Johnsonville Bowling Club has run Summer Evening Community Bowls for sixteen seasons. It is one of the club’s premier events and features prominently on the calendars of the many players and supporters who return each season.
JBC is one of Wellington’s premier clubs - both competitively and socially. It has been part of the Johnsonville landscape since 1908, and Community Bowls 2024 will continue to reflect the club’s long association with the local community.
Teams are welcome from groups of friends, workmates, clubs, extended family and other similar groups. From that base, there is a Playing Team of four for each of the playing evening of the competition. Entry is $40 a team ($10.00 per person) per night.
Each week’s Playing Team may have one registered bowler (or not). He or she may play in the position of lead or two only. (1st year bowlers are exempt) The Playing Team may change each week and the organisers may approve a casual stand - in player in the event that a team would otherwise have to default.
If a team is short one player and no suitable casual stand-In is available, the team may play with three players. A team with less than three players is defaulted.
The competition runs over eight evenings, with two evenings in reserve for play postponed by inclement weather.
There are two games of 40 minutes each evening followed by raffles, lucky team prizes and burgers for supper. The games are played according to the general rules of lawn bowls.
Community Bowls will start on the 16th of January 2024.