Bowling
There are facilities for crown green bowling in most urban parks. I know there are good greens and a popular club in Clifton Park, and in Boston Park and another behind Rawmarsh Leisure in Rotherham Centre. A new bowling green has opened at Wath Leisure in Rotherham Centre. There is no indoor bowling club in Rotherham although it has been a frequent request from the bowling community in the borough. Several people I know go to Doncaster to find indoor bowling and indeed Rotherham Borough Council allocate money to the indoor club there to help maintain facilities. There is only one ten pin bowling facility in Rotherham.
Crown Green Bowling
Rotherham Combined Crown Green Bowling Association
Contact Mrs B. Eccles Tel. 44 (0)1709 820934 Email ab.ecclesattalktalk.net (remember to change at to @). Website
www.rccgba.co.uk.
Albion Rd W.M.C Bowls Section
This club plays in Clifton Park. Contact Mrs F. Mckay Tel. 44 (0)1709 548859 Email : stainrod.d.attiscali.co.uk (remember to change at to @)
Boston Park Bowling Club
Contact Brenda Cotterhill Tel.44 (0)1709 518441.
Bradgate Park Crown Green Bowling Club
Play at Bradgate Park. Contact R Scorthorne Tel. 44 9 ) 01709 378457.
Clifton Park Bowling Club
Contact Stuart Foers Tel. 44( ) 01709 529695 Email thefuzzattalktalk.net (remember to replace at with @).
Fairways Ladies Bowling Club
Play at Clifton Park. Contact Sheila Brown Tel. 44( ) 01709 542842.
Greasbrough Bowling Club
Play at Greasbrough Park. Contact Keith Hobson Tel. 44 (0)1709 551856 Email keithhobsonataol.com (remember to change at to @) (remember to replace at with @).
Kings Bowling Club
Play at Wath Sports Centre & Rosehill Park. Contact R.Beasley Tel. 44 (0)1709 874341 Email i.nieldattalk21.com (remember to replace at with @).
Maltby Progressive Ladies Bowling Club
Play at Coronation Park, Maltby. Contact Mrs B. Spencer Tel. 44 90) 1909 731092.
Rotherham Royal Mail Bowls Club
Play at Barkers Park. Contact Stuart Woodward Tel. 44 (0)1709 550855 Email stuartwoodward49ataol.com (remember to replace at with @).
Stag Bowling Club
Play at Valley Park, Herringthorpe. Contact Terry Kennedy Tel. 44 (0)1709 544684. Email terryatkennedy735.freeserve.co.uk (remember to change at to @).
As far as I know these details are up to date in 2009. If anything has changed let me know.
Ten Pin Bowling
When this game is posh it is called Ten Pin Bowling when it's not its called Skittles. At one time every tavern had a Skittle Alley but they all seem to have gone these days. It is a very old game. There is a tale, probably apocryphal, that the game then called Ninepins was banned because the government of Henry VIII were worried the working classes were spending too much time playing and not working. Since Ninepins was banned some clever person added a tenth pin and re-named the game Tenpins so it was no longer illegal. Makes you feel proud to be British!
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