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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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”. […]
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 […]
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 […]
