Alis Butten

The Northern Ireland side for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will feature a real mixture of youth and experience when they take to the greens later this year. The women’s squad of Megan Devlin, Courtney Meneely (pictured),…

Proudly wearing her Scottish shirt and holding aloft the national flag, Sophie Roddie is undoubtedly one of the country’s biggest bowls fans. The 18-year-old is always in fine voice supporting her sister, Lauren, at events all over the…

Team Scotland’s momentum towards the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games continues to pick up pace with the selection of its eight-strong para bowls team. With Birmingham 2022 set to have the largest para-sport programme in Commonwealth…

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) has entered an exclusive dialogue period with the State of Victoria in Australia and Commonwealth Games Australia (CGAus) to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. The 2026 Games will be the 23rd edition…

Occasionally, I am reminded of what a great sport we enjoy. Over the period of 50-plus years, I have been fortunate to have experienced travelling around the world as a player, official and commentator and yet it is the buzz of any…

The board of World Bowls has named Sue Beatt from Scotland, a highly experienced and motivated corporate executive and bowls administrator as its newest appointed director. Sue is the recently retired co-founder and director of People…

Paul, 52, from North Belfast, has recently purchased his grandchildren junior bowls, a foam mat ramp and target bowls set to enable them to enjoy the sport he has played since a teenager. They are the fourth generation of the Donnelly…

Just Bowl is a fun, easy to play form of bowls that has been developed to take activity into care homes, rehabilitation centres, leisure facilities, community settings, educational establishments and many more. Launched by the Bowls…

The Irish Bowling Association has confirmed its High Performance Squad for 2022-2023. The High Performance Squad will become live immediately and will remain in place until after the WorldChampionships in 2023 (Sept 2023). The…

In his latest column for Bowls International, England's most-capped international John Rednall shares his views on the 'vocal assumption' that shortening formats will make our sport more exciting and appealing. --- I was lucky enough…