Winslow Bowls Club

Winslow Bowls Club is a friendly and social club, full of people looking to have fun and enjoy sporting activity together. We are based right in the centre of Winslow surrounded by the beautiful Tomkins Park and Arboretum. Our green has been refurbished to a high level and the summer season will be in full swing from the middle of April right through until late September. We also play a Short Mat form of bowls in our clubhouse during the winter.

We believe everybody should realize the joy and benefit of playing sport, and there are so many reasons why bowls is ideally placed to unlock these fantastic advantages. Bowls is a sport for everyone and it will help improve your fitness levels and mental well-being. It is a low impact yet competitive sport played in a very social atmosphere, giving plenty of opportunity for gentle exercise throughout the summer months.

Winslow Bowls Club provides an historic sporting activity in the centre of the town for all ages and skill levels.

The Clubhouse and Bowling Green are maintained on a day to day basis by the Members of the Club.

The Clubhouse is available for hire and is currently used regularly by NHS, WADAS, Breath Easy, Big Society and other local organisations.

Learn how to play bowls or how to improve your game

• WBC has qualified coaches who are ready give help and advice and other Club members will be happy to guide and advise you.
• The best way to learn lawn bowls is by playing it. Once you understand the basic rules of lawn bowls you can get out into the green and learn the rest as you go!
• Winslow Bowls Club holds Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon social bowling sessions. These 2 hour sessions offer members the opportunity to practise their bowling technique or play friendly matches to improve their play in different positions in a team. No advance booking is required.

Play competitive bowls

• Club members take part in National and County Competitions and the Club plays regular friendly, week-end and mid-week league matches against other Clubs in the North Bucks area. The Club will play seventy competitive matches during the season. 
• The Club also runs a full range of Competitions for Club Members every season. Finals of these competitions are scheduled in the Fixture List. Winners will be presented with a trophy at the annual 'Presentation Lunch'.
• During the winter season the Club has a thriving Short Mat Section which is affiliated to the Buckinghamshire Short Mat Bowls Association (BSMBA), and plays in the Aylesbury Vale Friendly League.

Take part in the special bowling events and social activities  

• Green Opening Day. At the beginning of each season Members are invited to play for the first time in the new season. This often takes the form of a competition between the 'Presidents team and the 'Captains team'.
• Winslow Bowls Club Open day. Winslow Bowls Club invites members of the general public to see, enjoy and participate in the sport of bowls. Qualified bowling coaches and other club members will be on hand to advise and encourage visitors to participate in the sport.
• Presidents Day. This is a special club competition for members of the Club. Usually in the form of a 'Spoon Drive', an interactive competition organised so that members play with and against other members of the club.

At various times of the year the Club will host Quiz events and various other social gatherings.

Winslow Bowls Club has considered very carefully its responsibilities towards all those participating in bowls and other activities on Club premises, with particular attention to the safety of young people and vulnerable adults.  It is the ambition of the Club to sustain an ethos of mutual care and support amongst all its members and to provide a warm welcome and a safe experience for visitors.

Winslow Bowls Club is affiliated to Bowls England and fully supports the Bowls England policy on safeguarding of Adults and Children. Winslow Bowls Club appoints a Safeguarding Officer trained to the standards of Bowls England and a Deputy Safeguarding Officer.

Safeguarding Officer: Karen Harvey	Safeguarding Officer Deputy: Marian Joyner

We follow the Bowls Development Alliance’s Safeguarding Policies, linked here:  

Bowls England: Safeguarding Adults Policy-V2-2022

Bowls England: Safeguarding Children Policy-V10-Feb-2022

To contact our Club Safeguarding Officers: 
Email: safeguarding.winslowbc@gmail.com 
Phone: 07801 802389 – Karen Harvey
Phone: 07912 105704 – Marian Joyner

We can assure members that all your enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence. Any reported concerns will be followed up within the defined guidelines and policies of Bowls England, which is the National Governing Body (NGB) for outdoor, flat green bowls in England.

In the first instance, if you have a safeguarding concern, please speak to a WBC Safeguarding Officer. You may also contact the Bowls England Safeguarding Team via email to safeguarding@bowlsengland.com, by telephone to 01929 500 490 or online at: https://www.bowlsengland.com/safeguarding/