Information
from book:
“100
Years of Bowls 1900 – 2000” Thames Bowling Club.
The First 50 Years (pages 2-5)
·
Public
meeting held to get approval for a club
·
Committee
decided to lease 4 sections in Baillie Street from the Maori owners. (Term 21
yrs, cost £21pa)
·
Friday
30th November 1900, club officially opened with 66 members
·
Club
colours were maroon and gold
·
Early
subscription fees were: annual £2 2/-, opening day sub 5/-, Match fees 2/-,
Locker rent 2/6
·
1906
Thames Ladies Croquet Club formed, and they used the club facilities till 1990
(Now located Beach Road)
·
1907
First open Tournament was held (Won by Te Aroha)
·
1913
Club bought top green from Brewers Campbell Ehrenfried & Co
·
1916
South Auckland Bowling Assoc ran a 3 day tournament (Won by Hamilton)
·
1920
Land bought for £500, and title transferred 1921 in the Native Land Court
·
1931
Easter tournament began (Still continues today)
·
1933
Sunday Bowling approved
·
1933
Easter tournament abandoned because of the depression
·
1943
new two-storied pavilion opened (cost £777)
·
1945-6
The club re-opened the well used by the former Brewery, for an independent
water supply
·
1950
50 year jubilee celebrations
Thames Bowling Club: 1900 Office Bearers |
|
President |
Mr Alfred
PRICE |
Vice:
Presidents |
Messrs A COURT,
W McCULLOUGH, A SMITH, W BURTON |
Green
Superintendant |
Mr W BURTON |
Match
Committee |
Messrs L
T INGLIS, J W RYAN |
Hon Sec.
& Treasurer |
Mr W PRICE |
Hon
Auditor |
Mr R KILGOUR |
(Observer:
1 December 1900, Volume XXI, Issue 1144, Page 22. Online at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz )
In a column
called “Bowling Spasms” by the Ditcher
“I see
the Thames bowlers have not forgotten their friends in Auckland. They have sent
invites to all clubs to send a rink down for the opening day (St Andrew’s Day)
The ‘Ditcher’ sends his compliments, and trusts that the Thames bowling will
have a pleasant and prosperous time, and that an exchange visit will be the
order of the day.
I have not heard what colour the Thames Club have chosen as a distinguishing mark from the Southern clubs. The ‘Ditcher’ fancies yellow would be the very thing, Quartzopolis have produced so much gold. Anyhow, this is the result of my crushing.”
M PAUL
(1908), A H WRIGHT (1913), J JORDAN (1913), J T INGLIS (1919), J M MCCLAREN, D
MACKAY (1921), A COURT (1922), S ROWBOTTOM, P J HOOK (1924), R WOOD (1928), F
ADAMSON (1929), W T SMITH (1945), T W NEWMAN (1949), H C CORDES (1950), F A
BURFOOT (1951), E F NEWMAN (1953), H T GALLOP (1955), C PALMER, A E COURT
(1958), A DARE, A J DELAMORE, G CORDES (1961), H G MURRAY (1962), T K CURRIE, A
J SAUNDERS, G F TWENTYMAN (1970), L E GEE, W A MCCONNELL (1971), A R LOMAS
(1973), J E L STRANGE (1974), T H DEATH (1979), A C ESPINER (1981), W I GOODWIN
(1982), A K STRANGE, L B WILSON (1983), A B CAMPBELL (1985), R F PATON (1992),
I T GRANT (1997)