At a meeting on Friday the 23rd March 1888 of the committee of representatives of the Glasgow Bowling Clubs the idea of forming an Association was discussed. G. C. A. McNaught of Shawlands Bowling Club was appointed chairman of the meeting.

The Glasgow Bowling Association was instituted with 22 member Clubs:- Bellahouston; Belvidere; Burnbank; Hutchesontown; Partick;   Pollokshaws; Queens Park; St Rollox; St Vincent; Shawlands; Springburn; Tollcross; Wellcroft; Willowbank; Whitevale.  Clubs now closed:- Albany; Govan; Hillhead; Kingston; Pollokshields; Polmadie.

“The Chairman stated that he had been approached by several influential bowlers on the subject of the formation of a proper “ Bowlers Association” as the present Association, such as it is, is without a proper organisation and without any constitution. That he has, therefore, taken the trouble to prepare what he considered might be adopted as Bye Laws for the Constitution of such an Association, which Bye Laws he had caused to be printed, and a copy sent to each Member of Committee, and that he had requested the Secretary to call this meeting for consideration of these rules with a view to their being remitted to a General Meeting of Representatives of the various Bowling Clubs for their discussion, and, if so resolved, for their adoption.“

The Secretary, James Smith of Wellcroft Bowling Club, was “instructed to send a printed copy of the proposed Bye Laws to the secretaries of each of the Glasgow Bowling Clubs and to call a special General Meeting of Representatives of these clubs to be held within the Religious Institution Rooms on Wednesday the eighteenth day of April next at 2pm to consider and if so resolved to adopt these or other such Bye Laws and decide.

“On Wednesday 18 April 1888 at a Special General Meeting of the Representatives of the Glasgow Bowling Clubs, Mr James Airlie of Albany Bowling Clun proposed and was seconded by Mr. W. K. Kelly of Whitevale Bowling Club that an Association be formed and called the Glasgow Bowling Association. The proposal was unanimously agreed.”

The first Annual General Meeting of the Glasgow Bowling Association took place on Wednesday 9th May 1888 and the office-bearers elected as follows:-

President: Nicol Cameron (Pollokshaws Bowling Club); Vice-President: Hugh Walls (Kingston Bowling Club); Directors: Charles K. Clark (Albany Bowling Club), Thomas L. Selkirk (Hillhead Bowling Club), Murdoch McKenzie (Burnbank Bowling Club) W. K. Kelly (Whitevale Bowling Club), Samuel Gunn (Pollokshields Bowling Club), George Mitchell (Wellcroft Bowling Club), Daniel McClure (Bellahouston Bowling Club); Auditors: William Armour (Bridgeton Bowling Club), James Airlie (Albany Bowling Club); Secretary: James Smith (Wellcroft Bowling Club).

President: Peter Cowie (Bellahouston)

Vice President: George Turner (Wellcroft)

Hon Secretary/Treasurer: Stuart Dykes (Burnbank)

All general enquiries can go to The Honorary Secretary, Stuart Dykes via email at sdgbasec@outlook.com or by mobile at 07437664788.

SOUTH WEST

Gerry Harte (Mosspark)
0141 891 5046 / 07918 728 942

George Turner (Wellcroft)
0141 571 2260 / 07947 491 493

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Postal Address: Glasgow Bowling Association, C/O St Vincent BC, St Vincent Crescent,  Glasgow G2 8NL