Almost half the crown green bowling facilities in Leeds could close under money-saving plans being considered by the city council. People are being asked to have their say on the proposal as part of ...

Bowls players will see season ticket fees double after councillors voted to press ahead with a shake-up of crown green provision. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can ...

Pupils from Tottington High School have been invited to take part in weekly sessions at Tottington Park Bowling and Social ...

Think of crown green bowls and your mind may wander to an image of men on a bowling green in years gone by. But a band of women in Nuneaton are on a mission to revive the local love for the sport that ...

CROWN Green bowlers like Peter Hodgkinson are the tough-as-teak footsoldiers of the sport, they keep it going with their fierce commitment and care. We met and talked at The Alexandra Bowling Green, a ...

Crown green bowling enthusiasts in Leeds could be priced out of the sport if plans to increase the cost of season tickets for the city's council-owned facilities go ahead, one club has warned. Leeds ...

A BITTER dispute has split the world of crown green bowling. Arguments within the British Parks organisation has led to former chief executive, Roy Angus, setting up the Federation of British Bowling ...

BOLTON crown green bowling stalwart Keith Andrews is set to become the first man from the town to serve as president of the sport's national governing body. The 73-year-old, from Heaton, was recently ...

They may have a combined age of 187, but two veteran bowls players plan to carry on competing until they can no longer roll their woods. Friends Alan Hill, 92, and Carl Hawksworth, 95, still regularly ...

THINK of sports big earners and boxers, footballers and tennis stars spring to mind — but probably not crown green bowlers. Yet it was not that long ago that these sportsmen were among the top paid ...