More Info →Page 47 - Levin 75th Jubilee Supplement

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Bowling green opened 1909:

Not many years behind the establishment of Levin as a borough came the beginning of the Levin Bowling Club.

Photo at left:

Levin Central Bowling Club, February 1973: Three sisters-in-law team uip to form a winning combination with their skip.

From left: Mesdames J., M. and R Haley, Mrs E. Norris, skip.

All three of the Haleys had retired to Levin in the early 70s.

Photo at left:

Former resident of Levin, Lord Freyberg (he was a dentist here before World War I) was present to open the Levin RSA Bowling Club's Clark Memorial Gates and Avenue of Remembrance in 1950 - during the period he was Governor General of New Zealand.

Pictured are members of the official party on that occasion: From left: Mrs Maud Annie Lett, mother of Bill (William) and Elsdon Clark, who gave the land to the club; the then Mayor of Levin, Mr H.B. Burdekin; Mr Walter Lett; Lord Freyberg; and the then chairman of the Horowhenua County Council, Mr A.M. Colquhoun.

Contains:

Levin Bowling Club
Mr W. H. Field
Mr Ryder
Bowling and Croquet tournament
Walter Bull
Joe Shields
Bert Woollett
Jim Gilbert
Ben Rolfe
Lord Freyberg
Levin RSA Bowling Club's Clark Memorial Gates
Avenue of Rememberance
Governor General of NZ

Bowlers have much to thank her for:

How many bowlers, as they roll up in the pleasant surroundings of their respective greens, realise that croquet and a woman had alot to do with the growth of their sport in Levin?

Contains:

Levin Bowling Club
Mrs W. Lett
Levin RSA
Levin Central
Levin Women's Bowling Club
Diggers Bowling Tournament
Sir Howard Kippenberger
Mr A. J. Harper

Central bowling club:

The Levin Central Bowling Club was first mooted in 1937 as a result of a few very keen bowlers in the district anxious to see a second bowling club in Levin where the sport was beginning to make headway.

Contains:

Mr F. E. Parker
Mrs W. Lett
Mr J. H. Bowater

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Date

March 1981