Coral Bay Bowls Club

18/10/2026

🎳 Three teams, one proud club!

The National Shirley and Ivan competition is now well underway, with our Coral Bay teams taking on fellow Cyprus clubs in the mixed triples format.
A chat over a b**r on the balcony at Neo's Sports Club got us wondering about the story behind the competition’s name. 🍻
The account we’ve heard is that it was named after an Israeli couple, Shirley and Ivan. At a time when men’s and women’s bowls were largely separate, Shirley is said to have encouraged Ivan to introduce mixed competition so they could play together.

We haven’t been able to verify the story, so we’re sharing it as an interesting piece of bowls folklore. If you know more—or have information that could help—please tell us in the comments!

Whatever its origins, the competition celebrates something we love about bowls at our club: women and men playing equally alongside and against one another, with skill, teamwork and a little friendly rivalry deciding the result, not your gender!

All the island’s bowls clubs take part in the competition, and every team is named after a bird:
💚 Coral Bay’s Wagtails, Kestrels and Swallows
🐦 Aliathon Bowling Club’s Herons and Kingfishers
🦩 Aphrodite Bowls Club Flamingos

And here are the just some of the faces from our three Coral Bay teams squads! 📸
Wishing every team great games, good company and plenty of memorable moments on the green, whatever your gender!
Come on, Wagtails, Kestrels and Swallows! Come on, Coral Bay! 💚

16/10/2026

NEO’S STREET EATS TAKES OVER THE ROOF. 🍔🔥
Yeah… you heard that right.

Your favorite dirty burgers, loaded sandwiches and street food hits are now served at Neos Roof Garden with a 10% OFF twist.

Juicy, messy, dripping with flavour…
but this time with a view. 😈

This isn’t just food.
It’s a whole vibe.

👉 Tuesday – Thursday | 17:00 – 22:00
📍 Neos Roof Garden
📲 Also on Wolt & Foody

13/10/2026

This is quite a useful guide for our newer members.

Learn how to play lawn bowls with our beginner's guide. Understand the rules, scoring, bias and jack with simple explanations for new players.

09/10/2026

Thanks to Aliathon bowls club for the latest update on Bob Manson, what a great performance! Well done Bob!

09/10/2026

🇨🇾 FANTASTIC NEWS FOR CYPRUS BOWLS! 🇨🇾🏆

BOB MANSON REACHES THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER-FINALS!

Congratulations to Bob Manson, representing Cyprus at the 2026 World Bowls Champion of Champions in Australia, who has successfully qualified for the last eight!

After a superb performance in the group stages, Bob has earned his place amongst the world’s top eight remaining competitors.

🥇 QUARTER-FINAL
🇨🇾 Bob Manson (Cyprus)
🆚
🏴 Iain McLean (Scotland)

📅 Friday 9 October

👏 Everyone at Coral Bay Bowls Club sends Bob our warmest congratulations on this fantastic achievement.

We’re all behind you, Bob! Wishing you every success in the quarter-final. Let’s hope there’s even more good news to come!

COME ON BOB! COME ON CYPRUS! 🇨🇾🇨🇾🇨🇾

08/10/2026

Week 2 Shirley & Ivan Competition. Very early days, Kestrels take an important 3 points from the Kingfishers assisting the Swallows to go top of the league on equal points but a greater shot difference. Many weeks still to play.

07/10/2026

More news of Cyprus bowlers performing on the world bowls stage!

For those that are following Bob Manson of Aliathon club in the 2026 World Bowls Champion of Champions. He started yesterday at club Barham in New South Wales. Bob is playing in Men’s Section 3, alongside Australia’s Max Kleinig, Malta’s Jason Borg, Malaysia’s Izzat Shameer Dzulkeple and others.

After Day 1, Bob is 2 wins from 2 and leading his section. Even better, he won all four sets across those two matches. Australia’s Kleinig and Malta’s Borg are also 2–0, but Bob holds the early lead on the section standings.

So that’s an excellent opening day: Played 2 · Won 2 · Sets won 4/4 · Section leader. The tournament runs through 10 October, with the section stages determining who progresses towards the knockout rounds. The live coverage is streamed here:

02/10/2026

Week 1, Shirley & Ivan League.
A huge shout out to CBBC WAGTAILS, no mean feat to take 3 points off the Kingfishers and to limit the shot difference. Excellent start to this competition 🦅

27/09/2026

🇨🇾 SMALL BOWLS NATION. HUGE RESULT! 🇨🇾

Cyprus is a small bowls Nation — yet our team has secured FOUR places at the 2027 World Bowls Championships after a remarkable week at the European Championships in Wales!

After a slightly confusing 24 hours the official results are now in!

🎯 Women’s pairs: Maria Staniland and Sara Trotter
🎯 Women’s triples: Mo Edwards, Linda Wilkinson and Sol Robertson
🎯 Women’s fours: Mo Edwards, Linda Wilkinson, Maria Staniland and Sara Trotter
🎯 Men’s triples: Dean Simpson, Robert Fletcher and John McMillan

That’s World Championship qualification in four of the eight events. What an achievement!

To put this in perspective Cyprus has fewer than 150 active players whilst Scotland who also qualified has over 45,000….To punch so far above our weight in these championships is simply amazing. It took really hard work dedication and weekly training, with Cyprus golf courses kindly letting the teams practise on grass ahead of the championships. A huge thank you to them for their support.

Congratulations to every Cyprus player, and particularly our Coral Bay Bowls Club players, Maria, Sara, Mo, Dean and Rab, coach Alan Harvey and not least men’s reserve Keith Toulson, and everyone who helped the team prepare. You’ve made the island and our bowls club very proud. 👏

Next stop: Royal Leamington Spa, 2027! 🌍

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