Founded
1926
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Beaufort Bowls Club |
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Beaufort
Bowls Club was founded in 1926. This was
a time when the miners of the area were on strike and built many such
facilities to occupy their time. In
recent years the area has become very strong in bowling terms as more people
put more emphasis on their leisure time.
The club is affiliated to the WMBA, MBA & WBA. The local league which
roughly encompasses the Blaenau Gwent area, consists of eleven clubs. Abertillery, Beaufort, Blaina, Brynmawr,
Cwm, Ebbw Vale Welfare, Llanhilleth, Nantyglo, Rhymney Royal, RTB Ebbw Vale, &
Six Bells. These clubs make up the
West Monmouthshire Bowling Association (WMBA). The WMBA is one of six
district bowling associations which make up the Monmouthshire County Bowling
Association (MBA). The other five
being East Monmouthshire Bowling Association, Eastern Valley Bowling
Association, Newport Bowling Association, Rhymney & Sirhowy Valley
Bowling Association and South Monmouthshire Bowling Association. The MBA are one of ten
County Bowling Associations that make up the Welsh Bowling Association
(WBA). The other County Bowling
Associations are Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Mid Glamorgan, Mid Wales,
Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, South Glamorgan, Vale of Glamorgan & West
Glamorgan. Beaufort are members
of the West Monmouthshire bowling association league, the Monmouthshire
League, the Gwent Bowling League (GBL)(which is a league run by the MBA for
clubs who have sufficient members to run two sides on a Saturday and there by
gives more bowlers competitive bowls) and the Welsh club championship, i.e.
The Carruthers Shield. |
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