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Requirements vary by club and event. Many clubs offer introductory sessions and can lend bowls. Contact the organiser to check whether beginners and visitors are welcome, equipment is available and bookings are needed. Start with Learn bowls or see what to expect from casual or barefoot bowls. The name barefoot does not guarantee bare feet are permitted; check the club’s footwear requirements.

Try increasing the distance, changing the location or checking both tournaments and social bowls in What’s On Near Me. Nearby clubs may not have added their activities yet, so you can also contact them directly to ask what is available.

Yes. Enter a town, suburb or postcode manually to find clubs and activities. You do not need to allow access to your current location to search.

Use Find a club and search by town, suburb or postcode. You can filter the results and open a club profile for its address, facilities, contact details and playing information.

Open What’s On Near Me, choose a location and distance, then view the results as a list or map. You can filter between tournaments and social bowls, and sort by soonest or nearest.

Yes. Enter any town, suburb or postcode in What’s On Near Me. This is useful when planning a visit or holiday. The selected country in the site header helps us choose the right place when locations share a name.

Open the club’s profile and use its contact details or contact button. LawnBowls.com does not manage individual club memberships, bookings or venue enquiries.

An email form may be unavailable because we do not have a working email address for the club, or the club is not currently receiving emails through LawnBowls.com. We remove the form when we know enquiries cannot be delivered. Please use the phone number, official website or social media links shown on the club’s profile instead, where available. If you represent the club, contact LawnBowls.com with a link to your club’s profile so we can help check the contact details and restore enquiries once email delivery is resolved.

Save keeps a club handy for later. Follow helps personalise your experience with that club’s activity and updates. Played here adds the club to your private playing history.

Use the action buttons on a club profile. You can also use the plus button beside a club in What’s On Near Me cards and map popups.

No. Played here is designed as a private record attached to your LawnBowls.com account.

You can browse clubs, events, the bowls guides and glossary without signing in. An account keeps your saved, followed and played clubs and gives you access to My Results and the app’s Scorecard, Practice Sessions and 40 Bowl Test. Supported personal data is shared between the website and app when you use the same account. Sign in or create an account to use these personal features.

Sign in and open Account settings → Activity alerts. Turn on Location alerts, Followed club alerts or both. Select the activity types you want and choose Email, Mobile App or Both. See how alerts work.

Location alerts cover clubs within the area and radius you save in Account settings. Changing the location you use to search the site or app does not change this saved alert area. Followed club alerts cover clubs you follow, wherever they are. Either rule can trigger an alert; a club does not have to match both. You can choose Tournaments, Social Bowls and Club News separately for each rule.

An alert is sent when a matching tournament or Social Bowls listing is published, or when matching Club News is approved. A regular Social Bowls session does not send another alert every week. If both your location and followed-club rules match the same activity, you receive only one alert per selected delivery method.

Install the LawnBowls mobile app, sign in with the same account, choose Mobile App or Both in Activity alerts, and allow notifications in your phone settings. Email alerts work without the app. Your alert choices are shared between the website and app.

Check that your chosen alert rule and activity type are on, and that the club is followed or falls within your saved alert area. Check your spam folder for email. For Mobile App alerts, check notification permission on your phone and open the app while signed in so it can register this device. Alerts may take a few minutes after publication. Read the full alert guide.

Sign in and open My Bowls → My Results, then choose + Add Result. Add a scorecard photo or enter the game manually, check the details and select Save to My Results. In the app, open More → My Bowls → Games and choose + Add result.

Yes. On the website, choose up to four photos and select Read photo. In the app, choose Take a photo or Choose from library. Add the front, back or extra pages if needed. The details are filled in for you to check; reading a photo does not save the result automatically. Photos stay privately attached to the saved result.

Check the date, game format, club, players and final scores. Search for and select the club from the directory, or choose I can’t remember if you do not know the location. Keep your players and score under Your team; use Swap sides if the card lists you on the other side. Review the result before saving, especially any details read from a photo.

Yes, when you sign in with the same account and the app connects to the internet. Results saved in the app are stored on your phone first. Open More → My Bowls → Games to see their sync status, or tap Manage games → Sync now, then refresh My Results on the website. If a game was changed in two places, the app asks which version to keep.

On the website, open the game in My Results and choose Edit result; you can update details or choose Delete result. In the app, open More → My Bowls → Games and tap a game to edit it. Tap Manage games to show Delete result. Changes and deletions reach your other devices when they sync. For an app scorecard with end-by-end scoring, correct individual ends in Scorecard.

Follow the entry instructions on the event listing or contact the organiser. Viewing or saving a listing does not reserve a place. The organiser can confirm entry fees, availability and booking requirements.

Check with the organiser before travelling, especially where weather may affect play. Times, availability and entry fees can change.

Sign in with the account that manages the event and open My Tournaments or My Social Bowls in your dashboard. Use Edit to update the details. For a regular social bowls session that is no longer running, use Pause. If you need help withdrawing a tournament or cannot access the listing, contact LawnBowls.com with the event link and the changes needed. If an event is cancelled, let anyone who has booked know directly as well.

Use the Add Event form. Choose the club, add the event details and include a flyer or image when one is available.

Club representatives and community contributors can submit appropriate bowls events. You will need to sign in, and submissions may be checked before or after publication.

Every accurate event gives people another way to discover the club through What’s On Near Me, event pages, club profiles and other LawnBowls.com discovery features.

Yes. Add the event information even when no flyer is available. Where supported, LawnBowls.com can use the club cover image so the listing still presents well.

Contact LawnBowls.com with the profile link and details so we can check the listing. For duplicates, include links to both profiles where possible.

Verified indicates that the club’s management relationship has been confirmed through LawnBowls.com’s verification process. A verified club representative can manage the profile and keep its information current. Please still check directly with the club about current opening times, facilities and activities.

If you already manage the club profile, submit the correction through your management tools. If you represent the club but do not yet have access, select Manage this club? on its profile to request access. Otherwise, use the club page or contact LawnBowls.com to report the problem with a link to the affected profile.

Open the sign-in page, choose Forgotten password? and enter the email address for your account. Follow the reset link sent by email. If the link has expired, request a new one.

Check your spam or junk folder and make sure you used the correct email address. On the account verification screen, open Need a new verification link? and choose Resend verification email. Use the latest email if you have requested more than one. If you still cannot verify your account, contact LawnBowls.com for help.

Use the Contact page and include the page link, what you were trying to do, any error message and your device or browser. Never send your password.

Use the searchable bowls glossary for terms such as head, shot, toucher, length and delivery weight, or suggest a missing term for review. For explanations in context, see Rules of bowls, Bowls etiquette and Bowls formats. For competition play, check the current official laws, national domestic regulations and the event’s conditions of play.

Use the Contact page for website support, listings, media, partnerships or general platform enquiries. For membership, bookings or venue questions, contact the individual club directly.

Yes. Sign in with the same LawnBowls.com account so supported personal data, such as club relationships, can flow between the website and mobile app.

The app is available for iPhone and Android. Visit the LawnBowls mobile app page for the App Store and Google Play download links.

You can browse clubs and events without signing in. Sign in to save clubs, follow their activity, record results and use Scorecard, Practice Sessions and the 40 Bowl Test. Club-management features are available when your account has management access.

Yes. Choose a town, suburb or postcode as your search location instead of using your current location. You can also search another area when planning a trip.

Use Search Within to change how far away the app looks for clubs and events. Open More → Settings → Distance units to choose miles or kilometres. Changing units keeps the same search area. When signed in, your units preference is shared with your website profile; guests keep a preference on their device.

Open Clubs and choose Search for a club by name below Search Within. This searches beyond your selected nearby distance. Distances shown are measured from your selected search location.

If your account has management access, open More → Managed Clubs to edit your club and manage its existing events. To create a new tournament or Social Bowls session, use Add Event on the website.

Once signed in, you can record Scorecard games, Practice Sessions and 40 Bowl Tests on your phone without an internet connection. Reconnect to load current club and event information, read scorecard photos or sync My Results with the website. Previously loaded discovery results may appear offline; refresh them before relying on the details.

Yes. If you lock your phone or switch away, reopen the app to return to an unfinished playing activity. If the app restarts, open the relevant tool from More → My Bowls or More → Tools and choose to resume when prompted. Finish or discard the activity before starting another one of the same type.

Open More → About → Contact Us, or use the Contact page. Include what happened, your phone model, whether you use iPhone or Android, and the app version and build shown under About. A screenshot can help. Never send your password.