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There are over 600 bowls clubs in Queensland, with more than 40,000 members all up. [3] Each club is part of one of 20 district associations. CLUBS: CAIRNS & Far north: Gordovale bowls club, Edmonton bowls club, West Cairns Bowls club, Stratford Bowls club, Marlin Coast bowls club, Edge Hill Bowls club, Mossman bowls club, Mareeba bowls club, Yungaburra bowls club, Weipa bowls club
Bowls Australia is the governing body for the sport of bowls in Australia. [1] Bowls Australia is responsible for the leadership, development and management of lawn bowls in Australia. It is a not-for-profit organisation governed by a voluntary board that provides the strategic direction for the sport and the strategies that are implemented by ...
In 2016, Bowls Australia announced there would be two tournaments held per year starting from 2017, with one event staged in Auckland in addition to the traditional event at Club Pine Rivers in Brisbane, Queensland. [2] The competition also underwent a name change to reflect the inclusion of the New Zealand leg, renaming to Bowls Premier League.
The Australian National Bowls Championships and the Australian Open are organised by Bowls Australia.Bowls dates back to 1845 in Australia but it was not until 1910, during the 1910 Carnival of bowls that South Australia proposed the formation of the Australian Bowling Council (consisting of the six states) which duly formed the following year in 1911.
The first women's bowls match played in Australia took place in Stawell, Victoria, in October 1881. [1] The first women's only bowls club was not created for another seventeen years, when the Rainsford Bowls Club was created on 16 December 1898 at the home of J. Rainsford Needham, who lived in Glenferrie, Victoria. [1]
The Broadbeach Bowls Club is a sports complex located in Gold Coast, Queensland.It is a venue for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [1] It was given an upgrade completed in May 2016 that included enhancements to the four international standard bowling greens and the clubhouse and surroundings to improve access and functionality.
Donnybrook District Bowls Club opened in 1980. In 2018, it broadened its scope to include darts and fishing. [6] In 1985, an unsealed road running along the waterfront was named Grant Lane after Robert Grant (1895 – 15 November 1991) for his 90th birthday, a popular local who everyone knew as "Pop".
He won two silver medals at the 1991 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, in Kowloon, Hong Kong. [3] In the 2009 Australia Day Honours he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for "service to lawn bowls as a coach, competitor and commentator". [4] He was also awarded the Australian Sports Medal on 23 August 2000. [5]