​Joining Bolton Flat Green Bowling Club.

 

If you are new to the game of bowls, we have a pathway designed just for you. 

 

If you are a Crown Green Bowler looking for a new experience or direction, or fed up of playing on heavy grass greens, give our fast carpet a try.

It's like full length indoor bowls but in the fresh air. 

 

We have a taster programme, a sort of "Try Before You Buy," which you can access by clicking on the 'Play Bowls/Stay Active' header at the top of the page,  Fill in the form and we will contact you as soon as possible.

We have several qualified coaches who will help you all the way.

 

If you are an experienced Club Bowler, we can integrate you into Club and County Life.

If you are an experienced bowler, the Membership Application can be found under the 'Join Us' header at the top of the page.  The various categories of Membership are explained on the first page with the link to the Membership Application at the bottom of the page.  Once you have filled in the form you will receive an acknowledgement explaining all about the Club, how to pay your Membership Fee, and the Competitions we organise.

 

Safeguarding.

For details of the Club's Safeguarding Policy follow the links under the 'Information" header above.

 

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Sale Room.

Some pre-loved clothing has been added to the Sale Room.  There are also several sets of bowls.  Follow the link above to have a look.​

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 ​Competitions and Other Notable 2025 Dates for your Diary​

(at Bolton unless specified)

All the dates are in the Club Calendar together with the Fixed Day Competition Dates​​​​​

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​Final's Day Sunday 21 September 2025

Following the monsoon like downpour on Saturday, (which caused the cancellation of that day's schedule), Sunday proved to be bright and sunny, if a little chill in the shade.  Fortunately, some of Saturday's games, with a little re-scheduling, were transferrable. This left only four Finals outstanding. All of which have now been either played or re-arranged by the participants.    Congratulations to all the winners, commiserations to all the runners up.

I hope to publish a photographic record of the winners when they are all known.

 

Many thanks to the volunteer markers, (Mike P, Duncan C, Blair & Lyndon) and Carol & Clare who kept us all fed and watered.  

Also a special thanks for David Travis and his team for ensuring we have a superb surface to play these games on.

 

To see the revised schedule and the results click below.

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Schedule

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Saturday 27 September

 2025 Bolton Open Report

 

Another great day for this year’s Open and with a final that demonstrated the quality on show.  I must admit I was on tenterhooks all week as poor weather was forecast but I needn't have worried as we escaped any downpours.

The green looked magnificent, (Thanks to David Travis and his team), as the players threw the first jacks at 09.00 hrs. and so began a day that produced unpredictable results, but ultimately a pairing in the final that you might have put money on at the start of the day.  Lloyd Milligan & Anthony Booth-Young v Michael Joyce & Chi Ming Kong, produced a match that was simply a masterclass in terms of quality and nail-biting entertainment, and certainly one of the best Finals I have ever witnessed at Bolton.  7-7 going into the last end, a cluster of bowls meant that the result could go either way.  With Anthony’s back toucher lying game, Mike Joyce was agonisingly close to drawing shot but was denied by the slimiest of margins.  Excitement to the last!

So congratulations to the victors and commiserations to the gallant runners-up. Salutations also to the players who entered and came from far and wide.  The whole day was played in a great spirit and was much appreciated.

Many thanks to everybody who entered this year’s event and for the positive feedback received.  Special thanks to Peter Rogers or 'Statto' as we now call him for his brilliant work in compiling the results.  To Clare Fletcher and Carol Partington for their sterling efforts in the kitchen. To John Muldoon for running the bar.  Our time-keeper Moira Ellis for ensuring everything ran to time.  Declan Flint for officiating and Graham Ellis for his assistance.

Extra Special thanks to our sponsor Clare Fletcher whose contributions to the event as a whole cannot be underestimated.

So, I’m now going to lie down in a darkened room for a few days. Hopefully we’ll all be back again next year!

Lyndon

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Presentation Evening/Christmas Party @ 18.00 hrs.

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Social Bowling through the Winter Season.

Monday

The evening session will revert to the afternoon on Monday 22 September, start time 13.00 hrs, and thereafter. 

Thursday

the afternoon session will continue, start time 13.00 hrs.

Friday

Friday Night Frostbite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday

The afternoon session will continue, start time 13.00 hrs.

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2025/26 Winter Pairs League.

 There are now sixteen teams, which means the League is now FULL.  There will be fifteen weeks of fixtures.  Together with three integral catch up weeks, plus the usual two week break over Christmas/New Year, this will mean a total of twenty weeks.

Starting on Wed 15 October, including catch up weeks, the League will run until Wed 4 March, which leaves three weeks to mop up any outstanding fixtures before the Winter Season ends.

​The thing I got wrong was the start time.  I think I got confused with the Summer Singles League, (which has two sessions - 10.00 and 12.00).  As several people pointed out to me, we played the Winter Pairs League in the afternoon.  In order to play all the fixtures on the same day, there will have to be two sessions.  I am revising the start times to 11.00 hrs. and 13.00 hrs.  Any later and the second session might finish in the dark.  There will be 4 games at 11.00 hrs and 4 at 13.00 hrs.  

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