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...

Indoor Bowling has ceased until the clubhouse reopens.

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Dear Members

Due to COVID the way the club is collecting membership fees will be different this year.  Given the uncertainty around the opening of the Club the most appropriate way of paying membership for next year will be via bank transfer. The Club membership fees will remain the same given no AGM has taken place. It is hoped members will continue to support the club through this difficult time by paying their fees. If you email the club This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. the Club bank details will be sent to you. Please ensure you indicate in the email who you are paying for. If you are unable to pay via bank transfer also get in touch to sort out an alternative.  Thanks in anticipation

FOLLOWING THE LATEST GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCEMENT THE GREENS ARE CLOSED FOR MEMBERS FROM TUESDAY 5TH JANUARY UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT AMENDS THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PUBLIC.

The Clubhouse and other facilities will remain closed.

JEAN BLAND

Another long serving and loyal member of our club has died and we cannot give her the send off that she deserved.  Jean had a fall and broke her ankle, she was taken into hospital but caught pneumonia and died there

Besides being an "A" team bowler for many years Jean served the club in many other ways, holding several offices in the women's committee particularly with the catering.  Jean was never afraid to rebuke anyone when she felt it was needed and when she was in top form she would say "jump"and we jumped.

Jean hasn't been healthy enough to bowl for the last few years but always made sure that someone collected the fixture lists for her, then she would organise her daughter to transport her to the matches when her friends were playing and collect her afterwards.

One of the clearest memories of her was on a Ladies' Day when Jean could hardly walk, but on the green she was  outstanding and worked her way through to the final.  We had to lift her onto the green.  Whatever the result was Jean was the winner that day.  She would not give in.

In recent years she removed to live close to her daughter, but kept in touch with Christine Austin and Enid Akroyd and other elderly players who will not forget her.  We send our sympathies to her family and friends.

Marion Reynolds

Latest News and Notices

Winter Bowling Final Results 2020

 DIVISION 1


Ray Clegg, Club President presenting Clayhouse with their winnings

 

team

played

won

drawn

lost

points

1

Clayhouse

14

13

0

1

291

2

Whirls Wizards

14

9

1

4

260

3

Mavericks

14

10

0

4

252

4

Rabbits Revenge

14

7

1

6

234

5

Pellon

14

4

0

10

232

6

Lindley

14

6

0

8

225

7

Four Play

14

6

0

8

218

8

Strollers

14

0

0

14

166

 

DIVISION 2

 

team

played

won

drawn

lost

points

1

Fiery Jacks

14

13

1

0

306

2

Simply the Best

14

12

1

1

293

3

Tykes

14

7

1

6

246

4

Unbelievabowl

14

9

1

4

245

5

Blue Sox

14

5

1

5

191

6

Halifax “Extra”

14

4

0

10

184

7

Kingston

14

3

0

11

174

8

Halifax Ladies

14

0

1

13

122

 

Final Week Winter bowling 2020

 

Photo of Lindley player Paul Cooney. In their final game Lindley (Cooney, Richard Saunders, Peter Hopkinson, Mark Sykes) beat Four Play 21-11 to send Four Play (Ray Clegg, Keith Hanson, Geoff Hughes, Dave Russell) down to Division 2.

The outstanding team performances in the final week in Halifax Bowling Club’s winter league were Mavericks  in Division 1 and Tykes in Division 2.

Mavericks ( Steve Wandiak, Peter Krenc, Eric McGinnis, Steve Holmes) were up against  second in the table Whirls Wizards (Shirley Dillingham, Lorraine Hirst, Robert Gartside ,David Frost).  Wandiak, Krenc and McGinnis all registered wins against Dillingham, Hirst and Gartside) as Mavericks took the honours by 21 points to 14.By scoring 21 points Mavericks ensured themselves of finishing in third place  only 8 points behind second placed Whirls Wizards.

Week 13 Winter bowling 2020

Photo of Halifax “Extra” player John Crowson. Halifax “Extra” gave their best display of the season with an emphatic 24-6 win over Halifax Ladies.

Rabbits Revenge ( Derek Pollard, Lyndon Harris, Trevor Hargreaves, Martin Benson), challenging for third spot in Division 1 of Halifax Bowling Club’s winter league found Four Play (Ray Clegg, Keith Hanson, Geoff Hughes, Dave Russell) in a determined mood in their latest game. Four Play who had dropped into the relegation area, raised their game as Clegg, Hanson and Hughes all registered wins against Pollard, Harris and Hargreaves. Only Benson scored a win for Rabbits Revenge as he beat Russell, 21-12. Four Play ran out 20-14 winners to move out of the relegation area with 207 points from their 13 games played.

Week 11 & 12 Winter bowling 2020

 

Photo of Fiery Jacks, leaders of division 2. Mike Berry, Ian Crossland, Mick Walker. Fiery Jacks have scored 263 points from 12 games played.

Pellon (David Agnew, Mark Bolton, David Gowing, Keith Barker) have made a remarkable recovery in Division 1 of Halifax Bowling Club’s winter league. In their latest game they were up against another relegation threatened team Lindley (Richard Saunders, Paul Cooney, Mark Sykes, Peter Hopkinson). Lindley finished third last winter season but this season have not achieved their usual success.  In their latest game Lindley found themselves out bowled by Pellon, as Agnew, Bolton and Gowing all registered wins with Barker losing 21-20 to Hopkinson as Pellon ran out 22-13 winners.

This latest win for Pellon has moved them up the league table into 5th place with 199 points from their 12 games played. Their star player has been Mark Bolton, who has won 7 consecutive games.

Week 9 & 10 Winter bowling 2020

 

Photo of Four Play’s Dave Russell and Mavericks’s Steve Holmes.

Four Play (Dave Russell, Geoff Hughes, Derek Williamson, Ray Clegg) and Strollers (Brian Pickles, Keith Hartley, Peter Lomax, Glenda Hartley) turned in their best performances of the season in Division 1 of Halifax Bowling Club’s winter league.

Four Play were up against title contenders Whirls Wizards (Lorraine Hirst, Shirley Dillingham, Martin Skuse, David Frost), who were level with Clayhouse at the top of the table after 8 games played.

Clegg and Russell were the stars for Four Play as Russell beat Hirst 21-17 and Clegg, playing outstanding bowls defeated Frost 21-8. For Whirls Wizards, Dillingham beat Hughes 21-12 and Skuse defeated Williamson 21-16. Four Play ran out 17-16 winners.