Welcome to the Lincoln Bowling Club Website. Lincoln Bowling Club Is situated in the District of Selwyn, South of Christchurch City in New Zealand. The club serves a large area in and around Lincoln, including Rolleston, Burnham, Springston and Prebbleton. For contact information please see the About Us page.
WOMEN'S PROGRAMME AND CONDITIONS OF PLAY Good afternoon, Ladies I hope everyone is surviving the winter okay and managing to stay dry. Your ladies match committee have met to complete a Women’s programme and conditions of play for the 2022-23 season. At this stage the programme has been completed to the 31st January to Semi Finals for championship games, the exception being the Fours which have a designated finals date. The Lincoln Bowling Club match committees have busy programmes but would like to hold a joint finals day if practicable. This will be reviewed once competitions are completed to that stage. The women’s programme will be reviewed in December for 2023 January – April which will include non-Championship competitions. Programme attached. We will update the conditions of play on the website when these have been finalised. Section play for all Championship games are now played as 4 games round robin with the top four players / teams qualifying for Post section. This change of format was passed at the AGM. Entries can now be entered for Women’s Championship events on the LBC website. Please also enter for Ellesmere Cup and Centre 2 Fours if you wish to be considered for these events. The password is the same as last year. PLEASE NOTE UNDER 5 PLAYERS we are holding the Under 5 singles jointly with the under 5 men on Saturday November 26th. Kind Regards, Lois, Mar O, Kay and Magaret W. Email from Lois - 31 July
ENTER AN EVENT Bruce Gemmell (Match Committee Chair) would like everyone to know that you can now put your entries on the website for this year's games. The password is the same as last year. Bruce is happy to help anyone who doesn't have access to the website or is struggling to work out how to go about it. Don't hesitate to contact him! Lynore (by email 29 July)
ELLESMERE SUB-CENTRE WEBSITE Following the success of the Ellesmere sub-centre website it has been moved, from a internet address as part of the LBC site, to a dedicated location. The new address is:- https:/ellesmerebowls.com The Menu at the top of this page has been changed to point to the correct address. If you have set bookmarks or favourites for the previous address, please update them now. Source: Bill Wilson
JOIN OUR CLUB Now is the time to Join us. We provide our members with a wide range of Summer and Winter bowling options, both social and competitive. Have a look around the web site and you will see what we are about. In particular the About Us and Winter Bowls pages summarise our bowling activities. We welcome potential members who are new to bowls as well as experienced bowlers moving into the area. Our membership application form is available from our Documents Downloads page. Contact details for our secretary are on the About Us page.
RESOURCES FOR PLAYING AT HOME OR AWAY MetService detailed weather forecast for Lincoln, including hourly temperature and wind. Other towns and Regions easy to find. Google Maps, setup to start a journey from the exit of our main car park in Meijer Drive. NZTA traffic cameras in Canterbury to see what is happening at major road intersections. View Greens to see what is happening at the club if playing at home.
HIRE OF CLUB FACILITIES The Clubhouse, Outdoor Carpet Bowling Green and Bar Service are available for hire. Please see our Hire our Facilities web page.
WINTER WEDNESDAY BOWLS 3 AUGUST Hi All, It was a great day for bowls. Twenty three players arrived giving us 6 rinks with pairs and one rink of threes. The final game for this tournament will be on Wednesday 14th September. Cheers Mundy Email 3 August
RECENTLY UPDATED The Enter an Event page for the coming season is now open for entries. Please see more information in the special block on this page. A Committee Who's Who page has been added to the main menu. There are a few photos to be added when available. LBC Bulletin 2 for the 2022-23 season has been added to the Members Area. It was sent out by Lynore on 26 July. With thanks to Bruce Gemmell and the Match Committees, the LBC Bowling Programme for 2022/23 has been added. Please see the Bowls Programme menu.
| WINTER | BOWLING | TIMETABLE |
|---|---|---|
| Day | Time | Winter Activity |
| Tues | 12 Noon | 2-4-2 Pairs Tournament (Fortnightly – dates below) |
| Wed | 10.45am | Singles/Doubles on Wednesday (Weekly) |
| Thu | 12.30pm | Thursday Mixed Roll-up (Weekly) |
| Thu | 1.00pm | Indoor Bowls League (Weekly) |
| Fri | 1.00pm | Indoor Bowls League (Weekly) |
| Sat | 12 Noon | 3 Bowl Triples Tournament (Fortnightly – dates below) |
| Lyndsey David | Withell Foskett | Convenor for the 3 Bowl Triples (325 3016) Convenor for the 2-4-2 Pairs (022 356 5195) |
WINTER INDOOR BOWLS ONGOING RESULTS The results so far for the Winter Indoor Bowls have been loaded into our Tournament Manager programme. The links for the Thursday and Friday results, so far, are as follows:- Thursday Indoor Bowls Friday Indoor Bowls More information about our Indoor Bowls can be found on our Winter Bowls page.
LINKS Looking for links to other websites or bowls video streams? Then please go to our Links page.