There’s more to the bar than just drinks: it’s also the place to mingle before a match starts, or to conduct match post-mortems on how if that one wood had just fallen in rather than out then maybe just maybe…

The bar is open whenever league matches are being played, barring very few exceptions, which in practical terms means most days from ten o’clock in the morning until eight or nine at night. Generally, if there’s a fixture in the calendar then the bar will be open both before and after.

Stocked with a range of bottled and draught beers, cider, wine, Guinness, and serving hot drinks, snacks, and even sandwiches, it’s possible to start bowling in the morning and finish at night and be fed and watered without ever leaving the building. It has been done…