Reigning Australian Champion of Champions Ray Pearse will swap the bowls for a bike in January to raise funds and awareness around suicide prevention. Along with best mate and bowler at Cabra Bowls Group Ben McCall, Pearse will cycle over 800km from Sydney to the South Tweed over the course of a week in January,…
NSW Health & NSW Office of Sport have released that the current restrictions in place for community sport will expire as from this Saturday 26th September 2020. Womens Bowls NSW & Bowls NSW would like to thank the clubs and members for their patience during this 6-week restriction phase. As from Saturday 26th September, both…
Community organisations impacted by COVID-19 are encouraged to apply for funding, thanks to the next round of the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program. Minister for Customer Service Victor Dominello said the economic impacts of COVID19 have meant some communities have struggled to maintain sports, cultural and other social activities. “Community sporting and cultural organisations are…
There has been considerable recent discussion on whether a non-toucher that comes to rest leaning on a toucher and/or jack that are in the ditch is a dead bowl. This photo caused considerable debate on Facebook (Lawn Bowlers Australia Group), with many people incorrectly stating that the orange bowl was a dead bowl, citing the…
JOINT ADVICE FROM WOMEN’S BOWLS NSW AND BOWLS NSW REGARDING COMMUNITY SPORT GUIDELINES NSW Health together with NSW Office of Sport have released updated guidelines for Community Sport to be put in place from Wednesday 19th August 2020. NSW Health have recommended to all NSW Sporting Organisations to suspend all activities that bring together participants…
The 2020 NSW Woomeras Bowling Arm Open Nominated Pairs Championship (which was originally to be played on Monday 27th July) has now been postponed till Monday 2nd November at Beresfield Bowling Club. All teams who entered for the July 27 event are to confirm by Friday 11th September with DES SKINNER at Beresfield BC…
JOINT ADVICE FROM WOMEN’S BOWLS NSW AND BOWLS NSW REGARDING EASING OF RESTRICTIONS COMMENCING 13 JUNE THIS ADVICE SUPERSEDES ALL PREVIOUS ADVICE The NSW State Government has announced further easing of restrictions commencing today, 13 June 2020. These changes have now been legislated. The changes, from previous restrictions, include: No more than 20 persons per…
WBNSW & BNSW welcomes the NSW Government announcement today (10 June) that community sports for all ages will be able to resume organised matches from 1 July. This will include the resumption of social and competition bowls. The current restrictions AS LEGISLATED BY NSW GOVERNMENT still apply, that is, up to 10 persons are allowed…
COVID-19 UPDATE – 11 May With NSW Government announcing relaxed restrictions to take effect from 15 May, Bowls NSW, in conjunction with Womens Bowls NSW, has released a road map to inform clubs and members of new restrictions and recommendations as we work through the stages. Please click here for PDF or Image of document….
Bowls NSW trusts that all members are safe and well and coping with these unprecedented isolation laws. The impact of COVID-19 has hit not just only our sport but the world-wide community severely. With an excess of 190,000 deaths across the globe and 3 million people affected it is frightening how this virus can spread…