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From the Resene News – issue 3/2008 Bowling on - Howick Bowling and Croquet Club
The Howick Bowling and Croquet Club is one of the more notable clubs in New Zealand and enjoyed its 100 year centenary in 2007. Set up as a private enterprise by H K Gilmour, JP in the early 1900s, today the club members enjoy the use of a two storied clubhouse, five greens and picturesque surrounds. The first Howick Bowling and Croquet Club was started on Mr Gilmour’s own land in 1907 before the club leased land in 1911 offering members a humble clubhouse, one bowling green and two croquet greens. In 1957 the club moved from Uxbridge Road to Nixon Park splitting the old land into four residential lots, which sold for the combined grand sum of 1,130 pounds. Ambitious plans in the early 1990s resulted in further expansion of facilities and an investment in multiple artificial bowling greens that would allow extended play throughout the year. The most recent refurbishment has freshened the exterior of the club as it starts into its second century. The concrete plaster walls are finished in Resene X-200 waterproofing membrane tinted to Resene Double Tea (beige neutral) complemented by the wooden verandah base trimmed in Resene Gargoyle (sand beige). Resene Tea (river boulder beige) features extensively on the rest of the building with accents of Resene Gargoyle and Resene Mondo (complex grey green).
With the Nixon Park Bowls Board managing club needs and overseeing maintenance requirements, players are free to focus their undivided attention on the game at hand. Painting Contractor: Lee Alchin, Paint FX 2004 Ltd |
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Lawn bowls were first played in this country in 1860 and while the game format has changed over the time to allow women to join in the fun and to include more social levels of bowling, the competitive spirit remains present.