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.