BowlsWales News

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Daniel Salmon

Newport hosts World Bowls Competition

Nov 29, 2017

Wales has hosted many great sporting events and the City of Newport will be adding to that emphatic list when the Newport Indoor Bowls Centre plays host to the World Indoor Bowls Council Championships in December 2017. The championship will see seven countries including top players from Wales vying for

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Success Down Under for Daniels and Kingdon

Nov 7, 2017

World Singles Champion of Champions Laura Daniels has been crowned world singles champion of champions after a week of high quality bowling at Sydney’s palatial St Johns Park Bowls Club. Daniels had an impressive round-robin topping the group stages for the first four days, qualifying for the playoffs against South

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Welcome to the new BowlsWales website!

Oct 31, 2017

Welcome to the new BowlsWales website! We are very excited to launch our new website. We have worked hard to modernise our site and make it fully responsive. If you are at home on your laptop, at your local bowls club on your tablet, or having a quick browse on

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Visually Impaired Bowls

Wales Medal Success at the British Isles Visually Impaired Bowls Championship

Oct 20, 2017

Glasgow Indoor Bowls Club hosted the British Isles Visually Impaired Bowls Championship from 6 – 8 October. This event was marked as one of the final selection events ahead of the Commonwealth Games and so performance was crucial. Welsh Team Manager John Wilson said “Although we have a much smaller

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Team Wales win Gold on Channel Islands

Oct 11, 2017

Wales’ Bethan Russ, Chris Klefenz, Emma Gittins and Chris Ashman struck gold at the 11th European Championships. The quartet claimed the mixed fours title over Ireland and Scotland in an impressive fashion dropping just one set during the 6 day competition. Held every two years, this year’s Championships took place

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Bowls for all in Abertillery

Oct 6, 2017

On a cold September evening, in a quiet corner of Abertillery Park under the shadow of the Arael mountain, an event was taking place that encapsulated the theory that bowls really is a game for everyone. Children, parents, grandparents and Welsh Internationals past and present gathered to enjoy an evening

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A Sleeping Giant

Sep 15, 2017

Welcome to the BowlsWales website, which launches a new era for Bowls in Wales. The website, along with our other communication methods will aim to raise the profile of bowls as a “lifetime sport for all”. BowlsWales has been set up to be the co-ordinating body for Bowls in Wales,

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Nia Butler

Introducing Nia Butler: General Manager of BowlsWales

Sep 14, 2017

The newly formed BowlsWales recently appointed Nia Butler as its General Manager. The 44 year old, was born and brought up in Pontypridd, now lives with her family in Cardiff. Since beginning her career at the National Botanic Garden of Wales in the late 1990’s, Nia has enjoyed a number

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