WEST BARNS
NR.
DUNBAR
EAST
LOTHIAN
CLUB HISTORY
West Barns Bowling Club is situated in a
village on East Lothians` coast some 2 miles west of
Dunbar.
The clubs earliest
minutes are March 1913 . The ground for a bowling
green and small hut were gifted to the
village and the
running of the club was under trustees.
In 1976 the
trusteeship was dissolved. At this time a replacement clubhouse was built with
bar facilities.
This was opened by Mr.Cunningham,
who gifted the land to the club. The club flourished from a membership
of 25 to over 100 but
the green was not standard size and after 13 years, the club was able to rent
ground
some 200 yards away
from the original ground and build a new green and clubhouse at a cost of
£250,000.
The new green was opened on 17th.May 1992 by John
Bell. The membership has now grown to just over 300.
The club has gone
from strength to strength and has won the Eastern League nineteen times, all
the East Lothian Bowling
Assoc. competitions
and have had representatives at The Scottish Finals at Queens Park and latterly
at Ayr.
The club has also
produced many excellent young bowlers, some of whom have been selected for the
County
playing in the Hamilton
Trophy and trials for Scotland. Some were members of Scotland`s Junior
International Team.
The late Mr. R. Davidson, Past President of S.B.A. was made an Honorary member in 1979
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