Archives for Bowls Wales

WCGBA British Junior Boys and Girls

September 8, 2025 | Comments Off

What an amazing outing it turned out to be for some of our young bowlers at the BCGBA Junior Ladies and BCGBA Boys Individual merits at Owley Wood on Saturday 6th of September. Wales fielded an impressive eight players in this extension to the junior calendar with the introduction of an individual merit for the boys this year. WCGBA Junior Merit winner 2025, Dyfan Thomas, had a nail biting route to the final, with both his quarter final and semi final matches going down to the wire before he made it 21-20 to win. In the final, it looked like
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WCGBA Welsh Mixed Pairs 2025

August 26, 2025 | Comments Off

The 2025 Welsh Mixed Pairs competition was held at Airbus on Sunday 24th August on a very hot day for players and officials. Attending the event were 24 pairs and WCGBA Management members Sandra and Ron West, Tournament Officer Ashley Zepeda and Assistant Simon Walker. Deputy President Peter Higham also lent his support. Referees Arthur Peake, Alan Davies and Peter Hughes worked hard all day to see fair play.Airbus green was, probably, the greenest green I have seen this summer. There was a preliminary round for 12 pairs before we got down to the serious stages of elimination. Round three,
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Wales in the Final – WCGBA

August 19, 2025 | Comments Off

The ladies ‘Team Wales’ were as hot as the weather conditions as they took on North Midlands ladies at Denbigh BC for the Semi final of the Mavis Dearden Supplementary County Championship. Our ladies gave an outstanding performance at the Home venue with only two losses from twelve matches played. Away at Dunlop, Coventry, they Welsh team took eight victories out of the twelve matches played. Overall scores at each venue were Home Wales 242, North Midlands 194. Away team Wales 206, North Midlands 192. They now go through to the final which will be played next month.
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WCGBA 18 -25 Competition

July 14, 2025 | Comments Off

Sunday, and a very hot July 13th Wales 18 to 25 Competition was held at Connah’s Quay Bowling Club. President, Pauline Lindley greeted everyone and welcomed the players to the green for each of their games, whilst Tournament Officer Ashley Zepeda and Assistant Tournament Officer Simon Walker ran the day perfectly. The referee was Peter Higham. There were nine entries this time. A prelim match got underway between Josh Venables and Jamie Williamson. Both players took advantage of having the green to themselves for most of their match, testing one another on long and short marks. Jamie started well with
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BowlsWales Chairman visits WCGBA EGB meeting

July 6, 2025 | Comments Off

At the July 5th EGB meeting at Abergele Bowling Club, Management members were delighted to welcome the Chairman of Bowls Wales, Richard C Jones. Richard has a delightful connection to North Wales with the ‘C’ in his name standing for ‘Colwyn’ of which he is justly proud. He gave the meeting an update on how Bowls Wales is aiming to develop in the future and is looking forward to a strong relationship with all codes of bowls. He was treated to personal experience of the Crown Green sport when Development Officer, Simon Walker took him onto the green. He found
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WCGBA-Ladies Welsh Merit 2025

May 27, 2025 | Comments Off

The WCGBA’s Ladies Merit was held on Sunday 25th May; a breezy and bright day at Criccieth Bowling Club. The green looked in excellent condition given the very dry weather at the start of this season. Drawn to enter the event were 30 players, many from the Welsh Ladies County Squad and included several past winners of the Mel Higham Shield. WCGBA Officials were on hand, as usual, and the competition was well run by Simon Walker, Assistant Competitions Officer and Development Officer. Referees included Arthur Peake, DT Evans and Allan Davies. President Pauline Lindley welcomed everyone to the event
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BOWLSWALES

March 10, 2025 | Comments Off

Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Company shall take place on Monday 19th May 2025 at 7pm via zoom. Important Notes for Members: • The Agenda for the meeting will be circulated at least 21 days before the AGM •Notices of motion put forward by Members for the Annual General Meeting must be received by the Company at least 35 days before the date of the Annual General Meeting on Monday 14th April 2025 and must be accompanied by an explanatory paper outlining the terms of the motion. • Proxy voting forms and full details
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Christmas 2024

December 22, 2024 | Comments Off

We’d like to inform you that BowlsWales will be closed for the Christmas holidays. Our offices will be shutting down on Monday 23rd December 23rd 2025 and reopening on Monday 6th January 2025. We take this opportunity to thank our Members, partners, and volunteers for your support throughout the year. Nadolig Llawen and a Happy New Year! Best Wishes, The BowlsWales Team
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Bowls and Para bowls confirmed for Glasgow 2026

October 22, 2024 | Comments Off

BowlsWales is delighted to learn that Bowls and Para bowls will be one of the ten sports included in the 2026 Commonwealth Games from 23rd July to 2nd August 2026. The Games are such an important showcase for our sport. Read the full statement from World Bowls hereRead the full statement from Commonwealth Games here
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WCGBA- Welsh Champion of Champions

October 17, 2024 | Comments Off

The 2024 Welsh Champion of Champions competition was held on Sunday 22nd of September at New Brighton Bowling Club. This popular end of season knock out was hosted by President Pauline Lindley and Members of the WCGBA Management were there giving their usual support throughout the day. Referees included Arthur Peake, Peter Higham, Alan Davies and Peter Hughes. In the first four matches, there were no run-away leads in the soggy conditions. As the games progressed, Adam stretched his lead to 12-8 up over Paul Walley. However, Paul was to finish the game winning 21-14. Martin Jones and Mike Riley’s
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