Brooke Park

LONGSTANDING Brooke Park Bowling Club member and Match Secretary Mr Michael Fahy will have the honour of being the President of Northern Ireland Provincial Bowling Association in 2013; the last time the club held this honour was back in 1998 when Jimmy Hagan was in office.
By The Newsroom
Published 11th Mar 2013, 06:38 BST

It is a once in a life-time opportunity within the game of bowls for any man to hold this honour but also it is a once in every 15 years opportunity for our small club to highlight itself to the community at this level; involved with this honour is unfurling the flag to highlight the start of the new bowling season, in attendance at this will be British Isles President Mr Brian Morton, the Mayor Cllr Mr Kevin Campbell, Irish Bowling Association President Mr Ronnie Blair as well as the Presidents and Secretaries of the other four bowling Associations in Ireland.

The club will also host the NIPBA Championships semi-finals and finals and the hosting of the three major cup finals within the NIPBA; all these have been sponsored by City of Culture 2013 and the governing body of the NIPBA will also meet in Brooke Park for the very first time on Wednesday, March 20.

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The NIPBA Championships semi-finals and finals will take place from Thursday 1st August – Saturday 3rd August; during the season bowlers will enter IBA competitions (Singles, Pairs, Triples, Fours, U25 Singles & Youth Singles), these will be played on a home or away knockout basis until the semi-final stages when the four qualifiers in each discipline will compete for the title.

The winners of these titles will then go on to compete in the Irish Championships semi-finals and finals at Larne Bowling Club at the start of September in a bid to become Irish Champion and represent Ireland in the British Isles Championships in 2014.

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