Centenary history

The links below will take you to the various sections of our centenary document, produced in 2013 to commemorate 100 years of Andover Bowling Club. Here you will find histories, achievements, photographs and personal testimonies from members about bowling in Andover.

This is not only the history of our Club; it also forms part of the social history of the town. It features prominent local personalities, and not only within the bowling group, and it also documents a key part of social life in the town during the long 20th and the shorter 21st centuries; from the time when the town’s mayor was automatically the president of the bowling club by virtue of the role to when the president is – rightly – elected by the members.

Did you know that, when you drive over the roundabout by the Museum, or walk through the underpass connecting Vigo Park to Newbury Street and the town, you are crossing over where the bowling green was first located? Find out more in the links below…

The centenary history was put together by Mike and Jenny Ford and, as you’ll see, was a labour of love and dedication. Thank you, both.

Please note that this version of the history contains no photographs in the 'From the archives' section as a means of saving space (the full document is simply too big to post on this website). If you would like to see an original copy, drop us a line.