The summer season is a very active few months and allows members to enjoy bowls to their own level of expertise. On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons from 2pm there are regular sessions when members come along for casual bowling and are always willing to assist new members. We also have a club coach for those new members looking to improve their game. There are also Club Competitions arranged for all members culminating with a Finals Weekend in September, and a Presentation Dinner/Lunch in January.
The Club has a good programme of Friendly matches against local clubs, normally arranged for Saturday or Sunday afternoons and occasionally midweek. These games offer the chance for new members to progress into a match environment and offer existing members the opportunity to meet up with old friends from other clubs. Bowls is a very sociable sport, and acquaintances last for many years.
The Club also compete in the following leagues, which allow members to play more competitively, but even these games are played in a friendly cordial environment:
- The Weald League, which is for both ladies and gentlemen, is a two or three triples league played usually on a Tuesday evening.
- The Maidstone and District Association League which is four men’s rinks with matches played at the weekend or midweek evenings. The Association also organises a range of competitions for both ladies and men with Finals Day in early September. Many of the trophies for these competitions date back one hundred years.
- The Millenium League is a Three rinks league currently only for men. We aim to enter a Ladies team when sufficient ladies are available. This league was aimed at attracting some of the bigger clubs in the area to compete against each other and runs a knockout team competition. The Millenium Trophy Knockout competition is a Mixed ‘Top Club’ format comprising of a team of 11players.
- Finally, there is a Friday Men’s Triples Maidstone & District League of five divisions with each team consisting of two triples. Marden currently have two teams competing.