Welcome to the Princes Park Lawn Bowls Club
Located at the northern end of Princes Park, between the Carlton Football Ground and the lake, the Princes Park Bowling Club has been a Melbourne institution for over one hundred and twenty five years.
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Princes Park Bowls is available for function hire, from weddings to Christmas parties, make your function a winner in one of Melbourne’s most beautiful surrounds with a fully licensed bar in a park.
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Let the grass grow under your feet! Barefoot bowling has arrived at the Princes Park Bowls Club in Carlton. We supply the bowls, and the basic coaching you need to have a fun afternoon on the grass. You supply the bare feet.
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Princes Park Bowls Club. A fully licensed bar in a park
Book a Function
Princes Park Bowls is available for function hire, from weddings to Christmas parties, make your function a winner in one of Melbourne’s most beautiful surrounds with a fully licensed bar in a park.
Barefoot Bowls
Let the grass grow under your feet! Barefoot bowling has arrived at the Princes Park Bowls Club in Carlton. We supply the bowls, and the basic coaching you need to have a fun afternoon on the grass. You supply the bare feet.
Our History
With more than 130 years doing what we do here at Princes Park Bowls Club you can be sure we have it down to a fine art. Our rich history includes many pennants and other championship wins.
What our clients say about us

Adam Dewberry
Google Review - Local Guide
Good day out for friends/family in the sun. BBQ's and benches for your lunch with a bar in the main building.

Fraser Smith
Google Review - Local Guide
Lovely Space, Lovely Atmosphere, cheap beers on Friday, and great staff! Not much more you can ask for.

RobsterTheFox
Google Review - Local Guide
Best place to have a game of lawn bowls in Melbourne! Perfect spot in the middle of Princes Park, great range of beers and very friendly staff! Great for birthdays, work events or just a for some bevs on a Friday afternoon

Sumay Ng
Google Review - Local Guide
Went down for their open day. It was a great atmosphere. It's open for functions or if you want to play a game. For the more serious people, you can sign up as a social member for a very reasonable fee.
The committee and people were really friendly. And they show you the basic rules of the game with some technique to get you started. Loads of fun for all ages!

Nethra N
Google Review - Local Guide
Nice layout for office parties with good amount of indoor space incase weather is unkind. Place is split into 2 sections so can accommodate 2 different crowds at the sametime. Very few picnic tables had umbrellas which was disappointing. Well maintained bowling areas.

Michael Angelico
Google Review - Local Guide
I'm not a bowler but I was there using the function room. It's a good size, there's plenty of furniture, and it's nice and warm in cold weather. The car park is just gravel, and could do with a bit of resurfacing work.

Frank S
Google Review - Local Guide
Princes Park Bowls Club is located at the Northern tip of Princes Park. Surrounded by parks and gardens and a small, beautiful ornamental lake. There is parking on a gravel area behind the club, accessed from Bowen Crescent near the old railway crossing.

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Princes Park Carlton Bowls Club
Situated in Princes Park Carlton we offer fun and good times to all!
5 days ago
Our club is going through a Renaissance.
Over the last three years we've won more premierships than we managed over the preceding 20 years...it's been an extraordinary turnaround .
And the catalyst was Paul Jenkins joining our club.
Having been a member of StKilda for two decades where he played in the higher divisions, joining PPC was considered a 'step down' by observers at the time. However he's injected a team spirit and culture of winning previously unimaginable.One opponent likened us to a 'social club that likes playing bowls'. Well that was pre Jenkins.
Today we have a culture that sees us love playing bowls...and we're winning flags in the bargain.
We'd liken it to when Ron Barassi arrived at North Melbourne in the early 70s. His team manager motivation talks are Churchillian.
In the time Paul has been a member we've gone up two divisions and won numerous midweek, night pennant and Winter Pennant flags.
Yes, it really is an exciting time to be a member of PPC.
1 week ago
What a Season
We've just concluded the most successful season in the club's recent history. Both summer pennant and the Inner City Winter Pennant where we walked away with two premiership flags.
A huge thank you to all participants who represented our club in the three teams we fielded.
Our Firsts were the stand out team in their division having topped the table and were expected to win the flag. However our Seconds finished fourth on the table having suffered defeats by the teams who headed the table. Again we've demonstrated that finals are a different proposition.
We tend to play ABOVE and beyond home and away form.
And this was demonstrated by our skips Josh and Nigel.
Their finals form was positively Superhuman.
Both Flem Ken, the table leader couldn't believe our Blitzkrieg showing last week in the semi final. Where we dominated the game from the first end to run away with a 72 - 18 victory.
And Caulfield South were equally taken aback after we dropped 8 shots on the first end.
However our grit saw us claw back to secure a 10 shot 54-44 win.
Both opponents had beaten us 'comfortably' during the season.
However once again, we just go into 'sixth' gear when a flag was up for grabs.
A wonderful season indeed.
This really is an exciting time to be a member of PPC
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2 weeks ago
Princes Park Carlton Bowls Club notched up two more Premiership Flags today at MCC.
It really has been a wonderful year for our club. A great shout out to the organizers of the Inner City John Adams Winter Pennant Competition. And to the friends of Princes Park Carlton Bowls who represented our club on the greens this season.
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2 weeks ago
One of the most enjoyable days on the bowls calendar is The John Adams Inner City Winter Pennant Grand Final Gala Day.
This year the final is being hosted by MCC at their Swinburne Avenue Hawthorn venue.
A dozen clubs will be playing on the day.
And for the first time we'll have two teams playing off for honours.
The following clubs- Flemington Kensington, Hawthorn, Caulfield South, Doutta Galla, Footscray Park, Alphington, Glen Eira McKinnon, City of Melbourne, Toorak, Melbourne and St Kilda will also be competing.
We look forward to seeing our friends across Melbourne's bowls community out there in number.
It promises to be a carnival like atmosphere.
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3 weeks ago
We were aiming for a Trifecta.
However we'll have to settle for the Double.
But what a Double.
PPC 80_ Fitzroy 24
PPC 72_ Flemington Kensington 18
Our Thirds couldn't quite pull it off against another Flem Ken contingent.
Next week sees two Princes Park Carlton Bowls Club teams playing off in the John Adams Winter Pennant Gala Grand Final Day at MCC.
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