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ESMBA England Teams Challenge Greater Manchester Bowlers
Last weekend saw the England Ladies and England Under 21s Short Mat Bowling teams travel from up and down the country to put Greater Manchester bowlers through their paces. The event was held at the Etherow Indoor Bowling Centre and local MP and Secretary of State for...
Greater Manchester Allocated 20 Places in ESMBA Nationals
Greater Manchester SMBA are thrilled to report that they have been allocated 20 places for our players to represent them at the upcoming Nationals at Melton Mowbray in March and April. The standard of bowling in our qualifiers was as high as ever this year and we're...
December Sees Three Thrilling GM Competitions
It's hard to believe we're in 2025 already, but as the saying goes "time flies when you're having fun" and we certainly had lots of fun in December, with not one but THREE thrilling competitions taking place at Etherow Indoor Bowling Centre. The second weekend in...
Reigning Pairs Champions Narrowly Lose Out on 2024/25 Title
Last weekend, we held our annual pairs championship/national qualifiers at Etherow IBC. The venue was buzzing with activity all day as twenty pairs battled it out fighting for their chance to be named as pairs champions for the 2024/25 season. The event has been won...
Greater Manchester Triple Retain Their Championship Title
Saturday 9th November saw the Annual Greater Manchester Triples Championship/National Qualifier take place at Etherow Indoor Bowling Centre. The day was well supported and everyone reported enjoying the day but there could only be one winner and of course last year's...
2024/25 National Qualifiers kick off with Peter Roberts named as Singles champion
Today saw the first of Greater Manchester's National Qualifier events take place at Etherow IBC. The event, which saw 16 competitive bowlers play in great spirits throughout the day, went down a storm with all who attended. Players battled it out in four groups of 4...
There’s still time to get your Singles entries in!
Can you believe our first competition of the 2024/25 season takes place in only 13 days!?! There's still time to get your entry in but be quick, entries close on Saturday 26 October for this year's Singles event. You can find all the details and enter here:...
Greater Manchester Pair win ESMBA 2024 Open Pairs
This weekend saw the annual ESMBA Open Pairs competition take place in Melton Mowbray where 39 pairs of experienced bowlers from all over the country fought it out the mats in a bid to be crowned the 2024 ESMBA Open Pairs champions. We're thrilled to report that our...
2024/25 Competition Entries are Now Open!
We're very excited to announce that the entries for our 2024/25 competitions are now open. You can find all the details and enter here: https://gmsmba.co.uk/index.php/competitions/. The events were really popular last year and everyone enjoyed them so they are likely...
Have your say and find out more at our AGM on 4th August
GM SMBA are pleased to invite all our members to the association's 2024 Annual General Meeting on Sunday 4th August at 11am. The AGM will be held at Hyde Bowling Club, Bowling Green Street, Hyde, SK14 1DJ and refreshments will be available. We have lots of updates we...