Welcome to our Club News summary page.
Please click 'HERE' for details about
joining our club
(Council permits paid by club - see below)
2025 year
2025 BCGBA comps
To keep folk up to speed with the latest bcgba news and information for 2025 season. - please click on the following link
Also, I have given a link to the latest bowls videos on youtube that the BCGBA list for 2024 - one of which is from Westhoughton pro' green - this will keep you occupied on a wet day - whilst picking up tips from the pro's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0IWgxYCJM
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Voluntary work
A lot of time consuming and hard and work goes on at the club that members dont see like obtaining grants/ keeping books + membership details /purchases to
keep club running /discussions with council re maintenance /planning and doing work on the green and surrounds/workparties/team leaders/web page/coordination+meetings with league representatives/keeping clubhouse clean and doing essential jobs - so thanks to our volunteers.
All this work and efforts have made it possible to pay for the council permit fee of £76 per person.
29th April 2024 - kev
More good news - this week we received £1000 grant from 
'Forever Manchester' from their Zuto fund - for specialist work and maintenance to our bowling green.
So a big thank you to them .
27th February 2024 - kev
Brilliant news- just heard from Bolton's Fund (administered by Bolton CVS) that we have been awarded a grant for £2,000 for specialist work on our green to keep it in great shape this year - a really big thank you to them for this award which helps us to keep providing a community park facility that gives help to all our volunteers and pleasure / exercise and a social meeting point to all in our community. - thank you so much.
posted 15 April 2023
In March 'Forever Manchester' and in April 'Bolton CVS' granted us funding for various projects/replacements/maintenance
/equipment that will make our facilities better and make the work of our volunteers a lot easier.
Thank you to them both for helping our club maintain its facilities.
updated 6th August 2022 - updated more bowls - kev
Want to sell your bowls ?
You can advertise them 'here' whether a member or not - recycling is better for everyone.
updated 10th September 2024 kev
Did you know that we have a very popular website to date we have over 12,600 views on our pages.
- Lots of info and news on a regular basis.
- Thanks for visiting and passing the word - kev.
If you wish to see some panel bowls all year round at the Red Lion Westhoughton [ and not a member ] it costs £2.50 per visit - click 'HERE' for full details.
updated 15th April 2025 - kev
Hello everyone - Our club will still provide sanitisers/wipes for your hands in the forthcoming season - as the covid and other germs have not gone away.
updated 27th February - kev
Great web site with lots to read about Waterloo bowls history
click https://www.bowls.co.uk/the-waterloo
updated 5th April - kev
Ever wondered how the original wooden bowls were made. Here is a great link to explain all the history in an article sent in by Rosalyn -thanks +happy reading
https://www.thesportofbowls.co.uk/bowls-articles/article-4-lignum-bowls
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