HISTORY OF CARDONALD BOWLING CLUB 1914 - 1969The following paragraphs are taken from a 'Brief Synopsis of the History of Cardonald Bowling Club' which was written by Past President and Honorary President Les Michie to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the club in 1989.
Hopefully we will be able to expand on this in due course and bring it up to date as well as providing you with a more comprehensive picture of our past.
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| 1914 |
A feu disposition was granted by William Arthur Baird of Blantyre and Lennox Cove to Cardonald Bowling Club in consideration of the sum of £700 to 'Dispose' in favour of the then members of committee and their successors, that part of the ground extending to 6786 square yards. The value of the property was insured for £270,000 in 1989. The first Honorary President of the club was of course the benefactor Mr W.A. Baird. The first Honorary Vice-President of the club was Mr Frederick Lobnitz (Lobnitz of Govan). The first President of the club was Mr W.H. Sinclair and the first club champion was the Rev.J.Wilson. 1914 was also of course the start of the 'First World War' and of the 60 members who volunteered to serve in the conflict, sadly 9 failed to return.
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| 1915 |
Inter club matches commenced against Linthouse,Craigton and Nitshill. Govan was added in 1918 and Anchor and Bellahouston in 1919 with Mosspark in 1925 followed by Beith and Drumoyne in 1928. The annual subscription at the beginning was 1/- (one shilling). |
| 1916 |
Committees were formed with 'Conveners' appointed for 'Greens, House, Match and Reception'. |
| 1925 |
A special competition in aid of club funds was organised with an entry fee of 6d (sixpence) per player over 11 ends. The prize was a gold watch to the player with the highest aggregate of wins. |
| 1963 |
A 'BAR' was recommended!!! and the members were asked for an interest free loan. This was accepted and the Bar was built with the assistance of the late Davie Gouk and Jimmy Sloan. The loans were all repaid a few years later. |
| 1965 | It was recommended that whisky be sold from the Bar at 44/- a bottle or 24/- a half bottle.
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| 1969 |
The 'Champions Board' in the club shows that the singles final was 'NOT PLAYED' in 1969. This happened when the 'Match Committee' at the time, failed to agree with the two finalists, George Fisher and John Marshall on when to play the 'Final Tie'. The circumstances being that a Cardonald Rink team consisting of Jimmy Mess, Charlie Robertson,Willie Allan and George Fisher, having won the 'Scottish Title', duly qualified for the British Isles Championship. John Marshall, himself an International at that time, felt that failure to put forward a 'Singles' winner meant he was being de-barred for future selection and also the opportunity to represent the club in the G.B.A.Singles Championship. |
