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IBCA Assistant Coach Course
An IBCA Assistant Coach Course will be held as follows in 2020 Dates – Friday 10th January from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Saturday 11th January from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Venue – Belfast Indoor Bowling Club, Shaws Bridge, Belfast Fee – £30 per person ( 10% discount for 3+ members from the same club) This […]
IBCA Assistant Coach Course
An Assistant Coach Course will be held as follows: Venue: Ballybrakes Community Indoor Bowls Club Dates: Wednesday 1st & 8th May Time: 7pm – 10pm If you are interested in attending this course please send an email to the IBCA Secretary, Helen Russell helen@e-russell.com who will then provide you with a registration form to be […]
Congratulations to our recent British Isles Champions
Ireland managed to emerge victorious in three events at the recent British Isles Championships held in Belfast, the Ladies Rinks, Ladies Triples & the Men’s Rinks. We had one other finalist but unfortunately Chloe Watson was defeated in a well-contested game. This was a great achievement especially by the ladies contesting 3 […]
Assistant Coach Course
The Irish Bowls Coaching Association (IBCA) is looking for expressions of interest from anyone wishing to develop bowls coaching skills. The first stage is an assistant coach course which consists of 2 X 3 hour sessions and a practical assessment normally at Shawsbridge Belfast. This course is accredited by Coaching Ireland and delivered by qualified trainers. […]
Upcoming events in Belfast #Getinspired
As you may be aware Belfast is hosting the Sports Personality of the Year Awards next month in the SSE arena. As part of this event Belfast City Council are working in partnership with BBC in their #Getinspired campaign in the lead up to the event to promote sport in the city, increase participation levels […]
Anti-Bullying in Sport
The Irish Bowls Federation is supporting the Anti-Bullying in sport message and we would encourage all clubs to consider making their members aware of this message. Bullying behaviour is currently defined as “repeated use of power, by one or more persons, intentionally to harm, hurt or adversely affect the rights or needs of another or others”. […]
Bowls Day for people with disabilities
In conjunction with Disability NI a bowls taster day is being held at Ballybrakes Indoor Community Bowling Club on Sunday 6th September. If you have a physical disability or are blind or partially sighted and wish to come along or know of anyone who might wish to come along then see the attached poster for details of […]
World Deaf Bowls Competition
The 7th World Deaf Bowls Competition is being held this year in Belfast at Belmont Bowling green with the Opening ceremony on Sunday 30th August as can be seen from the attached poster. There will be representatives from Australia and New Zealand along with those closer to home and players will be competing all week […]