Club Profile

The Club was founded in 1935. Membership for social members is only $5.50 and for bowlers $45.00 with no bowling fees when playing bowls.

To download a membership form click here

The Club has a very friendly & Family atmosphere.

The Board of Directors consist of eight (8) Directors. President, Senior Vice President, Junior Vice President, Treasurer, and four ordinary directors.

Also, a full time Chief Executive Officer responsible for the whole operation of the Club reporting to the Board of Directors. The Club has an Administration Manager and 20 permanent & casual staff (including Green Keeper and apprentice).

The Club has plenty Car Park Facilities 

The Club has three (3) Bowling Greens surrounded with beautiful gardens and shrubs.

Social Bowls, championship and pennants games are played at the Club.

Tuesday 9.00am is Ladies Day Bowls – Wednesday at 1.00pm Mens Triples - Thursday 5.00pm mixed Twilight bowls – Friday 1.00pm mixed pairs bowls – Saturday mixed bowls and Sunday Bacon & Eggs Mens only.

The club is in zone 12 district.

Indoor Bowls played on every Wednesday Morning.

Club Courtesy Bus is available for Members from 5.30pm til late on Thursday to Saturday nights. Pick up and drop.

BBQ deck area is built at the back of the Club for member’s general use and private events.

Ladies Bowling Club is incorporated with mother club. Also, Cricket Club has three teams in the local competition. Fishing Club is also available.

The Club has approximately 2000 members, Keno, TAB and FOX Sport facilities also available. Function Room is available for small to medium size functions eg. Wedding, birthday parties etc..

One large Bar serves the whole club. The Bar extends to function room also.

Club Rules

The Guildford Bowling & Recreation Club practices the responsible service of alcohol and does not encourage excessive and binge drinking. Patrons are refused service as soon as they show any sign of intoxication and will ask to leave the Club.

This establishment in the best interest of its members, guests and the community promotes The Responsible Service of Alcohol.

This establishement has adopted the following house policy which provides a framework for the Responsible Service of Alcohol :

1. In order to prevent underage access and drinking we will require proof of age to be provided when requested
2. Persons who are intoxicated will be refused admission to our premises
3. We will display and refer to intoxication signs in order to support our responsible attitude and meet the requiremrents of legislation.
4. Any patron in this establishment will be denied service if they are considered to be intoxicated
5. We will educate our staff and our patrons as part of our duty of care to ensure that they understand the implications and abide by our responsible service of alcohol policy
6. We will support and actively promote initiatives to minimise drink driving in order to safe guard the wellbeing of our patrons

This establishment will affect these strategies by:

• Implenting,monitoring and modification on an on going basis of the house policy
• Preventing underage drinking by insisting on proof of age by requesting a drivers licence,passport of age card Issued by the NSW Roads & Traffic Authority
• Prevention of intoxication by recognising the signs of intoxication and refusing serve to anyone to the point of intoxication. We will deny entry to service to anyone who is already intoxicated

CODE OF PRACTICE

RESPONSIBLE PROMOTIONS OF LIQUOR PRODUCTS

Licensees and registered club managments have a responsibility to ensure that patrons do not become intoxicated on their premises and to prevent intoxicated persons from entering or remaining on licensed or club premises.

This code of practice for Resonsible Promotions of Liquor Products for licensed and registered. Club premises provides a framework for practices which are considered acceptable and reasonable, subjects to controls being in place to prevent the intocication of patrons and, in all other respects, the premises being properly conducted. The Code highlights those practices which are discourages as not being in a public interest.

UNACCEPTABLE PRACTICES

1. Drinks that offer alcohol in non standard measures and/or by virtue of their emotive titles, such as "laybacks" - " shooters" -" slammers" ' " test tubes" - "blasters", and their method of consumption encourages irresponsible drinking habits and are likey to result in rapid intoxication.
2. Drink cards that provide a multiple of free drinkins, extreme discounts or discounts of limited duration on a given day or night and/or have the capacity to be readily stockpiled by patrons or transferred to other patrons. in other words the drink card must not, by design or potential misuse, create an incentive for patrons to consume liquor more rapidly than they otherwise might
3. Any labelling or titling of promotions that may encourage partons to consume liquor irresponsibly and excessively to an intoxicated state
4. The refusal to half measures of spirits on request or provide reasonably priced non-alcoholic drinks.
5. Any promotions that encourages a patron to consume liquor excessively - " all you can drink offers" - "free drinks for women" - " free drinks for women all night" - " two for one" - and to consume it in an unreasonable time period.

ACCEPTABLE PRACTICES

1. The traditional "happy hour" during or immediately following normal daytime working hours
2. A complimentary standard drink upon arrival
3. Promotions involving low alcohol beer where it is clear from the advertising and promotional material that it is a low alcohol beer promotion
4. The advertising of a consistant price of a particular type or brand of liquor across the entire trading hours of a premises on a given day or night, providing the price is not so low that it will, in itself, encourage the excessive consumption of alcohol and intoxications.
5. Promotion of particular brands of liquor that provide incentives to purchase that brand by virtue of a consistent discounted price, offer of a prize etc. but does not provide any particular incentive to consume that product more rapidly than a partons normal drinking habit.

Also, the Club is a member of Club Safe and practice The Responsible Conduct of Gambling.

Self Exclusion is encouraged to those patrons who have gambling problems.

Club dress rules are enforced and dress rules are displayed at the foyer of the Club.

There are separate rules for Bowlers, Whites or Cream colours must be worn on pennants and championship games.

Bowlers can wear casual clothing on other times.