Alderley Edge and District Bowling Association

The results service for crown green bowling in the Alderley Edge area

Handbook:
Calendar 2025
Past Presidents
Rules 2025

Honours and Previous Winners:
Honours

Downloads:
Result Sheets

The Association runs 4 Sections.     Gents with 29 teams in 3 divisions, Ladies with 27 in 3 divisions, Mixed 47 in 4 divisions and Veterans with 40 in 4 divisions. 30 different Clubs have membership of the Association.

The Gents (Mon) play in the evenings with 10 players and the Ladies (Wed) play in the evenings with 8 players while the Mixed (Thurs) and Veterans (Fri) play in the afternoons with 8 players.

The league is open to Clubs within a twelve mile radius of Alderley Edge.

The league is run from day to day by its Management Committee:

  • President: Janice Wilson
  • Chair: John Carter
  • Secretary: Steve Fletcher
  • Treasurer: Heather Jones
  • Match secretary:  Scott Mills (G), Sylvia Bostock (L, M), Chris Banfield (V)
  • Competition secretary: Denise Smith

Divisional Sponsors

Gents League - Paul Bradley, Bowling Green Maintenance Contractor

Ladies League - Premier Bowls, Stockport    https://www.premierbowls.co.uk/

Mixed League - Poynton WMC    https://poyntonwmc.co.uk/

Veterans League - linkchiropractice, Didsbury and Alderley Edge    https://linkchiropractic.co.uk/


See the Green finder for a list of clubs and links to maps showing where they are.

Gents KO Cup Final

CENTENARY DRAW.

COMPETITIONS 2025

Waggon and Horses

Crown start times in Mixed

Kenworthy Qualifiers

Advertisers in Handbook

Gents KO Cup Final

Sunday 7th September 2pm @ The Crown Hotel

 

Packhorse (3) Vs Wilmslow Cons (23) 

 

  1. Steve Burroughs Vs Alan Potts
  2. David Ford Vs Matt Davies
  3. Lee Traylor Vs Steve Brown
  4. Darren Yoxall Vs Nigel Forde-Dunlop
  5. John Ball Vs Gary Howson
  6. Chris Talbot Vs Neil Cope
  7. Graham Foster Vs Kevin Frost
  8. Steve Proctor Vs Luke Foden
  9. Shaun Swinton Vs Brian Foden
  10. Neil Jenkinson Vs Paul Wrigley

 

 

Packhorse Reserves: Carl Nolan, Francis Walsh, Ryan Pountley, Rick Vernon

Wilmslow Cons Reserves: Steve Jackson

 

Please come down and support what looks to be a fantastic final day. 


(Wednesday 27 August 2025)

CENTENARY DRAW.

The Centenary draw for both pairs and singles is now on under the mixed league.

There will be no food at these events but beverages and cakes available.


(Sunday 24 August 2025)

COMPETITIONS 2025

 2025 sees the Alderley and District League celebrating its Centenary Year, having started back in 1925 with a Gents League match at the Royal Oak in Alderley.

To mark this occasion, we will be running 2 competitions in August, an Open Singles and an Open Pairs. To be held @ Poynton WMC.

The Open Pairs will be on Saturday 30th August. (cut off 32 pairs) Final to be held on the following day.

The Open Singles will be on Sunday 31st August.

 

Both finals on the 31st.

 

Please help us make these events a success by entering one or both of the competitions.

This is a slight change from our origional post.

KENWORTHY CUP. -  Monday 23rd June - qualifiers. Closing date 2 weeks before (9th June) giving us time to allocate the greens.

Contact Phil Oldham - 07881 902109.

 

ROGERS VETS OPEN PAIRS (over 60's) - Friday 13th June @ Hazel Grove BC.  (no food)

 

BRYNING MIXED PAIRS (any age) - Thursday 17th July @ Macclesfield BC. 

 

GENTS PAIRS - Saturday 16th August @ Wilmslow Cons 

 

CENTENARY OPEN COMP (singles & pairs) - Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August @Poynton WMC. There will be NO FOOD at this event.

 

All entries to be in 1 week before (except Kenworthy). 2 league games to have been played to qualify to enter.

You do not have to play for the same club to make a pair. Rogers Vets is now an open pairs so any combination for pairings. Bryning is mixed lady/man.

Start time 10.00am please check in by 9.45am

Entry fee £5 per person for all comps. This will be invoiced to your club at the end of the season.

Food and beverages will be available at all venues unless stated so please support.


All entries (except Kenworthy) to Denise Smith - 07989 132715 - nannanee5@btinternet.com


(Friday 22 August 2025)

Waggon and Horses

Fixture and venues to end of season 

Waggon will close from Thursday 21st August 

Waggon Bowling  Club will fulfil all outstanding fixtures 

All matches will take place on the scheduled dates as published 

on the website.

Ladies A at Mottram

Ladies B at Cheadle Sports 

Gents at Heald Green

Mixed A and B at Cheadle Sports 10.30 start time 

Vets A and B at Cheadle Sports 10.30 start.

The Pub and surrounding Land has apparently been sold to a Development company.


(Thursday 7 August 2025)

Crown start times in Mixed

Just a reminder that in the mixed league on thursday afternoons The Crown will start all home games at 10:30am.


(Saturday 5 July 2025)

Kenworthy Qualifiers

Qualifiers through to the final night (22nd September).

S Swinton (Packhorse), M Hare (Heald Green), L Traylor (Packhorse), S Allen (Poynton Sports).

C Leese (Crown), B Holbrook (Poynton Sports), B Fairclough (Poynton WMC), P Garwood (Crown).


(Thursday 26 June 2025)

Advertisers in Handbook

Alderley Edge Union Club   https://www.alderleyedgeunionclub.co.uk/

Packhorse Social & Bowling Club   https://www.packhorseclub.com/

Poynton Sports & Bowls Section    https://www.poyntonsports.com/

Railway Inn, Mobberley    https://www.railwayinnpub.com

Poynton WMC  https://www.theteam@poyntonwmc.co.uk


(Thursday 17 April 2025)