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Summer is building to its biggest weekend on the Bowls Yorkshire competitions calendar. On Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July, the finals of our county competition will be played at King George V Bowling Club, Guisborough to decide who becomes Yorkshire County Champion in their event, and who earns the right to represent the county at the Bowls England National Finals in Leamington. It's the culmination of a season of qualifying rounds, tense semi-finals, and no small amount

The Men's 2 Bowl Singles Quarter and Semi Finals were completed at York Railway this evening, with some closely contested matches throughout. Following four competitive quarter finals, Jack Bird (Nafferton) booked his place in the final with a victory over Ray Murphy (Springhead Park) in the first semi final. In the second semi final, Marcus Mosley (Middlesbrough) held off the challenge of Mike Bruce (York Railway) to secure the other place in the final.

Alwyn was a stalwart of Yorkshire County. He was introduced to the sport of Bowls in 1972 by a friend and joined Nafferton Bowling Club. It soon became apparent that he had an aptitude and passion for the game. He remained at Nafferton until joining Driffield Recreation in 2006. In 1978 Alwyn played his first County game for the C team, some six years later he received his County badge. Alwyn went on to progress through the ranks to the A team where he skipped for many year

A terrific day of bowling at Northallerton today as the second qualifying event in our brand-new Yorkshire Mixed Triples competition took place. There was drama throughout the knockout stages, with both semi-finals going to an extra end before a high-quality final rounded off an excellent day's play. Congratulations to Paul Gale and Gayle & Malcolm Hartley (Thirsk Athletic), who booked their place at Finals Weekend after defeating Caroline Longden, Paul Laville and Craig Wats

Another great evening of bowling to watch earlier this month when the semi finalists of the Over 55 Fours took place at Dunnington. One semi final match had two Bishop Monkton teams playing each other and the other was South Cave v Thirsk. Congratulations to the South Cave of Maria Whittle, Jayne Stride, Jane Duguid and Eva Dayes and the Bishop Monkton team of Angie Archbold, Carol Pawson, Pauline Beecroft, and Sue Armstrong who won through to Finals Day. Only one team from e

Fantastic to be back at Kirkbymoorside again for our Triples QF. Two superb comebacks and one extra end game produced our 4 semi finalists: Mark Walton (Nafferton), Mick Mooney (Smiths Dock), Andy Boatwright (Selby) and Malcolm Richardson (Kirkbymoorside). Semi Finals are at York Railway on Tuesday 7 July.

Another night of excellent bowling was enjoyed when the ladies pairs semi-finals took place at Dunnington. Congratulations to Sandie Plant and Judy Abel from Shipton who beat Alison Dalby and Lynne Tattersall of York RB&SC and to Judith Smith and Gayle Hartley from Thirsk who beat Anna Zetterstrom and Shirley Cruickshank of Hutton Rudby. Both winning teams are Leamington bound. Thanks to David Dearlove for umpiring and Dunnington for hosting the event.

A very good days bowling at Redcar Borough Park saw the Over 65 Pairs North Qualifier take place. Excellent hospitality shown by our generous hosts as always and the green bowled very well. In the end we have 4 qualifiers for the County Quarter Finals next Tuesday at Thirsk; M Hartley (Thirsk), J Coleman (Northallerton), S Davison (Northallerton) and J Barrett (Mulgrave).

We enjoyed a superb evening of bowls at Dunnington for the Fours semi-finals, culminating in a spectacular finish as the sun went down. Swinton secured their place in the final with a victory over Thirsk, while Northallerton booked the second spot after an absolute thriller against Bishop Monkton. The match between Northallerton and Bishop Monkton went right down to the wire. Shot for shot was exchanged with almost every wood delivered, and it was a tremendous shame that eit

A fantastic turnout of 31 talented players took to the green at West Bank Park for the ladies 4-Wood Singles competition. The competition was fierce but friendly, and after some incredible displays of skill, we have officially played down to our final eight. Well done to: Sue Entwistle, Melanie Wilkes, Caroline Longden, Vanessa Jameson, Sue Allen, Cressida Fordy, Sally Scott and Mary Kenworthy. The quarter-finals will take place on July 4th, hosted once again at West Bank

Huge congratulations are in order for the Angels of the North (our combined Cumbria, Northumberland, and Yorkshire U25 squad), who have officially secured their place at the Bowls England National Finals! Following a thrilling day of highly competitive action at the Amy Rose Bowl Regional Finals, the Angels have progressed to the prestigious final stages as one of the three best runners-up in the country. The team will now represent the North on the national stage at Victori

Well done to Lillie who made her bowls debut in the Thornton Le Dale Triples at the weekend. Proud mum shared the news afterwards, saying: "Our 8-year-old daughter Lillie making her debut at the Thornton Le Dale triples today! Super proud of her!" And it's easy to see why. Despite it being her very first competitive outing, Lillie showed remarkable confidence and composure on the green, bowling with a fabulous technique. Bowls is a sport that can be enjoyed by people of a

A great day's bowling at Guisborough Priory saw 4 teams go through to the Quarter Final stage at Thirsk. The weather forecast was poor but somehow we largely stayed dry throughout. In a tense finale, the second place in both groups came down to the last bowl! Qualifiers are: Paul Sykes (Mulgrave) Steve Davison (Northallerton) Graham Bond (Hutton Rudby) 2024 winner Sam Oliver (Skelton). Massive thanks to the tremendous hospitality shown by a wonderful bowling club.

Yorkshire will be in action on Sunday 21 June as the county competes in the prestigious White Rose Trophy at Redcar Borough Park. The White Rose Trophy is one of Bowls England's premier pathway competitions, giving talented young bowlers the opportunity to represent their county and compete against the best emerging players from across the country. Success in the competition can lead to national finals. Bowls Yorkshire is proud to field a strong team and would love to see ple

Redcar played host to the Zone 1 Two Bowl Singles qualifiers on Sunday afternoon. After some excellent bowling and lots of tight matches the following four qualified for Quarter Finals night on Friday 10th July: Danny Watcham (Smith's Dock), Matt Mosley (Middlesbrough), Marcus Mosley (Middlesbrough) and our reigning County Champion, Vincent Lien (Northallerton).

A proud day for the Yorkshire Alsop squad on 23rd May as the team were officially presented with the Alsop Cup following their 2025 triumph and Yorkshire's first Alsop success in 25 years. 🏆 While the celebrations continued off the green, the afternoon's fixture didn't go all Yorkshire's way, with a score of Yorkshire 103 (7pts) and Durham 117 (15pts) Congratulations once again to everyone involved in bringing the trophy back to Yorkshire – a fantastic achievement and a mome

Bowls Yorkshire Over 65 Fours Southern Qualifiers took place on Thursday 28th May at Copmanthorpe Bowling Club. After an early thunderstorm the clouds parted and sunshine shone on the six teams trying to get to the Quarter Finals. In the end the teams of Gary Preston (Harrogate), John Phillips (Selby), Mal Britton (York Railway) and John Drake (Harrogate) got through. Many thanks to Copmanthorpe for an excellent surface to bowl on terrific hospitality. Quarter Finals will t

Bowls Yorkshire is delighted to invite all 2025 Alsop Squad members, supporters and spectators to a special presentation event celebrating Yorkshire’s fantastic achievement in bringing the prestigious Alsop Trophy back to Yorkshire for the first time in 25 years. The event will take place on Saturday 23rd May 2026 at Northallerton Bowls Club, now officially recognised as the home of the Yorkshire Alsop Trophy Squad. Players, supporters and members of the bowls community are w

I am pleased to announce that finally Bowls England have released the figure showing the number of qualifiers each county gets at Leamington this year. Here is our summary: Men's Four Bowl Singles - Yorkshire get two qualifiers as we ranked 21st with the top 27 getting two qualifiers. Our 95 entries were well above the 71 which was 28th. Pairs - Yorkshire get two qualifiers as we ranked 24th with the top 27 getting two qualifiers. Our 72 entries were above the 57 of 28th. Tr

Yesterday, Sunday 10th May, Yorkshire Ladies enjoyed an excellent day at the Northern Counties Finals held at Consett Bowls Club, Durham, competing in all four disciplines. In the Singles semi-final, Cressida Fordy was narrowly defeated by the eventual winner from Cumbria. Our Pairs team of Janet Farnsworth and Wendy Pickard battled hard but were defeated by Cumbria in the final. There was great success, however, in both the Triples and Fours competitions. Sue Entwistle, Kath