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...
First round Thursday 1st July [table id=17 /]...
The results of the survey conducted by the BDA make very interesting reading. Back to Bowls Headline Data Report This was a nationwide survey which is still open if you'd like to have your say but over 11,600 responses have already been received and reveal that nearly...
In 2013 our illustrious Inter-District team not only swept all before them on the bowling green but scooped the Huddersfield Examiner Community Team of the Year award. The following copy has been copied from the Huddersfield Examiner at the time. There are eight districts in the league...
We've added another useful facility to our website to broaden the scope of information that we hope bowlers will find useful, and also to add to their understanding of the governance of our sport. Click on Misc. in the navigation bar and you will find a...
Did you know if you're a registered user of our forum you can add an avatar or gravator to identify yourself? These are some that are already in use: Guess which is the one used by our Comps secretary? When you've logged on go to your...