Halswell Bowling Club

club — Halswell · Christchurch

About Halswell Bowling Club

A bowling club at 301 Halswell Road in Halswell, Christchurch, that was established in 1957 and started play in 1959. The club has several greens, including a newer artificial green on the northern side of the clubrooms, which opened in 2023. Its clubrooms were extended in 2016 and the club says it added solar panels in 2025. Two club members won the 2026 national pairs championship, the club says. Members can play, and the club says it welcomes people who want to try bowls. The clubrooms are available for functions, including staff parties and Christmas do, and the club runs corporate bowls and facility hire. Housie is also held at the club. Phone the clubrooms on (03) 322 7269.

Reviewers say the atmosphere is excellent, the hospitality is fantastic and the greens are good. Members taught one group of visitors how to play. Reviewers mention the plenty of parking and the lovely clubrooms, and one visitor went to housie there for the first time. Friendly staff come up often. The club's history, with its clubrooms and greens built up over more than sixty years, is part of what sets it apart.