President's Welcome

Lawn Bowling has been at 19 Sandham Street, Elsternwick, since 1920 and it is a great place to both socialize and

compete. Come and join the fun and enjoy this relaxing and enjoyable sport among friends, with the option of a

competitive or social atmosphere.

The following is comprehensive information about becoming involved with the club. If you need more information

use the Contact Us page and we will normally respond within 24 hours. The best advertisement for our club is that

many more bowlers join us from other clubs than leave us to go to other clubs.

Come give bowls a try, you’ll be glad you did.

Gabrielle Lee, Bowls President

Non Members

Interested in bowls or the club?

If you are thinking about trying bowls at The Elsternwick Club, all you need to do is email your contact details to us via email to bowls@elsternwickclub.com.au and we will contact you promptly to arrange to meet. Alternatively, come to the club at 5.30 p.m. any Friday and ask club staff to introduce you to one of our bowlers to discuss your interest. You are welcome to ring Bowls President Gabrielle Lee on 0402 849 996 or Bowls Secretary Ted Russell on 0400 720 105 for more information.

Benefits of bowls

Bowls has outstanding health and skills benefits and has an excellent track record of age, gender and physical equality.

Bowls is a sport that has no age, physical or gender barriers. There is always a game of bowls for everyone.

About the club

The Elsternwick Club is a mid-size bowling club with approximately 100 active bowlers. The club has a high-standard 8-rink grass green.

Our pennant sides play in very high standard pennant as well as across the range of lower divisions enabling all bowlers to play at their standard.

Being a mid-size Club, new members can quickly get to know all other members. The club has an active social bowls program.

We have nine highly qualified coaches, any of whom can get you started properly and keep you on track as you progress. All coaching is free.

During the season from September to April, we run a coaching class for beginners at 11.00 a.m. every Wednesday, and you can join in our Wednesday mixed social games at 1.00 p.m. as soon as you have had just three or four lessons.

You can also book a lesson on Wednesdays from 5.00.p.m. up to 7.00 p.m., or arrange any time that suits you and a coach by emailing the club.

Membership Benefits

Friendship
Modest fees (see membership section), no fees for practice.
Competition and social bowls
Free club shirt for new members
Gaming facilities and bistro
Discounts on food and drinks
Happy hours on Fridays at 5.00 p.m. and Sunday afternoons
Rewards program
Locker facilities

How we help new members

Member handbook with contact details of all members
Comprehensive induction booklet
Mentors if you wish
Introduction to coaches

Membership

Further information about full membership and social membership is available on the club website. If you do not have a proposer and seconder, we will arrange that for you.

Corporate and Barefoot Bowls

The Club has great facilities for corporate bowls, and we can accommodate up to 80 bowlers. Bookings for November and December can be heavy so make sure you enquire early if you want to secure a time during this period. Corporate Bowls packages include BBQ’s packages, selections from our snack menu or meals in our fully licensed bistro or one of our private dining rooms. For more details please contact the Club.

Email: functiontec@outlook.com or Phone: 03 9523 9221

Social and Barefoot Bowls

Assuming availability, the green is available for hire at $20 per person and this includes use of the Club’s facilities. If you have bowled before you will be able to use the green unsupervised (assumes 4 or less people), however if you have never bowled before we will need to organise supervision (this is to protect our grass green). For more details please contact the Club.