BowlsManager is a modern, easy-to-use, web-based bowls club management system, that handles membership, fixtures and competitions
Times have changed. Our lives are getting busier, and we need good tools that will help us to make informed decisions, with minimal overheads.
BowlsManager provides a central, web-based admin system that your club's officers and administrators can use to manage the membership database, fixtures list, and club competitions. The rich suite of reports provide insight into how people are performing, who isn't contributing, mileage payments, tea duties, etc.
Auto-generated competition draws
Track members' progress through each round
Handicaps / Walkovers / Byes / Multiple competition formats
Rink bookings module for comps and rollups
Manage fixture types / Full team selection
Assign tea duties / bar staff / green stewards
Printer-friendly team sheets for your club house
Member signup via club website
Publish teams directly to your website
Notify members by email when they're selected for a match
Google Maps integration to find opposition greens
Personalised reports for club members
Members manage their own match schedules / rink bookings
Centralised communications via 'Email Groups' module
Monthly stats for friendlies / league games
Make better team selections based on past performances
Keep track of reserves / green stewards / tea duties
Mileage reports for nominated drivers
Find out who's not joining in
No more hunting round for bits of paper, trying to find your misplaced fixture book - it's all in a secure database.
There's no software to install, all you need in a modern web browser (Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox), and a broadband connection.
Even fairly novice users can start using BowlsManager with little or no training. Screens are clearly labelled and responsive, and work across devices and browsers.
We're passionate about BowlsManager, because we use it to run our busy club on a day-to-day basis!
BowlsManager is the brainchild of Peter Colbourne, who bowls at Lindfield BC in Sussex. A bowler since 1994, he realised that team selections are often rather ad-hoc, and a real headache for selectors and captains.
Joining the club's committee made Peter realise that a unified system was badly needed, so that fixures, members and competitions could be managed and updated by anyone in the club. In 2010, Peter (a professional web developer) started work on BowlsManager, which went live in May 2016, and has been added to and enhanced almost every day since.
BowlsManager is offered on an annual licence basis, which covers the cost of the hosting, SSL certificate, and database storage.
The cost of a BowlsManager licence is £415 per year - less than a new set of bowls.
There is a one-off charge of £175 to set up your new mobile-friendly website.
The annual licence fee includes website maintenance, and covers all support costs.
BowlsManager has been operational since 2015, and is constantly being added to and improved.
To register your interest for a demo, send an email to , giving your contact information and club name, and we'll be in touch ASAP.