Laura Fulleylove, representing Harehills Park Bowling Club, said a family of four would now pay £270 per season. She said: “Are families really going to be able to afford that at this time?

Laura Fulleylove, secretary at Harehills Park Bowling Club, has been playing bowls since she was three Crown green bowling enthusiasts in Leeds could be priced out of the sport if plans to ...

However, Ms Fulleylove, secretary of Harehills Park Bowling Club, said the new proposals were "heartbreaking". She added that they were "cruel and unfair", especially for volunteers who had ...

Since then, the council has met with Kirklees’ individual bowling clubs to discuss the future of greens maintenance. However, as an absence of maintenance continued, the Greenhead Park Bowling Club ...

The site, on the western side of College Park in Hilsea, was originally built as a bowls club with a small pavilion. If approved, the pavilion will be refurbished to create nursery facilities, and ...

The land sale had been key to a plan to build 27 homes on the site which was also linked to hopes to rebuild and expand Kearsley Park Bowling Club in time for its 100th anniversary in 2026.

One of the clubs facing the axe is Harehills Park Bowling Club, which was 'highly commended' by the council at its 2024 annual awards in its Community Sports Project category just a month ago.

Raymond Swallow, 48, a member of Harehills Park Bowling Club said: ‘Just over 12 months ago I went through some mental health struggles and in that year the club has been great for me.

Plans by a Labour-run council to shut half of a city's bowling greens have been branded "cruel" and "pensioner-bashing" by outraged club members. Leeds City Council (LCC) wants to axe 30 of the ...

Laura Fulleylove, secretary of Harehills Park Bowling Club, which is also on the list of potential closures, said that shutting down the bowling greens would be “catastrophic”.

And Neil Jameson, secretary of Grove Hill Park Crown Green Bowling Club in Otley, said "For many older people, it’s a way of life. They wait for summer to come around, when they can play bowls.