Halifax Bowling Club is blessed in many ways and one of them is having two outside Crown Greens. This enables the club to put out 31 various mixed, ladies only and men only teams into 11 different leagues every week, 6 days of the week.

There is also ample time for social bowling and improvers bowling in and amongst the league bowling. We are also popular with local and Yorkshire leagues as a venue for all types of competition, usually at the weekend.

Our greens are open all year, weather permitting, and this has enabled us to run an Outdoor Winter League, once a week, which is proving very popular with teams of 4 players. 

We are always on the lookout for new club members and players so why don't you come along to view our excellent facilities and meet new friends.

Halifax Bowling Club is one of the best appointed clubs in the area and the only one in the town with indoor lanes. See what we have to offer...

There is a session on a Monday Morning 11.00 a.m.-12 noon for new bowlers and a Thursday morning session from 11.30 a.m.-1.00p.m. for social bowling. Everyone invited.

Find out about our different membership packages, how much it costs, and how to join.

OUTDOOR CLUB COMPETITIONS

Halifax VETS Competitions

Wednesday 25th September Individual Handicap

Tuesday 1st October Merit

The 2019 Autumn Indoor Bowling season will commence on Thursday September 12th with the Thursday Evening Triples. 106 teams will contest the ten different leagues, with the leagues including “Fours”, “Triples” and “Pairs” in their fixtures. New teams in the Saturday “Shield” are” Marbles”, captain Ian Smith, “Ghurkas”, captain Millie Wheelwright and” Phoenix” captain Phil Hallowell. There is a session on a Monday morning at 11.00 a.m. for any interested people to “have a go”. This session will commence on Monday September 16th. There is also a “social  session” on a Thursday morning at 11.30 a.m.

Fixture lists are available in the Indoor Bowling hall.

The Outdoor Winter league will commence on Thursday October 10th with sessions at 10.30 a.m. and 12 noon. All teams have entered from last year with newly promoted” Mavericks” and “Simply the Best” hoping to cause a few upsets in division 1 and relegated” Pellon” and” Kingston” expected to set a high standard in Division 2. The first seven games will see the Division 1 teams play on green 1 and division 2 on green 2. After 7 games Division 1 will play on green 2 and division 2 will play on green 1. There will be the usual popular “bacon butties” for sale.

Latest News and Notices

Ladies Carter Merit

Pam Shaw, receiving the trophy from Barbara Gee, previous winner and runner up

On a warm sunny day sixteen ladies contested the Halifax Bowling Club's Hanson Merit. A feature of the day was the superb performances by some of the new inexperienced ladies such as Carol Onions and Linda Robson. Pam Shaw and Janice Wright are maintaining their improvement and it was good to see Lynda Canning and Mavis Walker using their green knowledge.
The semi final featured Carol Onions and the experienced Barbara Gee and team mates Pam Shaw and Jan Wright. Carol went into a 4-0 lead before Barbara won the Jack and bowling her trade mark 20 metre round pegging marks ran out a 15-5 winner.
The game between Pam and Janice was a very close encounter with both ladies bowling a similar length. Pam took the honours by 15-14.
The final saw Barbara moving into a 10-5 advantage bowling a long pegging mark on the edge of the green. When Pam won the Jack she bowled superbly on a round finger medium length mark to run out a 15-11 winner.
An excellent day's bowling.

Ladies Day 2019

On a warm muggy day thirty ladies contested The “Lingard Trophy” and the “Sutcliffe Cup”.

The quarter finalists in the main event “The Lingard Trophy” were Christine Austin, Val Bax, Joanna Branney, Marion Reynolds, Anne Mullaney, Elspeth Hartley, Barbara Gee and Marian Quick. Notable performances were by Christine  who beat Val  15-12, Joanna who defeated Marion 15-10, Anne defeated Elspeth 15-12 and Marian who beat Barbara 15-9.

Joanna and Marian both showed their experience as they came through their semi-finals against Christine and Anne. Anne, who plays on the ladies “C” team bowled superbly.

The final between Joanna and Marian was a “nip and tuck” encounter with Joanna bowling a medium finger peg mark and Marian concentrating on a shorter straight mark. Joanna was leading all the way at 13-8, before the final stages of the game when Marian won the jack and ran out a 15-13 winner as she scored 5 singles and a pair without reply.

The “Sutcliffe Cup” was contested between Alison Lister and Pam Shaw. In the semi-finals, Alison had beaten Marilyn Greenwood 15-9 and in a thrilling semi-final Pam came out on top 15-14 against new bowler Ann Booth.

The ladies enjoyed the day which included a superb lunch, strawberries and cream and “Afternoon Tea” which included the favourite “Cream Cakes”. The prizes were presented by the Lady President Margot Handsley to Marian Quick and Pam Shaw. Margot thanked everyone for their support and the men who helped with the measuring.

Louie Pearson Ladies Handicap Competition 2019

Christine Austin Winner of the Louie Pearson Ladies Handicap

On a showery June Monday 12 lady bowlers competed in the Louie Pearson Knockout Handicap. The competition had four rounds with games played to 21 points. The games throughout were competitive with all matches finishing with players in double figures. The Final was between Janis Wright and Christine Austin, Christine won 21-14. Christine was a worthy winner and gives hope to the younger players of being able to succeed in the future.

Communities Award

Halifax Bowling Club were proud to receive the communities award for contribution to the older generation. The award was accepted by Ernie Morris and Enid Akroyd, two of the older club members who still regularly attend the club and enjoy the social activities and events.

The community awards were presented at an enjoyable evening hosted by Halifax Academy and organised by the ward forum.

Connolly Ladies Pairs

On a windy,cool morning twenty ladies contested Halifax Bowling Club's Connelly Pairs. An experienced lady bowler was paired with a less experienced one.
After several exciting games the semi finalists were Christine Austin and Anne Mullaney, Barbara Gee and Ann Ranton, Carol Onions and Bev Clayton and Mavis Walker and Elspeth Hartley.
Both semi finals were superb games with Christine and Anne coming out on top 15-14 against Barbara and Ann and in the other semi new bowler Carol and Bev also came out on top by the narrowest of margins at 15-14.

 The final was a "nip and tuck" affair. Carol and Bev went into a 14-11 lead and were holding a "2" for game before Bev knocked one of Anne's bowls in for Christine and Anne to score a single and put the score at 14-12. Christine and Anne then ran out with another single and a pair to take the final by 15-14. The other ladies appreciated the excellent bowling.

The winners were presented with the cup by last years winners Lorraine Tomlinson and Barbara Gee. Thanks were expressed to the ladies for providing food and to Lynda for running the competition.