Club History

A Brief History

On 13th January 1905,a meeting was held
at the Central School, St. Margaret's Road,
Plumstead, to discuss the formation of
Woolwich and Plumstead Bowls Club.
A Ground was found in Shrewsbury Lane.
The green Opened on 27th May 1905.
The Opening Ceremony was performed by
Colonel Talfourd-Hughes (pictured right)
Later that day, the first General
Meeting was held and Col. Edward
Talfourd-Hughes was confirmed as President.
At this meeting members realised that
more ground had been rented to them
than they thought. It was a piece of land,
which adjoined the bowling green and on
which there was a tennis court.
So now the club became the Woolwich and Plumstead Bowling and Tennis Club. The club was know as this till 1969 when the Tennis section was discontinued. The land that was sold by the club, for the erection of two detached houses.

Affiliation to the English Bowling Association (E.B.A.) was in 1908.
The Club are one of the founder members of the K.C.B.A in 1911.
In 1937 the club became a Limited Company.

1951 Who was who entry

The Ladies’ Section was formed in 1948.

Mrs Val Chatfield (left)
 K.C.W.B.A. & E.W.B.A. two wood singles Champion 1993.

Our former President Les Brittain was named as the worlds oldest lawn bowler by Guinness World Records in his and the clubs centenary year 2005

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