About Us

Hi everyone and welcome to Brockenhurst Indoor Bowls

We are a well-established indoor bowling club, having been founded over 30 years ago. With over 40 members, all of whom are very friendly and welcoming.

If you’ve bowled before – Great! Come and enjoy the warmth and hospitality

of our bowling club.

Times of play

We play between October and April every Friday 10am and 3pm

in two sessions.

Subscriptions

There is an annual subscription which for the 2023/24 season is £80

Dress code

We wear grey trousers, skirts for the ladies and white shirts or jumpers.

Most importantly flat soled shoes, not to be worn in from outside.

All newcomers welcomed. We will instruct you on everything you need to know,

so you can get the best out of indoor bowling.

Our 3 rinks are not competition length, but at 60 feet, you’ll get all the enjoyment with a touch less walking! Gentle Exercise

Please note, for those in the know, it is not short mat bowling.

About Indoor Bowls

If you watch in door bowls it looks simple and in essence it is. The game involves rolling a 'wood' along a mat and trying to get your wood nearer to a jack than your opponent, 'a jack being a small white ball' of course in practice it is not this simple!

Firstly the woods do not roll in a straight line - they have a bias and to compensate for this the players have to judge where to roll the woods.

Secondly there is the issue of distance to the jack. In order to position the wood near to the jack players need to judge how hard to roll their wood, in the parlance of the game this is referred to as how much weight to use with a roll of the wood.

Thirdly the carpets have edges and woods that leave the carpet are disqualified.

Lastly there is the slight issue of your opponents who will do their best to prevent you being nearer to the jack than them by knocking your wood away or blocking the path to the jack.

So, a simple game is now more interesting requiring skill and tactics. All good for keeping our minds and bodies healthy and for having a social fun day.

If you would like more details of the game take a look at

bowlsengland.com/associated-body/eiba/ or bowlsdevelopmentalliance.com

Please give Pete a call on 01425 621831 for more details or just turn up at 9.30 am on a Friday There is also an email address on the contact page.