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...

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

Dear Members

Outdoor Bowling Team Captains FYI and action

From Halifax Association

Contingency plans for postponements due to Covid ONLY.

League matches only, Team & Cup Matches will have to play on the designated date In these difficult times, with the Covid infection still with us, we would recommend the following actions take place.

Any team unable to raise a full quota of players should inform the opposition firstly and play the fixture with the reduced number of players. The remaining team players must complete the fixture at a later date, up to the 3 Fridays following the postponement date.

The League Secretary must be informed of the postponement and the new fixture date. No match input into BowlsNet until the match is completed.

Halifax Bowling Club will be running a  “Crown Green” bowling session “Learn how to bowl” on a Tuesday morning from 10.30 a.m.- 12 noon commencing Tuesday April 5th..

CLUB COMPETITIONS

Please sign up for competitions on the notice board. Draw will take place at 10.30am on the day of the competition for 11.00 start

J & J B DUNN Mixed Pairs Handicap                  SUNDAY 10th July

ROLAND WHITELEY Mixed Pairs Handicap         SUNDAY 24th July

TREVOR KAYE Mixed Pairs                             SUNDAY 7th August

LADIES COMPETITIONS

LADIES DAY                                              SATURDAY 16th July

CARTER MERIT Singles Knockout                  MONDAY 8th August

LOUIE PEARSON Singles Handicap                TUESDAY 30th August

Latest News and Notices

League Tables Result Spring 2022

Winners of the Spring Indoor bowling leagues may collect their prize money on Tuesday April 19th. 10.30-11.30 a.m. or Thursday April 21st 6.30-7.30 p.m  or by arrangement with the Indoor Bowling Treasurer, David Hardcastle.

MONDAY AFTERNOON FOURS.-

Winners-The Incredibowls

Runners Up – Well Bowled

3rd. - Rascals

MONDAY EVENING PAIRS.

Winners- Valley Boys

Runners Up-Blue Woods

3rd-Marbles

TUESDAY EVENING PAIRS.

DIVISION 1

Winners-Dumb & Dumber

Runners up- Young Guns

3rd –S.I.D.

Relegated – Spartans, 46ers

DIVISION 2

Winners- Stray Cats

Runners Up- Haztags

WEDNESDAY FOURS.

DIVISION 1

Winners – Northern Lights

Runners Up –Black Cats

Relegated Jack High

DIVISION 2

Winners – Pals

Runners Up-Focus

WEDNESDAY EVENING FOURS.

Winners – Up the Edge

Runners Up- Saxons

THURSDAY EVENING TRIPLES

Winners – Arriva

Runners Up-Little & Large

3rd-SID

FRIDAY TRIPLES

Division 1

Winners – Red Mist

Runners Up- G. 2 + 1

Division 2

Winners – Hornets

Runners Up- Focus

FRIDAY EVENING PAIRS

Winners – Clayton

Runners Up-Blue Woods

3rd – T.N.T.

SATURDAY PAIRS.

Winners-Red Woods

Runners Up-Marbles

Indoor Bowling Results Week 13 2022

 Photo of Paul Gill and Tony Riley being presented with their prize by Ray Clegg.

The final of the Sheila Holbrook Knock Out Pairs was played last weekend, when four top players, Paul Gill and Tony Riley from Clayton were up against the Ripponden pairing of Brian Winrow and Ian Smith. The final ,played down the middle of the rinks was a superb game with all players exhibiting a variety of shots. The game began “nip and tuck” with Gill and Riley taking a 5-4 lead. The pair then scored a game changing”4” to turn the game and lead 9-4.Gill and Riley eventually running out 11-5 winners.The winners were presented with their prize by the Club’s President Ray Clegg

Yorkies (Pauline Ward, Sylvia Allott, Stewart Wright, Jack Pickles) and Focus (Alan Singleton, Eleanor Carney, John Crowson, Chris Lindsey) were involved in a battle for the runners up spot in Division 2 of the Wednesday Fours. At the final end, Focus were leading 10-5, but Yorkies fought back and were holding a “5” , before Crowson, the skip for Focus sent a bowl into the head removed the scoring bowls of Yorkies and scored a single for his team as  Focus ran out 11-5 winners and cemented their second place in the division.

Indoor Bowling Results Week 12 2022

One of the best performances in Halifax Bowling Club’s Spring League was in Division 2 of the Wednesday Fours, when runaway leaders Pals ( Sandra Cooper, Bea Grant, Pat Grant, Peter Krenc) came up against a determined Focus ( Alan Singleton, Eleanor Carney. John Crewson, Chris Lindsey). In a “nip and tuck” encounter Focus took the honours by 12 shots to 11.

Pals lead the division with 20 points from their 12 games played. Focus have now moved up into joint second place with Yorkies who are on the 14 point mark from their 12 games played. In their latest game Yorkies (Pauline Ward, Sylvia Allott, Rose O’Leary, Jack Pickles) beat Guys & Dolls (Eileen Dovernor, Ron bax, Donald Rawson, Jeff Dovernor) by  18 shots to 10. In the other game in Division 2  Springers (Hazel Garside, Kath Taliku, Avril Humberstone, Maywyyne Denby) proved too strong for Fair of Face (Bronwyn Bannon, Geoff Harrison, Lynda Canning, Maurice Thorpe) as they ran out 16-9 winners.

Indoor Bowling Results Week 11 2022

The big game of the week in the Monday Evening Pairs at Halifax Bowling Club was between leaders Valley Boys (Keith Hanson, Nick Blackburn) and second in the table Blue Woods (Gordon Bradford, Andy Balmforth). In a “nip and tuck” encounter Valley Boys took the honours by 12 shots to 11. Valley Boys lead the division with 18 points from their 11 games played. Blue Woods are still in second place with 13 points.

Black Cats (Gordon Bradford, Andy Balmforth, John Sharp, Paul Gill), leaders of Division 1 in the Wednesday Fours found Illingworth (Marion Quick, Alan Cowburn, Stuart Baker, David Laycock) in a determined frame of mind, as end after end the Illingworth team thwarted Black Cats as they had just one scoring bowl in the head and Paul Gill, the skip for Black Cats found this bowl difficult to remove. A fine team effort by Illingworth saw them take the honours by 15 shots to 9.

Indoor Bowling Results Week 10 2022

The Thursday Evening Triples at Halifax Bowling Club’s Spring league is developing into a most exciting climax. Leaders Arriva (Les Holmes, Finley Hickey, Graham Wilson) had a superb top of the table clash against second in the table SID (John Sharp, Steve Swallow, Ian Ryding) . SID took the honours by 16 shots to 15. Third in the table True Grit (Steve Rathmell, Chris Rhodes, Tony James) came unstuck against next to bottom Madlams (Gordon Bradford, Derek Smith, Mick walker) by 19 shots to 13.

Past champions Clayton (Tony Riley, Mel Fielding, John Williams) had a “nip and tuck “ encounter against other past champions Little & Large ( Steve Rothwell, Ian Smith, David Laycock), the sides finished level on 12 shots each.

Two of the bottom teams in the Friday Evening Pairs, Dubliners (David Armitage, John Holden) and Gary & Pat (Sandra Cooper, Pat Grant) both registered wins in the latest round of fixtures. Dubliners, beat league leaders Blue Woods (Gordon Bradford, Andy Balmford) 11-9 and Gary & Pat beat the much improved sisters (Val Bax, Del Haigh) 17-5.