Saturday 31st August saw the start of Hook & Southborough club finals weekend. With a great turnout on the day of members to watch the matches, the morning kicked off with three finals taking place in the morning. The Strudwick Cup for new players and members who have never won a trophy at the club […]
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Friday 22nd March Hook & Southborough Bowling Club Competitions Presentation Evening. Members and guests spent an enjoyable evening at the club for the annual presentation of awards for club competitions. The evening kicked off with drinks before the presentation of awards to the winners and runners up in the 14 competitions. Well done Des
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Historians believe that the game developed from the Egyptians. One of their pastimes was to play skittles with round stones. Artefacts of this game have been found in tombs dating 5,000 B.C. A form of the game was played in England in the 13th century. A manuscript of that period in the royal library contains
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History, UncategorizedMembers of the club off to play a match outside the Southborough Arms Pub, which was opposite the Shell petrol station on the Hook Road just past the roundabout with the Hook Road and A3. You can still see the balcony above the Middelton laundry vehichle today. First recorded match Hook & Southborough is the
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HistoryArsonists blamed for converting clubhouse into burning rubble Arsonists destroyed Hook & Southborough Bowling Club complete with all its equipment and 92 years of history.Fire broke out early in the morning on Sunday 21st January 1996. By the time the club’s green manager, Mr Dennis Morhen arrived at 7am the timber clubhouse, the honours board
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