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."

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.

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.

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.