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Bowls - Pubs, Clubs and Leagues

If you want to submit a pub or league to this list, please just e-mail me.

Pubs

Crown Green Bowls

The Birches Inn, Healey, near Rochdale, Greater Manchester
The Wynnstay Arms, Oswestry, Shropshire
The Elephant and Castle, Shawbury, Shropshire
The Holly Bush, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
The King's Arms, Meir, Stafordshire
The Railway Station, Congleton, Cheshire
Olton Tavern, Solihull, West Midlands (submitted David Hosgood, April 2000)
Ercall Magna BC, Cleveland Arms at High Ercall , Nr Telford in Shropshire. (submitted Steve Davies, July 2000)
The Tamar, Wigan Road, Leigh, Lancashire (submitted Steve Reynolds, October 2000)

The Greyhound Inn, Court Lane Erdington, Birmingham (submitted Janina James, July 2001)
Gate Hangs High, Wrexham, Wales, (submitted Patrick Richardson, April 2002)
Millstone, Penyffordd, Wales, (submitted Patrick Richardson, April 2002)
Northop Hall, (submitted Patrick Richardson, April 2002)
Flixton Cricket & sports club, Lawrence road, Flixton, Manchester

Heath Hayes Constitutional, Hednesford Road, Heath Hayes, Staffs.
Chadsmoor Progressive BC, Burns Street, Chadsmoor, Staffs
Rowley Park BC, Rowley Park, West Way, Stafford

Table Bowls

The Ayr Anzac Memorial Club, Ayr, Queensland, Australia (submitted Graham Berlin and Peter Doig, April 2000)

Ross Campbell submitted the following information in Jan 2002 regarding Table Bowls in the City of Carlisle area of England (north west). There are two leagues in the city which compete in regular competitions in the winter months.They are a Thursday night league of mainly working men's type clubs and one pub, and a second senior league or pensioners league.Below I include the Thursday teams as of 2001/2002 season.

DENTON HOLME WORKING MEN'S CLUB x 2 teams
THE EX SERVICE MEN'S CLUB UPPERBY MEN'S INSTITUTE x2
THE SOUTH END CLUB x2
BRITISH RAIL CLUB x2
THE WORKING MEN'S CLUB
THE AVENUE PUBLIC HOUSE

There are also three cups to play for during the year THE FAMOUS GROUSE,THE CARLSBERG AND THE KNOCKOUT. Individual clubs also have competitions during the year when trophies such as the Xmas handicap knockout at The Denton Holme Club are competed for by that clubs own individual members in singles and doubles modes.

Leagues

Crown Green Bowls

East Birmingham Mid Week League
Ward End and Yardley League
Shrewsbury league (submitted Steve Davies, July 2000)
Warwick and Worcester Premier League (submitted Janina James, July 2001)
Dudley Building Society League (submitted Lynne Anderson, July 2007)
Cannock Bowls League (submitted Lynne Anderson, July 2007)
Lichfield and District Bowls League (submitted Lynne Anderson, July 2007)

Flintshire Mid-Week, Wales, (submitted Patrick Richardson, April 2002)
Wrexham & District (Wales), (submitted Patrick Richardson, April 2002)
North Wales Coast, (submitted Patrick Richardson, April 2002)
Urmston League, Manchester (submitted Jim O'Shea, May 2002)
Worthington Mid Shropshire League (submitted Steven Pessall, June 2006)
Damp proof Services Wem & District Bowling League (submitted Steven Pessall, June 2006)
Furrows Shropshire Premier League (submitted Steven Pessall, June 2006)
Mistral Boilers Highley League (submitted Steven Pessall, June 2006)
SPS Whitchurch League (submitted Steven Pessall, June 2006)
Oswestry League (submitted Steven Pessall, June 2006)

Many of the Midlands Leagues post their results on the Leaguebowls.com site.

Clubs

Highworth Bowls Club in Wiltshire
Lindfield Bowls Club in Sussex
Vale of Leven Bowling Club
Denby Grange Bowling Club
Deeside Veterans Bowling Club
Aston Bowling Club
Purton Bowls Club, Wiltshire

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