2026
  Welcome to the Somerset West Bowls Club website! We would love to welcome you to our club as player as well as social member and introduce you to the wonderful sport of lawn bowls.  Whether you are young, older, single, married, studying, disabled, etc, this is the place to play a sport while at the same time connect with people. We are equally serious about being competitive and being social, but the most important value that we strive towards, is being friendly and kind. 

Founded 1936

The Club was founded in 1936 and affiliated with the Somerset West Country Club in January 1961.  In November 1962 it was decided to change the name of the Club to Somerset West Country Club – Bowls Section, and later, due largely to the changes that had taken place within the Somerset West Country Club, it was decided to revert to the name Somerset West Bowling Club with effect from the revised constitution dated 31 May 2005.  Pursuant to an initiative by the Western Province Bowling Association to change their name to the Western Province Bowls Association, the Club deemed it appropriate to change its name to Somerset West Bowls Club with effect from the revised constitution dated 14 August 2008.

 

Walking back in history

The Somerset West Bowls Club in Caledon Street. behind which is now The Village Walk. The green turf has been replaced by a tarred parking area. The building in the background is the old Telephone Exchange, through which all calls made within the Union of South Africa were routed.