Welcome to our Club News summary page.
Please click 'HERE' for details about
joining our club. in 2025
(Council permits paid by club - see below)
2025 year
17th March 2025 -
All teams have fixtures now for 2025- [see the team fixtures page]
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14th April ---Vets matches start week commencing 14th April - so come on down to support our club teams.
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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.
2024 year
30th September 2024 - kev
Hello members . - as a club we have had a good year with regards to the upkeep of our facilities and the number of teams who have enjoyed playing at our club.
We have completed fixtures for 3 vets teams, 1 conny league team, 1 mills team , and 1 municipal team.
Although we haven't won any team cups this year we have put in good performances and our individual members have won many trophies as individuals or as pairs in the various Bolton and District leagues.
As well as the 1000's of hours put in by our club volunteers, we have received funding to maintain our facilities with membership and playing fees helping to pay for the council permit fees - which makes for a fair 'pay and play' approach to our club's values of making the game affordable to all the community.
Congratulations to everyone who have contributed to making 2024 a very successful and pleasant season for all our members and the many hundreds of visitors to our club.
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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.
17th January 2024 - committee
If you would like to be part of the club's ' WHATSAPP ' group you can be by: texting 'add me to AB group' to Kevan on 07505320612
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 with 18707 page views last year.
2024 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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