History of Bowls in South Africa
A timeline of clubs, districts and provinces — the story of our game.
Port Elizabeth Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Est. 14th August. (First odically bowling club)
Kimberly Town Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 2 greens
Est. 19th November
Gardens Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 1 green
Est. December. Unknown if it is still open??? If not, when did it close down, or amalgamated and with which club.
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The first National Singles Championships were held in 1897 in Kimberley. Even though the South African Bowls Association was not formed until 1904. Champion is F Wightman (Kimberley).
Victoria Park Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Maritzburg Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Association · 3 greens
Known as City Club. The first club established outside the Cape colony in territory that was to form part of South Africa, was founded in the Natal’s capital.
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Bowls South Africa
After a preliminary meeting at Kimberley in 1903, attended by representatives of Port Elizabeth Bowling Green Club, Griqualand West Club, Garden Green Club Cape Town and Victoria Park Bowling Club. The decision was made to form a SA Bowling Association, was founded in PE on 5 April 1904 and Alex Fattes as its first President.
Durban Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
On the evening of 28th November 1903, “fourteen gentlemen” assembled at the Claremont Hotel and decided to form a bowling club which is now the Durban Bowling Club. The first club established in Durban, 2nd Club in Natal. (Known as Greyville Club), Durban Bowling Club merged with Circle Bowling Club in 1998.
Killarney Country Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 3 greens
Previously Transvaal Automobile Club
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Bowls South Africa
South African Bowling Association (SABA) was instituted in 1904, South African Women’s Bowling Association was formed in 1935. The two bodies unified in East London on 25 August 1996 to form Bowls South Africa.
Pretoria Bowling Club
Gauteng North Bowls · 4 greens
2nd club to open in Transvaal. Ladies were only accepted at Pretoria Bowling Club in 1910. Amalgamated with Pretoria Moth Bowling Club and Sunnyside Bowling Club in 2000 now called Pretoria Sunnyside Bowling Club.
Atlantic Green Point Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in July 2016
Wynberg Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in June 2012.
Geldenhuis Deep Bowls Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Johannesburg.
Middelburg Karoo RolbalKlub
Eastern Province Bowls · 2 greens
Established on 18th January
The Old Edwardian Society
Johannesburg Bowls Association. · 1 green
Bethlehem Country Club Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Est. 25th April 1910
Pretoria Country Club.
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Established on 8th October. 1 is floodlight.
Bloemfontein Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung · 3 greens
Uitenhage Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Magennis Park
Brakpan Mines Bowling Club
Berea Bowling Club,
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
The Kensington Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Est. 1st January
Port Shepstone Country Club
Kingfisher · 2 greens
Turffontein Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 1 green
Krugersdorp Bowling Club
Sables Bowling Association · 3 greens
Belgravia Bowling Club
20 greens
Kleinfontein Bowling Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls
Maritzburg East Bowling Club
Previously East End Club Bowling Club. 2nd club in PMB.
Silverton Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
3rd club to open in Durban & 5th in Natal.
Greytown Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations
Mowbray Bowls Club
Western Province Bowls
Muizenberg Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 2005.
Queenstown Bowling Club
Border Bowls · 3 greens
Sub District unknown Not sure if Queenstown Golf Club is the same place
Walmer Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Camps Bay Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Amalgamated with Hout Bay BC on 31st July 2003. Closed in 2020.
Port Alfred Bowling and Croquet Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Est. October
Bethlehem Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 2 greens
Empangeni Country Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls -Zululand · 2 greens
Ermelo Rolbalklub
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 4 greens
Kokstad Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations
Pinelands Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 3 greens
Plumstead Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 2 greens
Allen Park Bowling Club. Retirement Village.
Ekurhuleni Bowls. · 1 green
Kempton Park.
Claremont Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 2003.
Rand Postal Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 1 green
Amalgamated in 1952, and now called Ridge Park Sports Club.
South Peninsula Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 1962.
Umkomaas Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 2 greens
Closed on 1st April 2025.
Durban Prisons Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Renamed Correctional Services Bowling Club in 1985. Closed in 2007.
Rand Water Zwartkopjes Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 1 green
Est. May
Springs Town Bowling Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 2 greens
The Riviera Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Hermanus. Closed in 1938.
Parkhill Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 3 greens
Present premises from ????
Sunnyside Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North
Amalgamated 2000 now called Pretoria Sunnyside Bowling Club
Beaconsfield Park Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls. · 2 greens
Kimberly
Cambridge Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Closed in December 2022.
Sabie Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 1 green
Vryheid Bowls Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Northern. · 3 greens
Worcester Bowling Club
Boland -Cape Winelands · 3 greens
Colenso Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Midlands. · 1 green
Woodstock Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Until 1962. Then became Typos Bowling Club 1962 till 1966. Then Castle Bowling Club 1962 till 1996 and closed.
Auckland Park Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association. · 2 greens
Liesbeck Park Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Parys Rolbalklub
North West Bowls · 3 greens
Senekal Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Stella Park Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 3 greens
Strand Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 3 greens
Frankfort Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association
Westview Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha
Winklespruit Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 1 green
Pretoria Municipals Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 3 greens
Richmond Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations · 2 greens
Umtentweni Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 2 greens
Est. 24th May
Barberton Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 2 greens
Est. 1st June 1934.
Paarl Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 2005
Scottburgh Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 3 greens
Witbank Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 1 green
Est. October
Circle Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Merged with Durban Bowling Club in 1998.
Rustenburg Impala Bowling Club
Sables Bowling Association · 3 greens
Somerset East Bowling
Eastern Province Bowls · 2 greens
KwaNojoli Club
Somerset West Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 3 greens
The Club was founded in 1936 and affiliated with the Somerset West Country Club in January 1961. In November 1962 it was decided to change the name of the Club to Somerset West Country Club – Bowls Section – and later, due largely to the changes that had taken place within the Somerset West Country Club, it was decided to revert to the name Somerset West Bowling Club with effect from the revised constitution dated 31 May 2005. Pursuant to an initiative by the Western Province Bowling Association to change their name to the Western Province Bowls Association, the Club deemed it appropriate to change its name to Somerset West Bowls Club with effect from the revised constitution dated 14 August 2008.
Durban Country Club Bowls
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
Closed in 2009.
Klipbank Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Midlands . · 3 greens
Ladysmith
Wellington Bowling Club
Boland - Cape Winelands
Old Parkhurst Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association.
Closed in mid 1990s.
The Woodpecker Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Wentworth Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
Est. 25th November
Queensburgh Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
Previously Escombe and Northdene Sports and Recreational Club
Robertson Bowling Club
Boland -Cape Winelands · 1 green
Est. 15th November
Sezela Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 2 greens
Stellenbosch Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 2 greens
Est. 12th December. Previously Van Der Stel Sports Club.
Delville Bowls Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 4 greens
Germiston. Amalgamated with Germiston Bowling Club in 1998, now called Delville Germiston Bowling Club.
Bellville Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 3 greens
Est. 25th June 1945
Reading Country Club Bowls
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 3 greens
Est. 11th November
Groenkloof Rolbal/Bowl
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Northlands Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 3 greens
Ceres Bowling Club
Boland - Cape Winelands · 1 green
Royal Durban Light Infantry (RDLI)
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
Closed in 2013. Members joined Durban Bowling Club.
Tarkastad Bowling Club
Border Bowls - ????? · 1 green
Vrede Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association
Wingate Park Bowls Club
Bowls Gauteng North. · 5 greens
Est. July
Randfontein Town Bowling Club
Sables Bowling Association · 2 greens
Colbyn-Oostelikes Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Port Elizabeth Moths Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 2 greens
Tzaneen Bowls Club
Limpopo Bowls Association · 2 greens
Westville Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
Bredasdorp Rolbalklub
Boland -Overberg · 1 green
Pietermaritzburg Wanderers Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations
Closed in July 2015.
Southbroom Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 1 green
Bergville Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls · 2 greens
Durbanville Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 3 greens
Est. October
Vanderbijlpark Town Bowling Club
Sedibeng Bowls · 3 greens
Vlottenberg Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 1981. Reopened 1986 and Closed in 1999.
Vredehoek Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 1988.
Afrimat Lichtenburg Bowling Club
North West Bowls · 11 greens
Established 18th April 1952. Previously Blue Circle then Lafarge Bowling Club
Ridge Park Sports Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 3 greens
Independent owned. Amalgamated with Rand Postal Bowling Club in 1952.
Underberg Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations · 2 greens
Unicorn Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association
Closed
Great/Groot Brak River Bowling Club
Eden Bowls · 2 greens
Warmbad Bowling Club
Limpopo Bowls Association · 2 greens
Bela-Bela
Correctional Services Bowling Club- Leeuwkop
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Fairmount Bowling Club Johannesburg,
Johannesburg Bowls Association. · 1 green
Mokopane Bowls Club
Limpopo Bowls Association · 2 greens
Previously known as Potgietersrus Bowling Club. name changed in ?????
Potgietersrus Bowling Club
Limpopo Bowls Association · 2 greens
Now known as Mokopane Bowls Club.
Pretoria Moth Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North
Amalgamated 2000 now Pretoria Sunnyside Bowling Club
Witbank Golf Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 1 green
Roosevelt Park Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Est. 2nd March Randburg,
Wedgewood Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls
Amalgamated 1993 now The Woods.
Harvinia Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 2 greens
Simon's Town Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 2001.
Wartburg Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations · 2 greens
Bellville Prisons Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
1958 till 1966. Reopened 1972. Closed in 1977
Villieria Rolbalklub
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Est. March
Ammosal Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls.
Est. 31st January 1959
WPCC Bowls Club (Western Province Cricket Club)
Western Province Bowls
Affiliated in 1959. Formerly known as Shell Bowling Club and Impala Bowling Club amalgamated with Keurboom Bowling Club on 1st October 2000 retaining the name W.P.C.C.
Marble Hall Bowling Club
Limpopo Bowls Association · 1 green
Summerwood Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 2 greens
Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha
Nylstroom Bowling Club
Limpopo Bowls Association · 2 greens
Vlakenberg Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 1992.
Old Parktonian Bowls
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Typos Bowling Club
Border-East London · 3 greens
Louis Trichardt Bowling Club
Limpopo Bowls Association · 2 greens
Bungalows Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 1 green
Still Bay Bowling Club / Stilbaai Rolbalklub
Boland - Overberg. · 2 greens
Victoria West Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Castle Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 1996. Formally Typos BC 1962 - 1966. Formally Woodstock BC 1928 - 1962.
Atlas Bowling Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 2 greens
Constantia Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 3 greens
Est. March
Alberton Bowling Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 2 greens
Allan Wilson Victoria Bowls Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations
Bloemfontein Municipal Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung · 2 greens
Gelvan Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 2 greens
Hibberdene Bowling Club.
Kingfisher Bowling Association. · 1 green
Richards Bay Bowling Club.
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls sub district Zululand. · 2 greens
Weskus Militer Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls.
Closed 2020.
Bloemfontein Military Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung
Dordrecht Bowling Club
Border Bowls sub district Frontier. · 1 green
Jeffrey's Bay/Baai Bowling Club.
Eastern Province Bowls. · 3 greens
Kleinmond Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls sub district Overberg. · 2 greens
Ncandu Bowling Club.
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls.
Victoria Bowling Club.
Western Province Bowls.
On 24th October 1998 amalgamated with Pinelands Bowling Club to form Pinewood Bowling Club
Warden Bowling Club.
Northern Free State Bowling Association
Bloemhof Rolbalklub.
Northern Cape Bowls.
Bonnievale Bowls Rolbal.
Boland -Overberg. · 2 greens
Honeydew Bowling Club.
Sables Bowling Association. · 2 greens
Roodepoort.
Porterville Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls. · 1 green
Rygersdal Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 2005.
Time lapse
Bowls South Africa
In 1976 South Africa’s men lawn bowlers whitewashed the world. The “Zoo Lake Five” was the envy of all; the first time in decades of World Championship history one nation had won all four disciplines. Nando Gatti, Doug Watson, Kelly Lightfoot, Bill Moseley, Kevin Campbell were kings. Now at least 39 years on just Bill Moseley and Kevin Campbell survive – even Zoo Lake bowling club has gone in the year 2015. But the glorious record remains intact.
Old Oak Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Randburg Bowls Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association. · 2 greens
Present premises since 1999.
St Francis Bay Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls. · 2 greens
Ferndale Bowls Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Gordon's Bay Bowling Club.
Western Province Bowls. · 2 greens
Affiliated in 1979.
Hartenbos Bowling Club
Eden Bowls · 2 greens
Moved to present premises 2000.
Kuilsrivier Bowling Club.
Western Province Bowls. · 1 green
Cape Town.
Witpoortjie Bowling Club.
Sables Bowling Association. · 2 greens
Roodepoort.
Illovo Country Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association
Closed in 1998.
Koeberg Bowling Club.
Moved and changed name to Sunningdale Lawn Bowls Club on 1st May 2010..
Velddrif Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls sub district West Coast.
Wheatfield Bowling Club.
Western Province Bowls. · 1 green
Cape Town. Affiliated in 1983.
Defence Boland Bowling Club
Defence
Originally Langebaanweg BC 1966 till 1980.
Middelburg Stadium Bowling Club.
Mpumalanga Bowls Association. · 2 greens
Mogol Bowling Club.
Limpopo Bowls Association. · 1 green
Lephalale.
Munster Bowling Club.
Kingfisher Bowling Association. · 1 green
Franskraal Bowling Club
Boland -Overberg · 2 greens
Helderberg Bowling Club.
Western Province Bowls. · 3 greens
Cape Town.
Ladysmith Country Club.
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Midlands. · 1 green
MSC Hoedspruit Bowling Club.
Limpopo Bowls Association. · 2 greens
Wonderboom Bowling Club/Rolbal Klub
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Dewetsdorp Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung · 1 green
Durban Collegians Bowling Club.
Port Natal Bowls. · 3 greens
Sannieshof Rolbalklub.
North West Bowls. · 1 green
Van Der Kloof Bowling Club.
Northern Cape Bowls.
Despatch Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 2 greens
Edgemead Bowling Club.
Western Province Bowls. · 3 greens
Established in October
Plettenberg Bay Bowling Club.
Eden Bowls. · 3 greens
Wesselsbron Bowling Club.
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Hartswater Rolbal Klub/ Lawn Bowls Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Spioenkop Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 1992.
Beacon Bay Bowling Club
1 green
Border Bowls sub district East London.
Brackenhurst Lawn Bowling Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 2 greens
Heidelberg Rolbalklub / Bowling Club.
Ekurhuleni Bowls. · 2 greens
Meyerton Bowling Club
Sedibeng Bowls · 2 greens
Willow Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Formally BESL 1956 - 1986. Closed in 1992.
Witsand Port Beaufort Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls sub district Overberg. · 1 green
Port Beaufort.
Kraaifontein Bowls Club
Western Province Bowls · 1 green
Lynnwood Bowling Club.
Bowls Gauteng North. · 2 greens
Pretoria.
Outeniqua Bowling Club
Eden Bowls · 3 greens
Est. 6th October
Sanlam Bowling Club.
Western Province Bowls.
Closed in 2002.
Volksrust Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Northern. · 2 greens
Previously Volksrust Country Club est. 1945
Makhado Military Bowling Club.
Limpopo Bowls Association. · 1 green
Gariep Midwaters Bowling Club
Border Bowls. · 1 green
Gillitts Bowling Club.
Port Natal Bowls. · 1 green
Possibly Closed
Meadowridge Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls · 2 greens
Cape Town
Sedgefield Lawn Bowling Club.
Eden Bowls. · 3 greens
Established on 20th February.
Deneysville Bowling Club
Sedibeng Bowls · 1 green
Vista Rolbalklub.
Eden Bowls. · 1 green
Cintsa Country Club
Border · 1 green
Helderberg Village Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls.
Lenasia Bowling Club.
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 1 green
Established in October.
The Woods Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls. · 2 greens
Hummewood.
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Bowls South Africa
1st Democratic Elections in Republic of South Africa.
Clanwilliam Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls sub district West Coast.
L'Agulhas Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls sub district Overberg. · 1 green
Darling Bowling Club
Boland - West Coast · 1 green
Yzerfontein Bowling Club.
Boland - West Coast · 1 green
Village Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 2 greens
Est. April Hibiscus Retirement Village.
Langebaan Country Estate Bowls Club.
Boland Bowls sub district West Coast. · 2 greens
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Bowls South Africa
South African Master Over-60 Senior Men's was established in 1998.
St Lucia Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Zululand · 1 green
Lekkerbreek Bowling Club
Limpopo Bowls Association
Closed in 2023.
Pretoria Sunnyside Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North. · 4 greens
Greyton Bowling Club
Boland -Overberg
Iscor Bowling Club
Sedibeng Bowls · 2 greens
Est. 2005. Previously known as Iron and Steel Corporation
Morgan Bay Bowling Club.
Border Bowls. · 1 green
Eiland Spa Rolbalklub
Limpopo Bowls Association · 1 green
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World Bowls
1st INTERNATIONAL BOWLS FOR DISABLED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sydney, Australia The event supersedes the International Para Olympic (IPC) world championships which were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2004. At all the previous events South Africa’s disabled bowlers were the overall champions.
Hillandale Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung · 1 green
Est. 9th August.
Lagoon Bowling Club.
Boland Bowls sub district West Coast. · 1 green
Protea Sports Protea Bowling Club.
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Randburg,
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Bowls South Africa
South African Master Junior Masters U-23 was established in 2007.
Schoombee Bowls Club
Border Bowls - ??? · 1 green
Sunningdale Lawn Bowls Club.
Western Province Bowls. · 2 greens
Cape Town. Affiliated in 1979. Previously Koeberg 1979 moved & changed name to Sunningdale in May 2010.
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World Bowls
2nd INTERNATIONAL BOWLS FOR DISABLED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Pretoria, South Africa
Le Domaine Bowls Club
Port Natal Bowls · 1 green
Retirement Village
Maraisburg Bowling Club
Sables Bowling Association · 2 greens
Rondebosch Bowling Club
Western Province Bowls
Closed in 2023.
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World Bowls
4th INTERNATIONAL BOWLS FOR DISABLED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The 2019 championships were due to be held in Scotland, but they withdrew and the event was rescheduled for Christchurch, New Zealand in November 2020. As a result of COVID-19 they were finally cancelled.
Widenham Retirement Village Bowls Club.
Kingfisher Bowling Association. · 2 greens
Retirement Village
BSA MEN’S NATIONALS
Host: Johannesburg Bowls Association. Date: 4-12 May 2024. Headquarters: Bedfordview CC. Sub headquarters: Belgravia
BSA WOMEN’S NATIONALS
Western Province Bowls.
Host: Western Province Bowls. Date: 20-28 April 2024. Headquarters: Durbanville Bowling Club. Sub headquarters: Old Oak Bowling Club.
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Bowls South Africa
20 districts affiliated to Bowls South Africa (BSA)
Riverside Bowling Club.
Sedibeng Bowls. · 2 greens
Umdoni Point Bowling Club.
Kingfisher Bowling Association. · 2 greens
Established in April.
Near East Rand Bowling Association
Ananda Bowling Club
Sables Bowling Association
Closed in 2021
Andalusia Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls.
Jan Kempsdorp
Balfour Park Bowling Club
Banners Rest Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association. · 1 green
Port Edward.
Barkly East Bowling Club
Border Bowls · 1 green
Beaufort Bowling Club
Eden Bowls.
Beaufort West Bowling Club
Eden Bowls.
Bedford Bowling Club.
Eastern Province Bowls
Bethal Rolbalklub
Bethlehem Golf Club Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Bezuidenhout Park Bowling Club
Bonza Bay Bowling Club.
Border Bowls sub district East London. · 1 green
East London.
Botanic Gardens Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Brandvlei Bowling Club
Boland sub district Cape Winelands
Brits Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 1 green
Britstown Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Bronkhorstspruit Rolbalklub / Bowls Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Brooklyn Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North.
Pretoria
Bultfontein Rolbalklub
Northern Free State Bowling Association. · 2 greens
Capital Park Bowling Club
Carnarvon Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Cathcart Bowling Club
Border Bowls. · 2 greens
Chamber of Mines Sports Club Bowls
Chatsworth Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 1 green
Chilten Park Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Christiana RolbalKlub/ Lawn Bowling Club Northern Cape Bowls
Northern Cape Bowls · 2 greens
City Deep Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association
Closed in 1970. KBB Shell hole memorial stone was relocated to Herbert Park Bowling Club.
Colesberg Bowling Club.
Border. · 1 green
Colesberg Correction Bowls Club.
Border.
Coligny Bowling Club
North West Bowls
Comrades Bowling Club.
Border Bowls - East London. · 3 greens
East London.
Correctional Services Bowling Club-Colesberg
Correctional Services Bowling Club-Kimberley
Country Club Johannesburg
Johannesburg Bowls Association. · 2 greens
Craighall Park Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association.
Creighton Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations · 1 green
Crown Mines Bowling Club
Not sure if it's the same club as Chamber of Mines Sports Club Bowls
Darnall Country Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Zululand. · 1 green
De Aar Country Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 2 greens
Deelkraal Rolbalklub
Carletonville
Defence Bowling Club Durban
Defence
Delareyville Bowling Club
North West Bowls. · 2 greens
DHS Old Boys Bowls Club
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
Closed in 2014.
Doonside Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Dunkeld Bowling Club.
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Sandton.
Durban Deep Bowling Club
Durban North Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Durban Wanderers Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
Durnacol Bowls Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls · 1 green
Edenburg Rolbalklub
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung · 1 green
Elgin-Grabouw Country Club
Boland - Overberg · 1 green
Elliot Bowling Club.
Border Bowls · 1 green
Khowa,
ERPM Bowling Club
Esselenpark Bowling Club
Kempton Park
Estcourt Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls -
Excelsior Park Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls
Fauresmith Rolbal Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Gariep. · 1 green
Ficksburg Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Eastern
Fields Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Fochville Bowling Club
North West Bowls · 2 greens
Franschhoek Bowling Club
Boland - Cape Winelands · 1 green
Freegold Bowling Club
Welkom
Germiston Bowling Club
Amalgamated with Delville Bowls Club in 1998 now called Delville Germiston Bowling Club
Glenwood Old Boys Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 1 green
Riverside Sports
Goedemoed Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung
Groblersdal Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 1 green
Grootvlei Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association
Hamilton Bowling Club
Border Bowls - East London.
Harding Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations · 1 green
Heidelberg Rolbalklub / Bowling Club
Eden Bowls
Hennenman RolbalKlub
Northern Free State Bowling Association
Hertzogville Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Hexvallei Bowling Club
Boland - Cape Winelands · 1 green
Highcam Bowling Club
East London
Highflats Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations
Closed mid 1990s.
Hilson Park Bowling Club Johannesburg,
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 3 greens
2 Green. 1 Floodlight
Hofmeyer Bowling Club
Border Bowls - Eastern Areas.
Hoopstad Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 2 greens
Howick Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations · 2 greens
Hoy Park Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Huletts Country Club
SUGAR INDUSTRY BOWLING LEAGUE The popular South African Sugar Industry Bowling League Tournament was played at Salt Rock, on the Natal North Coast, from 25-28 June 1980. The Illovo Planters' rink (from left): Chris Dukes, Gordon The Gledhow The Natal Estates (Agriculture) The Natal Estates (Planters) The Tongaat Prizewinners were - Fours: Tom Green, Alex Angus, Tom McEwen and Bob Squires (Mhlume). Runners-up: Natal Estates Agriculture (team as above). Pairs: Yves Brouard and Railton Foss (Felixton). Runners-up: Bruce Stewart & Ray Fann (Reynolds). Singles: Ray Fann (Reynolds). Runner-up: Jimmy Jenkins (Felixton). Mcl(INNON CHAIN SPORTS DAV The fourth sports day for the Sugar Industry to be organised by McKinnon Chain (SA) (Pty) Ltd was held at the Huletts Country Club on 4 July, 1980 - which also happened to be the 45th birthday of the company. Among the more than 200 competitors in the golf and bowling tournaments were: Representing the Sugar Association on the bowling greens were (from left): Brian King, Rai/ton Foss, Jimmy Jenkins and Theo Wise. Hu/trans bowlers from Darnall (from left): Joan Pearse , Eddie Murphy, Pat Thorne .and Betty Murphy. The J/lovo Planters bowlers (from left): Gordon Brooker, Chris Dukes, Norbert Konigkramer and Willem Gon/ag.
Humansdorp Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls
Inchanga Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Innesdale Bowling Club
Intervaal Rolbal/ Lawn Bowls
Northern Cape Bowls
Irene Country Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Ixopo Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls
Jacobsdal Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Gariep · 1 green
Jansensville Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 2 greens
Jeppe Quondam Bowls
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Bedfordview
Joubertina Rolbalklub
Eastern Province Bowls · 1 green
Karoo Park Bowling Club
Eden Bowls · 2 greens
Kei Mouth Bowls Club
Border Bowls · 1 green
KEW Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Kimberley Mine Bowling Club
Koffiefontein Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Gariep
Koppies Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Koster Bowling Club
North West Bowls · 1 green
Kuruman Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Ladismith Bowling Club
Eden Bowls · 1 green
Ladybrand Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling
Laingsburg Rolbalklub
Eden Bowls
Lakefield Bowling Club
Laudium Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North
Centurion
Leases Bowling Club
Sables Bowling Association · 2 greens
Roodepoort
Lime Acres Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Linksfield Ridge Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association.
Johannesburg. (Jewesih Guild )
Lombardy East Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 1 green
Luckhoff Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Gariep · 1 green
Lutzville Bowling Club
Boland - West Coast · 1 green
Lydenburg Rolbal Klub / Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 1 green
Malvern Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association.
Mandene Park Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Mandini Sports Club Bowls
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls
Maritzburg Railways Institute Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations
Marquard Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Mbango Valley Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 2 greens
Meerensee Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls
Melrose Waverley Bowls Club
Messina Bowls Club
Meyerspark Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
2 Greens and Floodlight
Midlands Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls
Modderbee Bowling Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 2 greens
Benoni,
Mooinooi Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Magaliesburg,
Moorreesburg Rolbal Klub
Boland - West Coast · 2 greens
Mount Edgecombe Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 2 greens
An Estate
Mowbray BC
Western Province Bowls
Affiliated in 1919.
Murraysburg Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 1 green
Nelspruit Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 2 greens
New Modder Bowling Club
Nigel Bowling Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 2 greens
NMR Comrades Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Northcliff Country Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Randburg,
Orkney Bowls Club
North West Bowls
Ottosdal Rolbal Klub
North West Bowls · 1 green
Oud Studente Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung · 2 greens
Bloemfontein,
Park Drive Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls
Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha
Park Lodge Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Paterson Park Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association.
Paul Roux Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association
PCC Rolbalklub
North West Bowls
Petrusburg Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Gariep · 1 green
PHS Old Boys Bowls Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 3 greens
Pretoria,
Piet Retief Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls - Northern · 1 green
Piketberg Bowling Club
Piketberg Bowling Club Boland - West Coast
Indoors
Pinetown Bowling Club
Pirates Bowling Club Randburg,
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Plettenberg Bay Country Club
Eden Bowls
Closed in 2023.
Point Prison Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Is it the same as Durban Prisons?
Polokwane Bowls Club
Limpopo Bowls Association
Pongola Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls
Port Beaufort Rolbalklub
Boland - Overberg.
Port Edward Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 1 green
Potchefstroom Bowling Club / Rolbalklub
North West Bowls · 2 greens
Potchefstroom Country Club Bowls / Rolbalklub
North West Bowls · 2 greens
Pretoria Military Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North
Pretoria-Noord Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 2 greens
Prieska Rolbalklub
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Prince Alfred's Park Bowling Club
Port Elizabeth
Queenstown Golf Club
Border Bowls - ???? · 2 greens
R@M Bowls Club
Bowls Gauteng North · 1 green
Olifantsfontein (Retirement village, Midstream)
Ramsgate Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 2 greens
Redhouse Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls
Reitz Rolbalklub
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Renishaw Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association
Rhodes Park Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 1 green
Kensington,
Richmond Rolbal Klub
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Ridgeview Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Ridley Park Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Riebeeckstad Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 2 greens
Riversdale Bowling Club
Eden Bowls · 2 greens
Riverside Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Renamed Athlone Bowling Club
Riverside Sports Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association · 2 greens
Uvongo
Riviersonderend Bowling Club
Boland - Overberg · 1 green
Rivonia Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association.
Rovers Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 2 greens
Welkom,
Salt Rock Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
SAR Recreation Club
Port Natal Bowls
Later named Hoy Park in 1923.
Sasol Secunda Bowling Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 2 greens
Sasolburg Bowling Club
Sedibeng Bowls · 2 greens
Schweizer-Reneke Rolbalklub Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Scotsville Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Association
Sherwood Bowling and Sports Club
Port Natal Bowls
Sishen Bowling Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Sol Plaatje West End Bowls Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 2 greens
Kimberley
Southern Suburbs Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 1 green
Southport Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association
Originally Bendigo Bowling Club.
St Andrews Bowling Club
East London. Not sure if this could be a UK club.
Stamfordhill Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls · 5 greens
Closed sometime after 2016.
Standerton Rolbalklub
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 1 green
Stella Sport Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Steynsburg Bowling Club
Border · 1 green
Stutterheim Bowling Club
Border · 2 greens
Sunridge Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls · 3 greens
Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha,
Swellendam Bowls / Rolbalklub
Boland - Overberg · 1 green
Sydenham Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Tara Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association.
Tempe Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association - Mangaung · 1 green
Bloemfontein
TESCO Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Tongaat
The Country Club Johannesburg
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 2 greens
Auckland Park
The Lake Club
Ekurhuleni Bowls · 2 greens
Benoni,
The Nest Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls · 2 greens
Winterton,
The Wanderers Bowling Club
Johannesburg Bowls Association · 4 greens
Johannesburg, 4 Greens and Floodlight.
Three Ring Bowling Club
Addo
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Clubs previously affiliated.
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Observatory BC (1919) and Liesbeeck Park BC (1930) amalgamated to form Hartleyvale BC on 26th August 1995. Tafelbery BC, formerly Clarendon BC (1989) merged with Hartleyvale BC on 13th August 2002 retaining the name Tafelberg BC. Marist BC (1952) & Tafelberg BC amalgamated to form Rondebosch BC on 13th August 2011.
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Defence Western Province (1969) changed name to Cape town Military (2006) Cape Town Military re-affiliated in 2008.
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Koeberg BC (1979) moved and changed the name to Sunningdale BC on 1st May 2010.
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WPCC (1977), formerly Shell BC (1959 - 1969) and Impala BC (1969 - 1977) , amalgamated with Keurboom BC (1948) on 1st October 2000 retaining the name WPCC
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Cambridge on Sea (1949) amalgamated with Milnerton BC (1945) on 19th January 2012 retaining the name Milnerton BC.
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Rondebosch BC (1911) amalgamated with Howard BC (1956) on 1st August 2005 retaining the name Howard BC. Victoria BC (1973) amalgamated with Pinelands BC (1922) to form Pinewood BC on 24th October 1998. Howard BC amalgamated with Pinewood BC, reverting the name to Pinelands BC on 30th September 2011.
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Regents BC established in 1931 and Oranjezicht BC established in 1948 amalgamated to form Atlantic BC on 1st July 1994. Three Anchors Bay BC, formally Crusaders BC established in 1960 amalgamated Atlantic BC 1st July 1998. Green & Sea Point BC established in 1906 amalgamated with Cape Town Stadium BC established in 1951 to form Green Point Stadium BC on 1st July 1999. Atlantic BC and Green Point Stadium BC amalgamated to form Atlantic Green Point BC on 7th September 2003.
Town Hill Bowling Club
Trompsburg Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association - Mangaung · 1 green
Tulbagh Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Mangaung · 1 green
Tweespruit Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association – Eastern · 1 green
Umbilo & Congela Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Umbogintwini Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Umfolozi Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls · 2 greens
Umgeni Waterfall Bowling Club
Natal Inland Bowling Associations · 2 greens
Howick,
Umtata Bowling Club
Border Bowls
Upington Rolbalklub
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Uvongo Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association
Veldenvlei Bowling Club
KwaZulu-Natal Country Bowls -Zululand
Richards Bay
Ventersburg Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Verulam Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Village Bowling Club
Kingfisher Bowling Association
Margate,
Villiersdorp Bowling Club
Boland - Overberg · 1 green
Villiersdorp Rolbalklub/Bowling Club
Boland -Overberg · 1 green
Vredefort Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 1 green
Vredendal Bowling Club
Boland – West Coast · 1 green
Vryburg Rolbalklub
Northern Cape Bowls · 2 greens
Walmer Country Club
Eastern Province Bowls
Temporarily amalgamated with Victoria Park BC ???
Warrenton Rolbalklub / Lawn Bowl Club
Northern Cape Bowls · 1 green
Waterval Boven Rolbalklub / Bowls Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association
Welkom Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association
Welkom Bowling Club
Northern Free State Bowling Association · 3 greens
White River Bowls Club
Mpumalanga Bowls Association · 2 greens
Willowmore Bowling Club
Eastern Province Bowls
Winburg Bowling Club
Southern Free State Bowling Association-Eastern · 1 green
Makeleketla,
Woodlands Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Yellowwood Park Bowling Club
Port Natal Bowls
Zastron Bowling Club
Border · 1 green
Zeerust Bowling Club
North West Bowls · 1 green
Zwartkops Bowling Club
Bowls Gauteng North