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CLUB HISTORY


1917: The first bowling green in New Westminster was established at Second Street and Third Avenue.


1920: The club moves to the corner of Tenth Avenue and Dublin Street. A 1921 news article reports that "The heavy gorse ... has been cleared ... and, with the arrival of warm weather, the landscape gardener will be enabled to seed down the plot."


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Bowling ball on green lawn with white pins in a sheltered area, surrounded by trees on a sunny day.

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1948: The current facility is constructed at Moody Park.


1954: NWLBC  hosts the British Empire Games

1958: Princess Margaret visits NWLBC in conjunction with the official opening of Century House.






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1981: NWLBC hosts the Canada Summer Games.


1985: Club pairs team Kathy Finch and Alice Duncalf place 8th in the Women's World Bowls in Melbourne, Australia.

1989: Alice Duncalf wins Bronze in the Ladies Triples at the World Bowling Championship in Auckland, NZ.

1990: NWLBC member George Boxwell wins a silver medal for pairs with Alf Wallace of Edmonton at the Commonwealth Games in New Zealand.

1992. The club celebrates its 75th Anniversary with an invitational tournament that included visiting teams from as far away as Australia and Hong Kong.



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2003: The Club works with the City and local businesses to host the first Mayor's Lawn Bowling event, which continued to raise money for hospice care in the city for many years.

2004:  Josephine Lee wins the Canadian Open in Ontario.


2005: NWLBC enters the digital age with its own web page. Josephine Lee and Hirendra Bhartu take Gold in the Canadian Mixed Pairs.


2009:  Canadian Nationals in Victoria, BC.  Josephine Lee wins Gold in singles and takes Gold in mixed pairs with Hirendra Bhartu.




2010: Josephine Lee places 7th in Women's Singles in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India. Cary Manns wins Silver in the Canadian National Men's Fours.

2012: Josephine Lee and Hirendra Bhartu take gold in the Canadian National Mixed Pairs. Cary Manns wins Gold in the National Men's Fours.

2013: Josephine Lee, Marlene Clautinx and Rita Patterson win Gold in the National Triples.

2016: Josephine Lee and Hirendra Bhartu win Gold in the Canadian Mixed Pairs.

2017: NWLBC celebrates its 100th Anniversary. Cary Manns wins Gold in the BC provincial Pairs. Ed Olsen represents BC at an international Mixed Pairs event in Wales.

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NEW WESTMINSTER LAWN BOWLING CLUB

710 8th St, New Westminster, BC V3M 3S2


In Moody Park between Century House and the tennis courts.

Gate access through the gates at the side of Century House.


Phone: External link opens in new tab or window604-524-5623 (leave a voicemail message and someone will get back to you)  


email:  External link opens in new tab or windowclubinfo.nwlbc@gmail.com 


Find us on Facebook: External link opens in new tab or windowwww.facebook.com/NWLBC


We gratefully acknowledge the support and assistance of the City of New Westminster and the National Sports Trust Fund - BC Chapter.


We recognize and respect that New Westminster is on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Halkomelem speaking peoples

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