Welcome to the Highley & District Crown Green Bowling League website.
The league was founded in 1960 and was originally based in Highley Shropshire. It is now based in Bridgnorth and has thirteen member clubs from Bridgnorth and the surrounding area. Two eight a side divisions compete on Tuesday evenings.
The fixtures for the 2025 season are now live on the results service.
13Mar25 by John PalmerIt was confirmed that sadly, Madeley had withdrawn their team from the league.
Albrighton were welcomed back into the league.
Clubs were informed that the deadline for further withdrawals and entries would be Friday 7th March.
Preliminary dates for competitions were reported and are available on the Competitions page.
League officers' proposal to increase the team entry fee from £100 to £110 was accepted.
Horsehay's proposal to revert to 10 (or 9) players per team was withdrawn after discussion.
After match refreshments were discussed and it was agreed that the status quo would remain. I.e it was up to the home club whether they provided them or not.
League treasurer Jeanette Bennett reported a small loss of £43.
All league officers were reelected en bloc:
President: Bob Parry
Chairman, Fixture Secretary & Safeguarding Officer: John Palmer
Vice Chairman: Rob Renke
Secretary: Lesley Burnside
Treasurer: Jeanette Bennett
Cleobury Mortimer kindly offered their facilities to hold the end of season presentation.
The BCGBA AGM and Rules Revision Meeting was held yesterday (18th January), at Winnington Park, with the key outcomes being summarised below.
• The National Development Strategy was approved with an overwhelming majority. This will see the introduction of a £1 per player, per Club 'Annual Development Fee' being introduced. This money, which will be ringfenced, will go directly to expenditure highlighted within the BCGBA National Development Strategy, to support grassroots Clubs to grow and develop. The 'Annual Development Fee' will be for a minimum of 3 years, and will be reported on annually.
• Clarification within the Laws of the Sport that any bowl travelling over a footer must be returned.
• Introduction of a maximum weight of a bowl. This has been set at 3lb.
• Clarification within the Laws of the Sport that a disturbed bowl should be treated the same as a disturbed jack (as per existing law).
• Nicotine inhalers have been added to the list of devices that cannot be used on the green during play (unless there is a medical exemption).
• Clarification that players will not be allowed to play in bare or stocking feet.
19Jan25 by John Palmer
The results service has been switched to the new year and clubs are now able to adjust their registered players.
12Nov24 by John PalmerThe BCGBA have released an updated discipline policy and code of conduct. You can read it here. All bowlers are urged to familiarise themselves with the content and also the laws of the game which you can find here with frequently asked questions answered here.
22Feb24 by John PalmerIf you have any suggestions for improving the site, adding additional content or notice a problem, please email highleybowlsleague@gmail.com or fill in the contact form.