The All-in-One Bowls Club Management System
We're over halfway through 2026, and already thirty-one clubs have made the switch to Bowlr. That's twenty outdoor clubs and eleven indoor venues, all trading diaries, spreadsheets and paper records for one system that actually keeps up with how a modern club runs.
It builds nicely on the momentum we saw throughout 2025, and it tells us something we already believed: clubs are ready for administration that works with them, not against them. So, without further ado, let’s look at the clubs who’ve joined us so far this year, and what their decision says about where the sport is heading.
Twenty outdoor clubs have joined Bowlr in the first half of 2026, and they are as follows: Blackhall BC, Boscombe Cliff BC, Broadstone Wessex BC, City of Peterborough BC, Coltbridge BC, Danbury BC, Desborough BC, Dunblane BC, Haughley BC, Keynsham BC, Littleport BC, Maidenhead Town, Newmarket Avenue BC, Portlethen BC, Sawtry BC, Stonehaven BC, Verwood BC, West End BC, Whittlesey Manor BC, and Witham BC.
Desborough IBC and Stonehaven IBC were already running Bowlr for their indoor operations, and this year they added our outdoor system.
And it's easy to see why outdoor clubs make up the larger share of this year's growth. The season is short, the weather rarely cooperates, and every hour lost to admin is an hour that could have gone into a match, a competition, or welcoming a new member properly.
Put simply, when time on the green is limited, clubs simply can't afford to lose it to a diary that lives in a filing cabinet.
Eleven indoor clubs have made the move too, and they are: Arbroath IBC, Charnwood IBC, Doncaster IBC, Elgin IBC, Glebelands IBC, Kingsley IBC, Lowestoft IBC, Nailsea IBC, Radnorshire IBC, Torfaen Indoor Bowls Club, and Wealdon IBC.
Indoor clubs face a different kind of pressure. Without an off season, the admin never really stops, and the volume of bookings, fees and member queries only grows. The clubs joining us this year weren't chasing extra features. They wanted a system that holds up when the sessions keep coming, week after week, all year round.
For us, the sheer range of clubs involved is what really stands out. We’ve got venues spanning coastal towns to inland villages, and everything in between. No two clubs joining Bowlr this year look quite the same, but one thing they all have in common is a desire to spend more time enjoying the sport, and less time on admin.
A few examples show just how varied this year's clubs are:
Every club has its own history, its own committee, and its own way of doing things, and we respect that. Bowlr isn't here to change what makes your club special; it’s here to lighten the load, so you can keep doing what makes your club distinct.
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved so far, but we're even more interested in what comes next. In 2025, forty-seven clubs made the switch to Bowlr across the full year. With thirty-one already on board by the midway point of 2026, we're well on our way to surpassing that total, and there's still plenty of the year left to go.
If the first half of 2026 is anything to go by, more clubs are recognising that the old way of managing bookings, memberships and fees simply isn't sustainable, and that a better way is well within reach.
If your club is still relying on spreadsheets, paper diaries or a system that's stopped keeping pace with what you need, you're far from alone, and you don't have to stay there. Plenty of the clubs above were in exactly that position at the start of this year, and now they have an easier, smarter way to track things like availability, league management, knock-out competitions, member scores, and club accounts.
If you'd like to find out what Bowlr could do for your club, we'd love to hear from you. Give us a call on 01202 684400 or complete our contact form and we'll talk you through everything it could mean for your club.