Ladies County – Round 1
The Ladies County Championship and Presidents Trophy started on Sunday 17th May with a full set of group games and all teams looking to make a winning start to the 2026 campaign. As usual all group winners progress to the Semi-Finals of the County Championship with group runners-up moving to the Mavis Dearden Supplementary competition in August.
Junior County – Round 1
Last weekend Shropshire produced one of the standout result in the BCGBA Junior County Championship over recent seasons. A thrilling encounter saw a one chalk victory over defending Champions Yorkshire in a superb contest played across two demanding venues.
Men’s County – Round 1
Preparation for the first round of BCGBA Men’s County Championship matches couldn’t have been worse for all those home teams. Five days of sunshine and practice on ‘quick wickets’, all to be dashed by a Saturday and Sunday full of rain and completely different conditions to the practice days. It’s the same for everyone isn’t it? So who coped and who didn’t?
Club Team Championship Final
The 2026 Club Team Championship Final was fought out at Meole Brace B.C on Sunday 26th April in the glorious Shropshire sunshine. A day that felt at least 20 degrees warmer than the qualifying rounds a month earlier in Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, North Lancs & Merseyside.
Ladies Club Championship
The 2026 Ladies Competitions Calendar got under way on Saturday 18th April with the Club Team Championship Finals. This year it was held in South Yorkshire across three venues. Barnsley Central & Dodworth Miners Welfare hosted two heats each, with the four group winners moving onto Penistone BC for the finals, in what is always a long days bowling for those who were successful and made it to the finals green.
Club Team Championship Final
Club Team Championship Final – Sunday 26th April at Meole Brace Bowling Club, Shrewsbury SY3 9JF.
11am Start
Full Quarter Final Draw
Champion of Champions
The Race to Owley Wood begins with the recently released competitions list for both the Men’s & Ladies qualification. Can you plot a way to the finals?
2026 BCGBA Rule Changes
The 2026 Rules Revision Meeting at Owley Wood on January 17th had a number of proposals. What got passed? Here’s where to find out.