Our club opened its gates in 1985 and is set in a beautiful, peaceful area, with the backdrop of the local church (St Michael’s) in the old village of Kingsteignton.  We pride ourselves on being a friendly club, happy to welcome all new members of any age and ability. Wheelchair access is also available and wheelchair users are more than welcome.

We have an excellent outdoor synthetic surface, consisting of four rinks, allowing bowls to be played all year round. Beginners are welcome to come and have a go, using equipment provided by the club before having to buy bowls and shoes for themselves. For use on the bowls green, smooth soled shoes with no heel are required. Traditionally, white tops and grey trousers/skirts are worn on the green but since late 2019, for practice games only (roll ups), casual attire is allowed (relaxed dress code), being optional at our club. Our changing rooms have lockers to store members’ bowls gear.

 N.B: – For those of you that have ventured to view our Application Form, which is a link from the Membership heading, you’ll notice in the notes that it stipulates that white tops & grey bottoms are the order of the day for roll ups. However, this has now been superseded by the optional wearing of casual clothes as stated above.

 Two of our members are now official coaches. Any tuition given by them, or by any of our more experienced bowlers, is free of charge to members new to the sport and they will get all the help and encouragement they need.

There is a thriving programme of bowling to suit all abilities. Informal ‘roll-ups’ (practice) take place most weekday afternoons throughout the year commencing at 1-00 PM (subject to rink space during the Summer). Wednesday mornings, from 9-30 AM, are traditionally the Men’s Over 55’s practice sessions but the ladies are now permitted to join this ‘roll up’ and these sessions have become quite social.

The club used to run a team in the men’s Mid Devon League (MDL) but back in 2022, due mainly to the high standard of bowls the MDL can bring, on a majority vote our members elected not to participate in this competition. A new league has now been formed, namely The South Devon Mixed Bowls league. A few clubs having dropped out of the MDL, similar to us, had signed up for this new league. It transpired that our club dropped out of this league during mid season 2022, owing to lack of numbers for away matches and parking also proved difficult at some venues. It followed that the club elected not to register for this Mixed League competition for 2024. It would appear that we will not register again for 2025.

Regarding the Men’s MDL, owing to insufficient  numbers of players listed for 2024, we were unable to participate last year. Registration for 2025 was not made also. 

The Men’s Over 55’s league returned as normal for the 2024 season, with our ‘X’ & ‘Y’ divisions, with the ‘Y’ finishing third. Our ‘X’ Div. didn’t have such a good year this time. Our ‘X’ skipper quipped that we must have been the strongest in the league, as we held everybody else up! Our ladies have now completed their South Devon Ladies Bowls league (SDLBL) and finished fourth in Division 4. The Winter season for 2024/5 is now upon us. Clubs with grass greens are now closed, so bowlers have either moved to indoor greens or switched to clubs with all-weather carpets such as ours from October through April 2025.

We played Mixed Friendly matches and internal competitions during the 2024 season and continue to do so at present. NB: Our bowlers that have featured during this year and previous years playing ‘In House’ competitions can be viewed in the Picture Gallery on this website. Also, the club annual competitions, such as the Kath Adams Cup and the Rose Bowl features the finalists in the Picture Gallery. Although the In House competitions are a little more serious, The Mixed Friendly matches prove to be great competitive fun against neighbouring clubs. Presently, early 2025, Winter Friendlies are being played at venues indoors through the Winter and lists are available in the clubhouse for members to apply for these games.

Local bowlers from visiting clubs whose Summer grass greens are closed through Winter are encoiuraged to join KBC’s lively Winter membership for roll-ups where bowls can continue to be enjoyed on our all-weather playing surface all year round. Please contact a committee member for details. 

The club house is equipped with a small kitchen and ample seating area where regular fun social evenings take place conducted through the Winter months. Our club also hosts recreational functions/occasions such as raffles and cooking sessions – which are run by our secretary Stephen. The club conducted a Table Top sale during late 2024, which brought welcome funds to the club. Carpet bowls is planned to take place in the clubhouse during Spring 2025, which, previously, has proved great fun. ‘Horse racing’ nights are planned at the club, likely to be organised during our social evenings. There are also fun roll-ups organised on our Open and Trophy Presentation Days. The club had a BBQ on one of our Open Days in Autumn 2024 and more will be planned. Thanks goes to Bill Beech for his organisation and cooking skills re the last BBQ. As mentioned earlier photos of winning bowlers also some recreational shots taken can be viewed in this website’s Picture Gallery.

N.B. Our club house land-line phone is now disconnected permanently. Members and visitors are requested to contact individual mobile numbers as necessary.

To conclude, our club offers a very attractive package for all.  Why not come along and give bowls a try?