ERROL BOWLING CLUB
ERROL BOWLING CLUB 

Welcome to Errol Bowling Club.

Errol Bowling Club has been at the heart of the village's outdoor bowls community since 1879.  Our dedicated site provides information about the club and its activities.

 

The bowling club is small friendly club run and managed by its members and it's committee.

The Club warmly welcomes all new and experienced bowlers who wish to try out or continue participation in this enjoyable sport. 

 

The Bowling season is from mid April to the end of September and Members can access the green at any time after 1.00pm to sunset.  Members regularly take part in a variety of outside competitions – individual, pairs, triples and rinks.  Members also participate in club competitions, friendly games against other clubs and special events.

 

The bowling green has 5 outdoor rinks and is affiliated to SBA and both men’s and ladies indoors county associations.

 

There is a thriving social membership and frequent events are held in the bowling pavilion throughout the season and during the closed season from October to April, to enable everyone to keep in touch.

 

What we do and who with

Annual bowling activities undertaken by the club.

 

The club is a member of a number of Bowling Associations that run competitions for their member clubs.

  • Bowls Scotland, an organisation formed in 2010/11 from the amalgamation of the Scottish Bowling Association and the Scottish Women’s Bowling Association. The club enters both Gents and Ladies tournaments comprising Over 55 years Fours and Singles, Junior Singles (under 25 years when membership permits), Fours Triples Pairs, Mixed Pairs and Singles these are all played in regional qualifiers with the National Championships at Ayr in July and August each year.
  • Perthshire Bowling Association, Errol Bowling Club is a founder member of this association which is over 100 years old, it is for Gents competition only and it also runs the same format of competitions as Bowls Scotland for County Championships. The association also runs a competition called The Campbell Trophy which is an inter club competition played by three rinks from each club in an open draw at a neutral venue. There is also The National Top Ten Tournament which is 10 players from each club arranged as single handed, pairs, triples, and fours. There is a new competition started in 2016 which the club has entered this year which is the Top 5, this is 5 single handed matches between clubs in an open draw.
  • Perth and Perthshire Bowling Association, This is the Ladies County Association it runs similar competitions to Bowls Scotland and our club enters the competitions that the ladies decide on depending on availability of players.
  • Three Counties, formerly the Forfarshire, Fifeshire and Perthshire Bowling Association, this is a very old competition and is as the title suggests is played by member clubs in these counties 3 rinks from each club play at three neutral venues against opposition from any of the counties, played on the second Saturday of August it is a competition for male club members.
  • Perth and District Ladies League, this association runs a league for 2 rinks per member club in weekly competition during the bowling season, it also runs a nominations competition comprising singles, pairs, triples and fours.
  • Perth and District League, the male equivalent of above running a similar competition with 3 rinks played home and away, it also runs a nomination competition of singles,pairs triples and fours.
  • Carse of Gowrie Bowling Association, The association runs a league competition for member clubs on Friday nights and a cup competition on a single evening in June both for 3 rinks of Gents it also runs an over 55 triples league played on Tuesday afternoons played by two triples which culminates in an all-day inter club competition for the Harry Reid Trophy, it also runs a mixed Top Ten competition following the completion of the League.  
  • Friendly Matches, During the season the club arrange games gainst clubs from the local area mainly from Dundee and Perth and surrounding areas, played on Saturday afternoon it is an opportunity to meet and greet bowlers from other clubs and enjoy good company. The Ladies section has their friendlies mainly on Weekday evenings which are generally played by fewer but no less enthusiastic bowlers.
  • Club Competitions, The club runs a large number of internal competitions for all members both over the season and on individual Sundays.
  • Club Night, Held on Tuesday evenings and open to all members and is the place to learn the game.
  • Tournament Invitations, the club receives many invitations from other clubs in Perthshire and Angus for open competitions which have an entry fee and involve prize money for success.

Contact us today!

If you have any queries or wish to contact us:

 

TEL: 01821 642586

 

EMAIL: errolbowlingclub@hotmail.co.uk

 

GENTS MATCH Secretary email: errolbcmatchsec@yahoo.com

 

LADIES MATCH Secretary email : mccruickshank@hotmail.co.uk

 

 

We are located at:

Errol Bowling Club

School Wynd

Errol, Perth

Perth and Kinross

PH2 7QN

 

TEL:01821 642586

EMAIL:

 errolbowlingclub@hotmail.co.uk

 

Gents Match Secretary email: errolbcmatchsec@yahoo.com

 

Ladies Match Secretary email: mccruickshank@hotmail.co.uk

 

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