Graceville Bowls Club

Who’s going to take the crown tonight? Kicks at 6!!!

Another full Friday on the greens!!

Coverage starting at 5pm tonight with kick at 6pm. Grab some take away or order your favorite pizza for delivery. Come on down to your local club and enjoy the game with friends!!

Heated mixed pairs competition today at the bowls club!! Come on down and enjoy a refreshing beverage!

Interesting ABC Life Matters Podcast which reviews current issues around saving suburban bowls clubs which are in general decline. This is a 20 min listen. We trialled Social Sundays last year but found them not quite for our club. We'd be interested in our followers thoughts on what would work for GBC and the community.

Saving the local bowls club - ABC listen Long before the film Crackerjack popularised the flipper, the venerated sport of lawn bowls has been a staple of Australian life. But for the oldest bowls club in New South Wales, that gentle sound of knocking bowls on the green has come to an end. After almost 150 years, Balmain Bowling Club in Syd...

🎉 72 years in the making… we're back! 🎉
Graceville Bowls Club is back in First Division of the District Pennant competition for the first time since 1954!
While researching our club history in From Fields to Greens, we found reference to Graceville's relegation after the 1954 pennant season but no record of a return. That makes this season a truly historic milestone for our club.
Our promotion comes on the back of winning the Greater 8s Beta Championship earlier this year and is the reward for years of steady growth. A thriving Learn to Bowl program, led by our President and supported by Brisbane City Council, has helped grow our bowling membership from 85 to 155 over the past decade. Combined with the arrival of talented new bowlers, the welcome addition of several former Tarragindi First Division players following their club's closure, and the persistence of our long-serving bowlers who have been knocking on the First Division door for years, the pieces have finally come together.
Our increased membership now allows us to proudly field four pennant teams in Divisions 1, 2, 5 and 7—a fantastic achievement for a community club.
And we're not just making up the numbers… we've started our First Division return with two wins from our opening two matches!
Congratulations to every player, volunteer and supporter who helped make this happen.
Up the Cockatoos and Redbills! 💚💛

The first Gold event for the year is soon upon us. May 1 - June 5th. 3:00 - 4:30. Invite your friends, neighbours, extended family. New people feel free to stay for a drink afterwards. All are welcome! Please email David if you think you'd like to come. You are welcome to come to all of them or just one. A great way to make friends.

It's not too late to enter our Invitational Open Triples event on Sunday 24 May 2026. Details on flyer. You can also choose to book online via this link and follow the instructions:
https://socialbowls.au/clubs/world.au.qld.cu.6/4ms02po9ff5lbjn5dkqg917adb?configId=4ms02po9ff5lbjn5dkqg917adb

Gr8 Beta Men's Champions 2026. Our team went all the way and beat a tough Buderim Red team 2 rinks to 1 in the Inter-Regional Final at Bribie Island BC on Saturday 28 March. Thanks to all the supporters who came along. 😃😃