Scarborough Borough Bowling Club

We are based at Manor Road Scarborough
, a member of Scarborough and District Bowling Association.

We currently have a membership of 70 members plus and also a junior section. 
Ages range from 8 years to 80 years plus. 
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From April to September, 13 teams bowl in 7 different leagues which are played 
in afternoons and evenings, and the green is open all the year round.

For the more hardy bowlers 
winter merits are held at the 9 different clubs in the district between October and March.
 Junior coaching sessions are held during the summer and also new members will be helped
 by our more experienced bowlers.

We have had a full refurbishment of our clubhouse kitchen, toilets, lighting and decoration.
 And we have also taken over the maintenance of our green to help make the club more viable.
This has been done with grants and the generosity of our members. 

We now have a excellent catering facility and a good team of ladies who supply a good array of food 
on our Competition days throughout the year, which is helped by the generosity of our members.

We have an Annual Club Dinner at one of the leading Hotels in Scarborough for Members and Guests, 
a crown night at the Scarborough Indoor Bowling Centre and use the clubhouse for different events
 over the winter months.

Disabled toilet facilities are available

History

Scarborough Borough Bowling Club was founded in 1905. It is the oldest surviving crown green club on Yorkshire’s east coast and its green on Manor Road, opened in 1902, is the oldest of its kind in the area.

Measuring 46 by 36 yards, with an original crown of eight inches, Manor Road green was laid down by Scarborough Council on Council land. Ever since 1905 the Club has been sole tenant of the Council, so that the bowling green and its surrounding gardens and seats are open to the general public, not just to the members.

The Borough is one of nine clubs in Yorkshire’s East Coast Association. There are two others in Scarborough, one each in Whitby, Robin Hood’s Bay and Hunmanby, and three in Bridlington. The Association determines league fixtures, open merits and inter club competitions. Every year the Borough enters a team for the Yorkshire Cup. A century ago the Borough fielded one team, today it has a dozen playing afternoons and evenings during the summer.