Knutsford Friday Bowling League

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Welcome to the Knutsford Friday Bowling League which was formed in 1978.  The unchanged aim of the league is to encourage new bowlers in conjunction with a social evening. 

The mixed league is affiliated to The Cheshire County Bowling Association and plays under British Crown Green rules with 8 players in each team and games are played on Friday evenings. 

All greens of the member clubs are within a 9 mile radius of the centre of Knutsford.

The league consists of two divisions consisting of 12 teams in each division, at the discretion of the Committee. 

Annually we hold Individual, Pairs, Mixed Pairs and the Jack Brynning (triples) handicapped competitions. 

The site is updated by the League Secretary but credits for the site go to Ross Kavanagh the webmaster

2026 Competitions & Handicap Changes Summary

Presentation Evening

Prize Monies

PARKING AT THE CHURCH INN

PARKING AT CRANFORD BOWLING CLUB

2026 Competitions & Handicap Changes Summary

The competition dates for the 2026 season are as follows: 

The Individual Competition will be held at High Legh on the 7th June 2026

The Pairs Competition will be held at Mersey Valley on the 12th July 2026

The Mixed Pairs Competition will be held at Crosstown on the 2nd August 2026

The Jack Bryning (triples) Competition will be held at Goostrey on the 13th September 2026. 

Please be advised that in accordance with the rule changes at the AGM, the individual competition is capped at 32 entries and the remaining competitions are capped at 24. Consequently, entries for the competitions will open 4 weeks prior to the above dates and will be filled on a first come first served basis. An email will be sent to team captains to advise of this and they will forward any entries to the competition secretary by return.

In terms of handicaps, these have also changed for the 2026 season a more detailed synopsis was sent to team captains before the AGM but in short:

• Division 1 bowlers will start from 2.
• Division 2 bowlers will start from 6 (5 in the Jack Bryning Triples).
• Individual's Handicaps will be added together and divided by the number of players (i.e. divided by 2 for pairs and mixed pairs and 3 for the Jack Bryning competition) following which, deductions (if applicable) will be applied as follows: 
• For the Individual Competition:
• Handicap reduced by 2 if a player is bowling on their home green. 
• Handicap reduced by 2 if a player won the competition the previous year. 
• For the pairs and mixed pairs competition:
• Handicaps reduced by 1 per person playing on their home green.
• Handicaps reduced by 1 if a person won the competition in the previous year.
• For the Jack Bryning Competition:
• Handicaps reduced by 1 per person playing on their home green. 
• On the rare occasion that a competing individual/pair/triple have a minus handicap it will be at their discretion as to whether they begin on a minus handicap or alternatively start from scratch and have their opponents handicap increased by the equivalent amount. 

Presentation Evening

Presentation Evening 

The Presentation Evening will take place at Mere Bowling Club on Friday 21st November 2025 and is being organised by a team led by Keith Poskitt (KBC).

Our Chairman Bruce has sent out the following invitation to Captains for all League members:

Hi Friday Night Bowling Captains.
I would like to invite all players to attend the Friday Night Presentation Evening at Mere Parish Club on 21st November 2025 from 7:30pm until 11:00pm. The price to attend is £3 per person to help pay for the room at Mere club, to be paid on the night.
We would like you to bring your own food to the event to save on the costs.
We are having a quiz, music, dancing, stand up bingo, karaoke, and of course the prize presentation to our winners.

Prize Monies

               Prize Monies List - correct at 28th February 2023

               Division 1 & 2               Winners  £60      Runners Up  £50       Third Place   £40 

               Competions

               Individual                           Winner   £30       Runner up    £20       Losing Semi-finalist   £15 

               Pairs & Mixed Pairs      Winner    £50      Runners up   £30       Losing Semi-finalists   £20  

PARKING AT THE CHURCH INN

Visiting teams are requested to park in the school car park next to the pub or opposite the church. 

PARKING AT CRANFORD BOWLING CLUB

Please note that there are special arrangements for parking at Cranford BC, and a maximum of six cars per team. Please look at the details by clicking on the link above or download a copy.