Palmerston North Bowling Club is the oldest bowling club in Manawatu , established in 1889. It is unique in being the only freehold club in Palmerston North and one of a few in New Zealand . It has the largest membership of bowlers in Palmerston North.
7-753: The Palmerston North Bowling Club was formed at a meeting held in the Commercial Hotel on 23 December 1889 with nine persons in attendance. A special committee was set up in November 1899 to investigate the purchase of a property in Taonui Street and to rent a strip of land on the North Side of the club in Lombard Street in order to allow for more playing area. On 18 October 1958 the Linton Street complex comprising
14-676: A Commonwealth Games bronze in pairs 1974 and in fours 1990; and a silver in fours, 1978. Skoglund was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1988 Queen's Birthday Honours , for services to bowls, and was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. In 2013, Skoglund was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame. His son Philip Skoglund junior played for New Zealand at
21-729: A Special General Meeting in September 1975 by the Palmerston North Bowling Club, when the admittance of a Women’s Section was approved. World Bowls 1966 Phil Skoglund South Africa 1968 Phil Skoglund Commonwealth Games 1970 Phil Skoglund Newcastle Pairs 1983 K. A. Wing Embassy World Bowls 1988 A. J. Seator In 2008 Palmerston North Bowling Club won the Bowls New Zealand Lion Foundation Men’s National Interclub Championship. That year they also won Manawatu Sportsteam of
28-453: A gold medal (triples 1988), two silver medals (fours 1984 & 1988) and three bronzes (pairs 1980, fours 1980, triples 1984) He competed in five Commonwealth Games, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982 and 1990 (not 1986 because of a sport-wide dispute over amateurism). He played indifferently in the singles in 1970, hence has been mainly lead in the pairs and fours skip, despite being National singles champion 1970, 1971, 1972 (and in 1958 & 1966). He won
35-532: The Annual General Meeting 1900. The colours were changed by the General Committee in 1911, but there is no reference to the alteration. At a special meeting on 30 September 1914 the colours became Navy Blue with Gold facings. Any other changes are not recorded until mention of the present colours of Dark Blue and Gold coming into effect on 12 October 1946. The formation of this followed the holding of
42-581: The new club rooms and two greens was opened by His Worship the Mayor Blair Tennant. As a member Phil Skoglund represented New Zealand at the 1970 Commonwealth Games. In 1989, the club celebrated its 100th year, by hosting a Centennial Tournament. The club annually holds a four player tournament attracting entries from all over New Zealand. The original club colours, decided upon at a meeting held 29 February 1892, were Grey and White striped coat and White hat with Grey band. These colours were re-affirmed at
49-553: The year. Phil Skoglund Philip Charles Skoglund OBE (20 June 1937 – 8 May 2015) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player, and part of New Zealand's greatest lawn bowls family dynasty. Born in 1937 at Palmerston North , he was the son of politician and cabinet minister Philip Oscar Skoglund and nephew of champion lawn bowls player Pete Skoglund . He was the youngest New Zealand National Bowls Championships singles champion at 20, in 1958. He competed in five World Championships (1966, 1972, 1980, 1984 & 1988), winning
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