West Bowling are an amateur

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club in

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, which competes in the

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and play home games at

Horsfall Stadium Horsfall Community Stadium is a sports stadium just off Halifax Road in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, south-west of the city centre. It is the home of Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. Albion Sports A.F.C. and West Bowling ARLFC Original ...

. The club runs teams from U5s (Nippers) up to open age, with the second team competing in the Yorkshire Men's League. Former West Bowling players who have played at international level include

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and Elliot Whitehead.

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representatives include Steven Illingworth, Lee Innes and Nigel Halmshaw. Other representative or honours include Gareth Shephard for Lancashire. In recent times players such as Ethan Ryan, Elliot Minchella, Daniel Halmshaw, Jake Trueman, Matty Storton, Rowan Milnes, Lewis Reed, Harry Williams & Joe Lumb have gone on to represent

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respectively.

History

West Bowling were founded in 1950 and played in the local Bradford League until 1975 after the formation of the

British Amateur Rugby League Association The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league. It works jointly with the Rugby Football League through the RFL Community Board. History BARLA was created on 3 March 1973 at t ...

and entered the newly formed Pennine League. The club moved to Bankhouse Cricket Club in 1997 and entered the

in 1999. Following the National Conference League's switch to summer, Bowling could no longer play at Bankhouse Cricket Club and had to resign from the league. The club moved to Emsley Rec playing fields with its headquarters being Cue Gardens at Odsal. The club entered the Pennine League in 2013 then switched back to summer to play in the

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in 2016. The following season Bowling were accepted back into the National Conference League.

References

External links

Club Website
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