In addition to its specific responsibility for governing the sport and the development of the game at all levels, it also has a social objective to enhance existing bowling communities and to position bowls clubs and the sport in the wider community.

Clubs can lean on Bowls Victoria for support in a range of areas.

Whilst the game of bowls was well established in Victoria from the 1860s, there was no governing association for the sport until 1880.

[3] The sport in Victoria continued to be governed by its own set of laws, which differed to those applied in other parts of the country, particularly New South Wales, and Western Australia.

[5] The Tribunal found that lawn bowls is a gender neutral sport, in that differences in strength, stamina or physique do not provide a competitive advantage.