Thanks to David Matthias for this report Congratulations to Mark Ball of the Vardre Bowling Club and Gwynedd, on today, at the Bethesda Bowling Club, being crowned the Welsh CGBA Veterans Merit Champion for 2026. Mark beating Paul Richards from the Wrexham Area 21/14 in the Final In the Semi Finals Mark beat Garry Roberts and Paul beat Keith Wall. The Welsh Patron John Percy made the presentations and thanked the following; The Bethesda Bowling Club for hosting the Competition. The Welsh and Gwynedd CGBA officials (Gareth Hughes – Dusia Price – Ann Banks and Gwyn Owen) for running the competition. The Referees D T Evans – Arthur Peake and Ian Black. Richard Jones and John Roberts from the Bethesda

Please see a message below from Mike Barrodale, Welsh Veterans Team Manager. This year the BCGBA Veterans County Bowls Championship will take place on the Min Y Don Green in Old Colwyn on Thursday 9th July. The games start at 10 AM prompt and finish at about 5:30 PM and all team members should arrive by 9:30 AM at the latest unless you have already informed me that you will be slightly late in arriving. The Welsh games are against the Potteries, Greater Manchester and Cheshire although the order has yet to be confirmed. All matches are 8 a side, 21 up but each player starts with three points on his scorecard.  I have selected the following team to represent

On Tuesday 12 May, Trevor Clarke, WCGBA CEO, and Paul Daniel, WCGBA Secretary, attended the BowlsWales NGB and Member Strategy Day in Cardiff. Below is the Statement issued following that meeting which is fully endorsed by the WCGBA. A Message from the NGB and Member Strategy Day Joint statement from BowlsWales and the Welsh bowling NGBs and Members 12 May 2026 | Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff On 12 May 2026, representatives of BowlsWales and all six Welsh bowling National Governing Bodies came together at Sport Wales for a full-day strategy workshop. The session was facilitated by GGi (Good Governance Institute) and chaired by Richard Jones, Chair of BowlsWales. It was an important day, one that reflected the

Thanks to Jeanette Higham for this report. To mark 100 years of the Welsh Crown Green Bowling Association, a unique, once in a lifetime, competition was staged at Llay Miners Welfare Bowling Club on Sunday 31st May. Host, Peter Higham President of the WCGBA welcomed players and spectators to the event. Welcomed guests included BCGBA President, Steve Davies and BCGBA Official Brian Renton. Also attending were Joanna Owen from Bowls Wales, and Deputy Chairman of Wrexham Council, Jeremy Newton. Our referees for the day included Arthur Peake, DT Evans, Alan Davies, Jonathan Hughes and Peter Hughes, all from Wales. We were delighted to have three guest referees from the BCGRS Mary and Peter Fishwick, Merseyside and Keith Andrews from Lancashire.