TEMPORARY OPENING ARRANGEMENTS
While Nick continues to recover from knee replacement surgery we will be gradually increasing our opening days and times. Further details to be confirmed as recovery progresses.
FRIDAY 13th September: 10am to 3pm
SATURDAY 14th September: 10am to 1pm
We're hoping to add more days / hours this week but at present:
FRIDAY 20th September: 10am to 3pm
SATURDAY 21st September: 10am to 1pm
All going well, normal hours (and return to bowling) should resume some time in September.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT BOWL REPAIRS etc
Since we opened Well Bowled in 2015 we’ve offered a service to take bowls and jacks to Premier Bowls in Stockport for refurbishment, repair and testing etc. This has worked well in past years and we have a good relationship with Premier Bowls.
We were assured at the end of the summer Crown Green bowling season last year that any bowls we dropped off with Premier would be available to collect before the start of the new season. However, due to health issues, there have been delays in work being completed which has resulted in a number of customers not receiving their bowls back in time for the start of the new season (me included).
The delay has been compounded due to the closure of other companies that had also been undertaking this kind of work with a result that Premier have taken on more refurbishment work than they had expected.
This hasn’t affected just Well Bowled but also other clubs, businesses and individuals that take their bowls to Premier. We know the staff at Premier have been doing all they can within their remit to get the work completed and returned.
Not only has this been incredibly frustrating to those who are waiting for their bowls to be returned, the issue has led to reputational damage to Well Bowled, verbal abuse and threats of legal action.
We apologise unreservedly to those affected and ensure you that we will get your bowls back to you as soon as we’re advised that they’re ready to collect. We will be reviewing whether or not we should offer this service in future.
BOWL & JACK REFURBISHMENT, REPAIR & TESTING
This year we will once again be taking Crown Green Bowls for refurbishment, repair, relacquering, testing and Jacks for testing and stamping to Premier Bowls in Stockport. Click below to find out more...
CROWN GREEN BOWLING MATCH JACK REQUIREMENTS
Remember to regularly check your Jacks!
All Crown Green Match jacks shall be re-tested at not more than seven yearly intervals.
Requirements for jack stamping and testing and be found at Appendix A of this document: www.bcgba.org.uk/laws-of-the-game/
NOREEN BRADLEY
You may have seen our message recently advising that we were closing the shop early as we were going to see a lady about some bowls...
The bowls were those belonging to Noreen Bradley who sadly and unexpectedly passed away on 28th February 2021 aged 86 years. Noreen was a keen bowler in her time (in 1983 she lost in the ladies final of the Waterloo to Mary Farmer), she was well known in Crown Green Bowling circles and was a good friend to many. If Noreen saw us at a club or competition with our ‘Pop Up’ shop she would always have a look to see what was new in the way of bowls and bowling paraphernalia and have a chat about bowling.
On clearing out Noreen’s property, a number of sets of bowls were found and we were contacted to see if we would be interested in buying them. When we went to see a lady about some bowls, we collected 36 sets! Mainly Crown Green but also some flat green bowls and a number of bowling bags.
So, if you’re interested in purchasing pre-loved Crown Green (or flat) bowls, please call in to see us or get in touch by email, phone or Messenger. The family are keen for the bowls to remain in the area and to ideally to be used by young and new bowler.
Unfortunately, I can’t find a photo of Noreen to add to this post so I have included one of a small car loaded with Noreen’s bowls instead.
Donations in memory of Noreen to the Salvation Army c/o 5, St James Road, Halifax. HX1 1YP and would be much appreciated. https://funeral-notices.co.uk/notice/bradley/4931749
WE ARE OPEN!
We are OPEN for business!
Tuesday to Friday 9.30am to 4.00pm
Saturday 10am to 1pm
Sunday & Monday closed
Get in touch if you would like to check stock availability before you visit us:
01422 893351
wellbowled@btinternet.com
We look forward to seeing you soon; either in the shop or on the green.
Cheers, Nick
THANK YOU!
We’ve had lots of new Crown Green bowlers in the shop recently which is great to see. And we’re also getting customers who’re travelling quite some distance to visit us (even had customers recently from Scotland and New Zealand who were staying with friends nearby).
We’d like to thank everyone who has pointed new and not so new bowlers in our direction and recommended Well Bowled to them. We really appreciate it very much. Thank you.
Nick (and Tania)
USED CROWN GREEN BOWLS
We currently have a number of pairs of used Crown Green bowls available for sale in the Well Bowled shop.
They're a varied lot: Taylors, Drakes Pride, Henselite and unknown.
Get in touch if you'd like details of what we currently have available or, better still, call in to see us.
POP UP SHOP
Well Bowled can bring a selection of bowls and bowling products to your club to support your competitions or AGM.
We can bring along bowls, jacks, bags, mats, cloths, measures, caps, scorecard holders & other bowling paraphernalia. We can take orders and payment by card is available.
Please get in touch for details.
01422 893351 or wellbowled@btinternet.com
