Lawn Bowls at the Vale of Leven Club (THE VALE!)

We have a long history having been founded in 1867 and, as our name suggests, we are in the Vale of Leven just over one mile from the Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond in one of the most picturesque parts of Scotland - if not the World.

This website is being provided as a resource for our members, guests and flat green bowlers in Scotland, the UK and Worldwide. We will provide information about club, association and Scottish bowling events in our lawn bowling calendar during the season but we will also provide details of social functions and other bowling club news.

It will also contain useful tips about local lawn bowling rules and bylaws, Scottish Bowling Association rules, and importantly, flat green bowling etiquette. A section describing the Game of Lawn Bowls has been included for visitors who don't know the game. Browse our pages to learn more about lawn bowls and our club.

David Nicolson - Club President 2008

We have not forgotten that Lawn Bowls is a leisure activity so apart from the actual lawn bowling activities we have featured our "Locker Room", which is a page with jokes and cartoons. We also have another humour page with a collection of those funny videos and other downloads that people email to each other. These are not about lawn bowls or bowling clubs but have a look at the one by Robin Williams on the Scots and Golf. (Note: Sorry, the videos page has had to be removed. It was costing too much for the bandwidth.)

Serious or humourous contributions are invited from both bowling club members and guests. Volunteer contributors are required so if you fancy yourself as a writer and you have any articles we could use please get in touch. You can Email us here and we have also introduced our bowls club mailing list for our members (and guests). This will be used to notify you of upcoming events in both our bowling and social calendars throughout the year.

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To navigate your way through the pages on the website choose from the menu in the panel on the left. If you can't find what you are looking for just use the SITE MAP. This provides descriptions of all pages on the site along with links to these. (If you find any errors please let me know.)

Disclaimer: The information on bowling clubs rules and bylaws displayed in this site are for guidance only and may not be current or constitutional. Members should consult the club constitution and competition rule books to verify any point in question. The club's printed information and/or committee rulings shall take precedence over any information in this website.

Note 1: If any members are puzzled by the use of the unfamiliar term "Lawn Bowling" in this website it has been used to distinguish our form of flat green bowling or level green bowling on grass from tenpin bowling and crown green bowling. A search on the Internet for "bowling" will yield results that are predominantly related to tenpin. We have to make the distinction in order to get found by those seeking information about real bowlers and real bowling greens :o)