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Bowls Buddies was delighted to be able to help out at Old Town Bowling Club’s open day last Saturday. The Club is located in a lovely setting up on the hills above Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire and has great facilities in the adjacent Village Hall. They run regular Saturday morning sessions for beginners. BothContinue reading “Superb Open Day”

One of the most common questions we get asked is “Where can we get funding to get your products?” In order to help everyone we have now launched our 40 page ‘Guide to Successful Grant Funding’. This will be of use for any funding application you may wish to make. It gives a HUGE amount ofContinue reading “Funding Advice – Now Available”

BowlsWales recently attended the Gareth Bale Festival of Sport and did a wonderful job of showcasing the sport of bowls using our Bowls Buddies bowls, target mats and the new target wedge. Gareth Bale had a go and looked like a natural! Could you get one of the bowls into the top scoring 100 holeContinue reading “Gareth Bale having a go!”

We’re excited to announce the release of the latest addition to our range of bowls development products – the Bowls Buddies ‘Target Wedge’. The ‘Target Wedge’ is made from 100% recycled ABS plastic and measures a large scale 1m wide by 80cm deep, raising 13cm at the rear to create the slope. Weighing in atContinue reading “New Target Wedge Product”

Bowls Buddies and BowlsWales are really excited to announce their new partnership to support the development of bowls through the provision of special fun equipment that can be used by all ages and abilities.

We are grateful to Stephen Beamish, from Hinckley Bowling club in Leicestershire, who kindly posted the following fantastic feedback on LinkedIn: “ I got mine last week and I would highly recommend any club or association to invest, the bundles are great it takes away any thinking and the bowls are repeatable so once aContinue reading “Great feedback”

Exciting news – following several enquiries for different colours to be available in the Bowls Buddies bowls…..we’ve listened and here is our new, extended colour range!!! The Bowls Buddies bowls are now available in Bright Orange and Bright Pink….in addition to our existing Red, Blue and Yellow options. All of the ‘Bag’ and ‘Kit’ packages come withContinue reading “New Colours Now Available”

We hope that everyone has a very Merry Christmas …… and here’s to a fantastic 2023!!! Best wishes from us all at Bowls Buddies.

Congratulations to our very own Steve Clamp who was awarded the Pendle ‘Sports Coach of the Year’ Award, which is much deserved given all the effort that Steve puts into his coaching at the Philip Wright Bowling Academy and elsewhere. In addition the Philip Wright Bowling Academy was recently awarded the ‘Contribution to Active CommunitiesContinue reading “Further Awards”