Guide to this website
If you are having problems finding your way around this website hopefully the guide below will help you find what you are looking for.
Website Guide
IRISH LAWN BOWLS
Welcome to the official site of the Bowling League of Ireland and the Ladies Bowling League of Ireland.
Irish Lawn Bowls is the combination of the Bowling League of Ireland (BLI) and the Ladies Bowling League of Ireland (LBLI), the governing body for Lawn Bowls in the Republic of Ireland. The game is fast growing with clubs now in the following counties: Cork, Dublin, Kildare, Limerick, Meath, Offaly, Sligo, Waterford, and Wicklow. There are however many other counties where clubs are in the process of being formed.
Lawn bowls is a sport for all ages with competitors aged from under 10 to almost 100 currently playing in BLI/LBLI affiliated clubs.
If you are new to the sport of bowls and want to find out how to play the game have a look at the following link which will help you find out how to play.
Map of Bowling Clubs within the BLI / LBLI
Click on the “view larger map” button at the top right of picture for more details. Note the details are what the individual club has put on Google and may not always be a 100% correct.
A full list of BLI Member clubs together with their website details can be found at
For club addresses and Secretary Details see
Welcome to the BLI / LBLI Blog
Here will be posted various notice that we want to bring to your attentionBLI Ranking Points
The list of the top 100 Ranking Points places are now posted on the website. These are now fully up to date up to the end of the 2019 season.
Thanks to Eamonn Carruth for maintaining the master table.
National Under 25 Champion 2019
Congratulations to Cathal Gillen (CYM) on winning the under 25’s National title in Ards Bowling Club at his first attempt. We are sure that this is only the first of many National Championships the Cathal will win over the years.
Well done to all the BLI players who made it too the National Championships.
Florida Bowling Tournament
IWBA National Championships
Congratulations to all the ladies from the LBLI who made it to the IWBA National Finals in Holywood at the weekend.
Special congratulations are due to Noeleen & Sarah Kelly from Crumlin BC who won the IWBA National Irish Pairs yesterday for the second year in a row. They will now represent Ireland in the Pairs at the BIWBC British Isles Championships next June in Leamington Spa, England and we wish them all the best.
Pictured with the cup are Noleen, Margaret Mc Nevin (LBLI President), Sarah and Valerie Irwin (IWBA President).
Website is back
The website was hacked last Monday morning and hence could not be updated for the week. It has now been cleaned by a professional company and additional security steps taken to help avoid future hacks.
Under 18’s International team 2019
Congratulations to Josh Whitney of the Leinster Lions selected for the Ireland team to play in the upcoming Tri-nations Series against Scotland and Wales at Belmont Bowling Club on the Tuesday the 20th and Wednesday the 21st of August.
Congratulation also to Amy Carruth who has been selected as one of the reserves.