Indoor bowls has been played in Rhewl since 1986 when the then Glyndwr district council offered to loan a mat and woods to any village in the district wishing to play the game, and they also organised a knock- out competition for any village wishing to participate, and Rhewl becme the first winner of the trophy.
In 1988 Rhewl decided to purchase their own mat and woods, and a club was formed with Frank Davies as it’s chairman, Wendy Harness, secretary and Gwynedd Jones as treasurer.
When the Glyndwr district council was disbanded Rhewl continued to play friendly matches against other villages as well as their own competitions.
In the late nineties the club invited eleven other clubs to a meeting with the view to forming competitions between themselves.
As a result of the meeting The Clwyd Vale Indoor Bowling Alliance was formed, with Frank Davies as chairman and Delwyn Lewis of Llandrillo as secretary and treasurer.
In the competition the twelve clubs are drawn into four groups of three, who then play each other home and away in a twelve-a-side doubles match with the winner of each group going forward to the semi-final.
A nine-a-side individual knockout competition is also played;
the teams participating in the alliance are Llandrillo, Llandegla, Clawddnewydd, Pwllglas, Rhewl, Llanferis, Llanelidan, Llandyrnog, Gellifor Henllan, Llanefydd and Llansannan.
The club meet’s on a Monday night from the first Monday in September to April, and is open to any resident, or past resident of the parish, and any new member will be made very welcome.
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The 2011-2012 season will begin on Monday the 5th of september when it is hoped all members will be able to attend, and any new members will be made very welcome.
the AGM was held in the pavilion on Monday the 19th of September, and was well attended. Following a discusion on the affairs of the club the officials were elected for the coming season as follows; President, Gwynedd Jones, Chairman, Frank Davies, Vice Chairman, Gwyn Hughes,Secretary, Gareth Jones, assistant Secretary, Arwel Huws, Treasurer, Jennifer Edwards, Captain Irwel Jones, Vice captain, Brenda Duckworth. It was agreed that the membership fees would remain the same as last year.
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The clwyd Vale Indoor Bowling Alliance held their AGM at Rhewl pavilion on the 17th of October, when a minutes silence was held in honour of Arthur Andrews, the president, who sadly passed away during the year.
Following a discusion of the affairs of the alliance, the election of the officials for the coming season took place when Frank Davies was elected as President , Raymond Powell as Chairman, Delwyn Lewis as combined Secretary/Treasurer, and Brian White as Vice Chairman.
The draw for the competitions for the coming season also took place, with Llandrillo, Llanefydd, and Llansannan being drawn in group A; Henllan Llanelidan and Rhewl in group B; Llandegla, Gellifor and Llandyrnog In group C; and Pwllglas, Llanferrys and Clawddnewydd in group D. Each group will play each other in a round robin home and away competition with the winner of each group proceeding to the semi-final . The draw for the Nine-a- side competition also took place, in which Rhewl have bee drawn against Henllan.
Our own club competitions, Individual, and double’s tournaments are also now under way.
Members of Rhewl Bowls Club
