Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club

The Bowls Pavilion and Bowling Green at Cardiff Arms Park

The pavilion and bowling green

The bowling green (left) and the rugby ground (right)

Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club (CABC) was established in 1923,[1] and ever since then, the club has used the Arms Park as its bowling green. The bowls club is a section of the Cardiff Athletic Club and shares many of the facilities of the Cardiff Arms Park athletics centre.

The Club has produced two Welsh international bowlers; Mr. C Standfast in 1937 and Mr. B Hawkins who represented Wales in the 1982 World Pairs and captained Wales in 1982 and 1984.[1]

An agreement in principle was reached in December 2015 between the landlord of the stadium site (Cardiff Athletic Club) and its tenant (Cardiff Blues) to give the club a 150-year lease on the stadium site.[2] More detailed negotiations will begin with a final approval expected early in 2016.[2] If the final agreement goes ahead, Cardiff Athletic Club would receive an upfront payment of approximately £8 million.[2] As part of the agreement, CABC would have to vacate its current site at the Arms Park and move to a new facility.[2] At present Cardiff Blues pay Cardiff Athletic Club rent of around £115,000 per annum, however this would nearly double to around £200,000.[2]

• Sport in Cardiff

• Cardiff Athletic Club - Bowls section
• Official website of Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club