Bowls Tasmania

📣 Bowls Tasmania Board 2026-27

Bowls Tasmania is pleased to announce its Board for the 2026–27 season. We extend our congratulations and gratitude to the following dedicated members who have volunteered their time and expertise to guide our sport over the coming year.

President — Lynne McDougall
Treasurer — John Birch
Board Members - Daniel Baker, Paul Costello, Phil Hobbs, Lynda Murphy‑Dempster, Jane Pickett, Leonie Price, and Phil Prouse

Their collective experience and commitment will help strengthen the sport across the state as we move into another exciting year.

📣Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Bowls Clubs

If you did not watch the Bowls Australia Clubmap webinar on “AI helping bowls clubs”, I would strongly recommend you have a look at it by visiting the Bowls Australia Clubmap Resources Hub on the Bowls Australia website.

The webinar shared examples of how AI is being used in bowls clubs, it demonstrated how to improve administration and operations efficiency, it showed ways to utilise AI to help with revenue and fundraising and included practical examples of the questions you need to ask of AI.

Our clubs rely heavily on volunteers who manage operations in their spare time. AI bridges this gap by saving hours of manual work. It can help a club secretary complete a week's worth of paperwork in minutes. It can assist in preparing complex grant applications, newsletters, social media posts and more by simply feeding in raw information. It can create tailored corporate sponsorship packages in minutes. AI acts as an "invisible volunteer" that can certainly reduce the administrative burden on time-poor committees.

📣 Calendars 2026-27 to 2028-29

The Bowls Tasmania event calendars for the next three seasons have now been approved and have been published on the Bowls Tasmania website.

These calendars include:
- Key Bowls Australia events
- All Bowls Tasmania events
- Key High‑Performance dates

This multi‑year visibility will help regions, clubs, players, and officials plan ahead with confidence.

📣 Live Streaming

Following the successful live streaming of the State Senior Championships grand finals at Rosny Park in February 2026, Bowls Tasmania has formalised an agreement on an exciting new partnership with Content visuals.

Beginning in 2027, the following events will be live-streamed by Content Visuals:

🌟 Open grand finals during our January Gala Week
🌟 Grand finals at the Senior Championships in February
🌟 Open grand finals during our March Gala Week

This initiative will broaden access to our sport and showcase Tasmanian bowls to a wider audience.

If you know a business or organisation interested in advertising during these broadcasts, please contact Bowls Tasmania.

📣 Next Best Qualifiers for State Championships

After an absence of many years, Bowls Tasmania has agreed to re-introduce next best qualifiers in all State Championship events in 2026-27 to avoid byes in post-sectional games.

Rob McGuire
Chief Executive Officer

Just over 2 hours to go! Make sure you’re watching the Bowls Australia YouTube coverage of the AO from 5:30pm today as Codi Marshall and Andrea Tudorovic compete in the Mixed Pairs Semi Final! 👏🏼

📺 TOMORROW MORNING | Day 9 of the 2026 Australian Open and all eyes will be on the women's singles knockout rounds and mixed pairs.

Follow it all on BA's YouTube channel from 9am AEST 👉 https://www.youtube.com/

⭐️ From Tasmania to the world stage.

A Commonwealth Games champion. A World Champion. A proud Tasmanian.

Rebecca Van Asch has inspired countless bowlers through her dedication, professionalism and success at the highest level of our sport. Today, she receives one of bowls’ highest honours, being inducted into the Bowls Australia Hall of Fame.

This recognition celebrates not only an outstanding playing career, but the lasting impact Bec has had on our sport and our community.

Congratulations Bec, Tasmania couldn’t be prouder 🔱

⭐ GOOD LUCK CREMORNE! ⭐

Bowls Tasmania would like to congratulate Cremorne Bowls and Community Club on being named a finalist for Bowls Australia's Small Club of the Year at tonight's Hall of Fame and Awards Night.

This recognition is a testament to the incredible work of the club's volunteers, members and community supporters, who continue to create a welcoming, vibrant and successful club environment on Tasmania's south-east coast.

To be recognised among the best small clubs in Australia is a remarkable achievement, and one that the entire Tasmanian bowls community can be proud of.

We wish everyone at Cremorne the very best of luck tonight and look forward to cheering them on as the winner is announced!

📺 TOMORROW MORNING | Day 7 of the 2026 Australian Open and all eyes will be on the men's fours.

Follow it all on BA's YouTube channel from 9am AEST 👉 https://www.youtube.com/

2026 Australian Open: Day 6 wrap - Australian Open On yet another wet and miserable day on the at the 2026 Australian Open, the men's pairs sections concluded with the women's singles kicking off and some big names staking their claim for the title. Men's pairs Defending champions Corey Wedlock and Gary Kelly were in ominous moods today, winni

2026 Australian Open: Day 6 mixed pairs wrap - Australian Open The mixed pairs draw at the 2026 Australian Open is down to the elite eight with some of the brightest teams in the competition making their way towards the inaugural first title. The most intriguing matchup saw Jamie-Lee Worsnop and Corey Wedlock take on Kelsey Cottrell and Matt Lucas on their h

2026 Australian Open: Day 5 wrap - Australian Open Day five of the 2026 Australian Open set up some tantalising matchups in the knockout rounds of the women’s pairs, while the men’s pairs commenced in wet and windy conditions across the Gold Coast. Women’s Pairs The upset of the day came courtesy of New Zealand’s Sarah Childs and South Austr...

📺 TOMORROW MORNING | Day 4 of the 2026 Australian Open sees women's singles action kick off.

Follow it all on BA's YouTube channel from 9am AEST 👉 https://www.youtube.com/