their guests will recall his very humorous speech at our Golden Jubilee event...

This is a shared statement with Bowls England and Disability Bowls England and further information will be distributed once the full guidance has been issued by the Dept. of Sport. Today’s roadmap for the easing of lockdown restrictions enables BCGBA, counties and affiliated clubs to prepare...

The management committee are meeting again on Monday 1st March to hopefully determine the start dates for league bowling and competition dates. The Prime Minister is making an announcement as we draft this post so bowlers will have a better feel for when we can...

Broad Oak Bowling Club have asked that we remember Eddie Grange who has died recently. He only took up bowling in his later years and is perhaps more renowned for his pies than his bowling. The pies came from his shop in Slaithwaite and were...

If you're an avid reader of our forum posts you'll know that the Management Committee has postponed a decision on start dates and formats for the coming season until 1 March. We're awaiting the Boris road map on Monday 22 February and then advice from...