Cliftonville Bowling Club

🔥 SUPER SUNDAY AT CLIFTONVILLE BOWLING CLUB! 🔥

Join us on Sunday 19th July for an action-packed day of sport, live music, great food and fantastic company!

🏑 All Ireland Hurling Final
Galway 🆚 Limerick
🕞 Throw-in: 3:30pm

🎶 Live Music with AJ Mckeown
🕔 5:00pm – 7:00pm

⚽ FIFA World Cup Final
🕗 Kick-off: 8:00pm

🍔🔥 Summer BBQ served throughout the day!

Whether you're cheering on your county, enjoying a burger from the BBQ, singing along with AJ, or settling in for the World Cup Final, we've got your Sunday covered.

Bring your family, friends and fellow sports fans for what promises to be an unforgettable day!

✅ Big Screen Sport
✅ Live Music
✅ Summer BBQ
✅ Great Craic
✅ Everyone Welcome

We can't wait to see you there! 🍻☀️

World Cup QF action tonight as Spain take on Belgium. Who will set up a semi final clash with the French ?
Live and exclusive in the main lounge on the big screens. Kick Off 8pm
🇪🇸 vs 🇧🇪 ⚽️

💚 JIM BAKER Inducted Into WORLD BOWLS HALL OF FAME 💚

Born in Belfast in 1958, Jim Baker became a legend of Irish bowls through sheer determination and skill – qualities that were evident from the start. Making his international debut for Ireland in 1979, when he was only 21, he rose to prominence by winning the 1984 World Indoor Championship, becoming the first and only Northern Irishman to do so.

That same year – in 1984 – Jim played a pivotal role in Ireland’s World Bowls triples victory with Sammy Allen and Stan Espie in Aberdeen, Scotland. He went on to skip the fours teams that won gold for Ireland in Henderson, New Zealand, in 1988 and in Ayr, Scotland, in 2004.

He won the World Bowls Tour UK indoor singles title in 1985, and, in 1990, became the first Irishman to win the Bushmills Irish Masters title at the Ballymoney Indoor Bowls Club.

He was famous for his drive, which he delivered with pinpoint accuracy, but he could also draw delicately under pressure and was an inspirational skip.

In his early schooldays at Boys’ Model, Belfast, Jim was really interested in football. However, he was already playing the short mat version of bowls which is very popular in Ireland, at Helen’s Bay Church, and other pupils at school knew Jim was already having success at bowls. Ernie Davis at the Boys’ Model knew Jim had a talent for bowling and allowed Jim to practise at the Cliftonville club during games time. Those practice sessions helped Jim to eventually perfect his delivery and he developed a routine of playing certain shots.

Jim balanced his sporting career with teaching and mentoring young bowlers at Cliftonville and Ballymena clubs, and he has served as an IBA team manager. His legacy endures through a generation of players he inspired and the Jim Baker Stadium in Newtonabbey, which has hosted international and World Bowls events, most recently the World Bowls Indoor Junior Championship in 2025.

Commonwealth Games

1990 (Fours Silver), 2002 (Fours Bronze)

World Bowls

1984 (Triples Gold), 1988 (Fours Gold), 2004 (Pairs Silver), (Fours Gold)

World Bowls Tour Open Singles

1984 Winner, 1982 Runner-up

An outstanding performance from our Senior Team this afternoon as we recorded a 100 (7) - (0) 62 victory over NICS in NIGPL Division 3.

🏆 Rink Results:
• M. McKenna 27–19 R. Irwin
• G. Robinson 25–16 A. Weir
• E. McKenna 28–8 F. Murdock
• P. Neeson 20–19 M. Taggart

A fantastic all-round team performance sees us take all 7 points. Every rink battled well, with some excellent bowls played throughout the afternoon.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to support the team, it was great to have your backing at Wilson Park.

We would also like to extend a special thank you to our long-term sponsor, West Gourmet Sandwich Bar, for their continued support of Cliftonville Bowling Club. Your backing is greatly appreciated and plays an important part in helping our club continue to grow.

Well done to all our players, let's keep the momentum going!

📅 MATCH WEEK 📅

Another busy week ahead with three fixtures coming up across our Midweek and Senior teams and we’d love your support at Wilson Park.

🔴 Midweek Team
🗓 Wednesday 1st July
🆚 Shaftesbury
📍 Home
🕡 6:30pm

🔴 Midweek Team
🗓 Friday 3rd July
🆚 Ulster Transport B
📍 Away
🕡 6:30pm

🔴 Senior Team
🗓 Saturday 4th July
🆚 NICS
📍 Home
🕑 2:00pm

A big week of bowls ahead with plenty to play for, all support is greatly appreciated as we look to keep building momentum.

Good luck to all players representing the club this week 🍀🔴

🔴🟢 MATCH DAY 🔴🟢

The senior team are back in NIPGL Division 3 action this afternoon as we travel to Shaftesbury.

📍 Shaftesbury BC
🏆 NIPGL Division 3
📅 Saturday 27th June
🕝 2:30pm

The team will be looking to continue their good form and bring home the points 💪

Unfortunately it wasn’t to be for the Midweek Team this last night as they came up short away to Belmont B but plenty of positives to take from the performance and the effort shown right to the final bowl 👏

Despite the overall result, there were winning performances on the night and the team battled throughout.

It also marked another outing in our new sponsor shirts and we’d like to say a huge thank you once again to our sponsors for their continued support:

⭐ MT Building Supplies
⭐ 1st Klass City Tours
⭐ The Flax Trust

Your backing means a great deal to the club and our members.

Onto the next one 💪

A great result for the Senior Team this evening at home as they picked up a valuable win in NIPGL Division 3 👏🍀

Cliftonville 73 (5) - (2) 67 Ulster Transport B

E McKenna 18 - 19 A Comrie
P Neeson 21 - 10 I McKinven
M Toner 20 - 18 M Mitchell
G Robinson 14 - 20 J McAdam

Two winning rinks and five points on the board, well done to everyone involved for getting over the line in a close contest.

Tonight also marked the first outing in our new team shirts and we’d like to say a massive thank you to our club sponsors for their continued support:

⭐ MT Building Services
⭐ 1st Klass City Tours
⭐ The Flax Trust

Your support is hugely appreciated and helps make nights like this possible.

Attention now turns to tomorrow evening as the Midweek Team head away to face Belmont B in NIPGL Midweek Division 2, best of luck to to everyone involved as they look to keep the momentum going 💪

Two important fixtures coming up this week with both teams in action 💪🍀

🔴 Senior Team
📅 Tuesday 23rd June
🏆 NIGPL Division 3
🆚 Ulster Transport ‘B’
📍 Wilson Park
🕡 6.30pm

🟢 Midweek Team
📅 Wednesday 24th June
🏆 NIPGL Midweek Division 2
🆚 Belmont ‘B’
📍 Away
🕡 6.30pm