County or National

National Competitions for men and women are run by Bowls England and the competitions for 2024 are now open and can be seen here

County competitions for men are run by Kent County Bowling Association  and for the women by the Women's Section of KCBA . Entry dates and rules can be found on their respective websites. The Club organises entries on behalf of members through the Secretaries of the Men's and Ladies' Sections.

The KCBA divides the historic County of Kent into 4 Divisions. An interesting map shows it nicely.

Progress of all Canterbury competitors will be monitored as the season progresses.

Men's

    Counties 

The draws  

The draws have been made for the Men's Counties and we can see a number of dates to be put in diaries for spectators wishing to watch at our home green.

The Counties start on 10 May and Colin Strouts' Over 55 Fours team kick off with a home fixture.

13 May has Alan Cornfoot, Pete Foster, Paul Causer and Steve Wells all at home in the Singles.

20 May sees the first Singles match for Mark Collison having had a bye in the first round. 

21 May the Pairs starts and sees a number of our pairs playing each other, mostly at home. Chris Dawson, Isaac Tompkins, Matt Rich, Bryan Nicholson and Jeff Vane.

On 22 May the Triples starts and all our teams start their campaigns away.

23 May starts the Unbadged Singles and we have a number of our members playing at home. Darren Ellis, Tom Attaway, Mark Collison, Andy Ferguson, Bryan Nicholson and Damian Hone.

7 June sees Pete Foster and Alan Cornfoot both at home in the Fours.

We will pick up the results as they are played including those that have not had coverage above as they start their journey away.

8 July sees both Canterbury A and B playing each other in the Bert Cox Cup. The final of which will be played at Canterbury on Monday 5 August.

                                                                

Ladies'

   Counties 

The draws 

The draws have been made for the Women's Counties and we can see a number of dates to be put in diaries for spectators wishing to watch at our home green.

The Triples start on 30 May, but all our three teams are away (Chrissie Barr, Alison Macdonald and Sue Mates).

The Pairs starts on 31 May where Yvonne Gambrill is at home, but with Alison Macdonald and Sue Mates away.

The Singles start on 3 June when Leah Bamford is at home with a difficult match against Sharon Todd from Cheriton.

4 June The Senior Fours starts with Chrissie Barr at home and Christiane DeWeduwe away at Ashford Rail.

10 June Alison Macdonald is at home in the Singles against Mo Hayes from Ashford Rail, another tough one. Chrissie Barr starts her campaign away.

The Maude Woods competition has play by dates rather than fixed days so you will have to ask the competitors when they are playing, if you want to come and watch them.

The preliminary play by date is 26 May when Sue Close, Yvonne Gambrill and Sue Mates are at home and Jane Carey - Harris and Alison Macdonald are away. Karen Owen has a bye in the preliminary round and is at home in Round One to play by 9 June.

The Club are the proud holders of the Mollie Cleggett Trophy and start their new campaign on or before 9 July at home against Thanet.

Nationals

Entries to the Nationals are now closed. The draw for the various competitions will be announced here on April 1.