Hexham House Bowling Club

10/04/2026

Today’s the day we open for play!!!!
First day of the season. Looking forward to seeing you all! Hexham House Bowls Club here we come!New comers warmly welcomed! 😁

04/04/2026

HEXHAM HOUSE COFFEE MORNING TODAY!!! Pop down and have a coffee and find out what bowls is all about. 😁

27/03/2026

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This is amazing and shows what’s possible if everyone’s onboard to move forward.😊

Congratulations to Crawford Park Bowls Club, based in Monkseaton, North Tyneside, who have won a national Club of the Year award. Using our Bowls Buddies equipment their family fun day attracted ov…

22/03/2026

07/03/2026

We received this from Bowls England - the result of their club of the year 2025 - CAWFORD PARK WON !!!

They are a small club in Northumberland located in Monkseaton. PLEASE WATCH BRIAN BELL IT’S INSPIRATIONAL WHAT THE CLUB HAVE ACHIEVED !!!!

🌟Bowls England Club of the Year | Crawford Park BC | Interview🌟

After the Bowls England Awards last month, we caught up with Brian Bell of Crawford Park Bowling Club to talk about all of the great work they got up to in 2025.

If you want to take advantage of the Bowls England initiatives Brian discusses in his interview who are helping Crawford Park to thrive, visit the 'Club Support' page on our website and get stuck in !!!!
See links below click on Facebook link to watch the video.
www.bowlsengland.com/club-support

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Over 2000 Lawn Bowls clubs affiliate to Bowls England and each receives a series of exclusive benefits empowering club leaders to provide the best possible environment bowlers. Affiliation to Bowls England also unlocks benefits that are delivered through our development arm, the Bowls Development Al...

05/03/2026

Did you read the article in yesterday's Sunday Express about children starting to play bowls?

Well here it is......

Children Bowled Over By The Most Genteel Of Sports (Sunday Express, 1st March 2026)

Written by Dominik Lemanski

Children are playing lawn bowls at school following a drive to attract younger recruits to a sport more often associated with older players.

The link-up between the Youth Sport Trust and the Bowls Development Alliance has seen nearly 3,000 pupils play the game after teachers were shown how to use their existing PE equipment in place of traditional lawn bowls kit.

Jon Hart, of the Bowls Development Alliance, said: “We have developed a set of Bowls Game Cards for primary and secondary schools.

“These allow teachers to deliver bowls-style activity using existing equipment such as tennis balls, bean bags and cones, removing barriers around cost and access, making it easy to get started.”

The sport has also pushed a “Bowls Bash” format in schools which acts as a quicker, high scoring one-hour version of a standard three-hour game.

Mr Hart said: “It is a quicker, more dynamic version of the sport, with varied scoring and a format that can be delivered within a one-hour session, making it well suited to the school environment.”

Now a partnership has been agreed with Bowls Buddies to bring soft bowls equipment to schools which allows them to move from general PE kit to a more accurate version of the game.

Mr Hart said: “The bowls replicate the behaviour of traditional bowls but can be safely used on hard indoor surfaces such as school halls and leisure centres, as well as at clubs.”

The national push across all formats of the game is already being mirrored on the ground. Beacon Academy, in the West Midlands, became the first school in the country to set up its own bowling green in 2023, with the Beacon Bowling Club. More than 500 of its pupils have since used the facility, along with children from other schools across the Lighthouse Multi Academy Trust. The Club is now affiliated with the British Crown Green Bowling Association and has registered a team to compete in a local league against Clubs across the region.

Edward, who is in Year 6, said: “I absolutely love it.” Fellow pupil Roman, also in Year 6, added: “I now play crown green bowls and I am a registered player.” Jay Holdcroft, the Lighthouse Trust subject expert for PE, said: “We are extremely proud of how the scheme has developed. Beacon Bowling Club stands as a shining example of how the sport’s school drive is not only boosting participation numbers nationally but also bringing together schools, families and the wider community.”

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Welcome to the world of Bowls Buddies Bowls Buddies have produced a new type of soft bowls that are suitable for a range of surfaces (hard, grass and artificial surfaces). They are brilliant for many types of organisations such as schools, community groups and bowling clubs etc. We also have numerou...

24/12/2025

30/11/2025

A wonderful celebration of Hexham House Bowls Club members and committee was had by all last night at the
Mart in Hexham.
We were honoured to have John Allen
the Chairperson for the county bowling association, Bowls Northumberland, who gave out all the trophies.
John was particularly delighted to give our men The Northumberland Challenge Cup Trophy which was an amazing achievement as there were 26 teams in the competition from all around Northumberland. We are very very proud of this! 😁
Congratulations to all the runners up and winners of our internal club competitions. Lovely to see some new faces.

Our new season begins April 2026 where we will welcome people who would like to learn the game and be involved in our club, to what ever standard they would like to rise to.
Please feel free to contact me in messenger for more info.
If you’re interested in starting before then, some of us go down to West Denton to play in the winter indoors. You are welcome to join us! 😊 More photos will be going up on our Hexham House fb page shortly.
Susan Sibbald Chairperson