Glen Innes Bowling Club Macquarie Street Glen Innes NSW 2370 Australia





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History
- 1917 - At a meeting of those interested, held on 6th October 1917 a Bowling
Club was formed in Glen Innes.
The first officials were Patron: W. T. Cadell; President F.S. Mackenzie.
The land leased from a Mr Healey (142 ft x 198 ft) at the corner of Wentworth
and Macquarie Street, cost thirty pounds per year.
- 1919 - 9th April 1919 the official opening took place of the green at
the corner of Wentworth and Macquarie Street.
The highlights from the next few decades were :-
- 1923 - lights were installed for night bowls;
- 1928 - membership increased when the motion prohibiting play on Sunday
was rescinded;
- 1935 - Armidale, Inverell, Tenterfield and Glen Innes formed the New England
Bowling Association;
- 1936 - new electric lighting system was installed;
- 1950 - lights were removed from the No 1 green;
- 1955 - A liquor licence was granted to the Club and the Glen Innes Women's
Bowling Club was officially opened;
- 1961 - the 3rd green was established;
- 1967 - the new brick clubhouse was opened;
- 1988 - Enclosed verandah and barbecue extensions were made to the Clubhouse;
- 1992 - the Glen Innes Bowling Club celebrated its 75th Anniversary;
An extract from the report of the then President of the Club, David Little
epitomises the influence of the game:
"Somewhere on the green each day every bowler can be
identified as acting out their part in this precise resume of what its all
about… Bowls is a science, a study of a lifetime. You may exhaust yourself,
but never your subject. Bowls is a contest, a melee calling for courage
, skill and self control. It is a test of temper, a trial of honour, a revealer
of character. Bowls affords the opportunity to play the man and act the
gentleman. It reveals the real sportsman who accepts victory or defeat with
a grin, as victor shakes hands with opponent, hoping for another day to
play again with the same abounding friendship. That glorious game of bowls."
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"And
when the one Great Scorer comes To write against your name He marks not that
you won or lost, But how you played the game!" Anon