HISTORY
SPORTS
SPORTS
BOWLING
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created October 2022
by Gail Hussey-Weir
Created October 2022
The following report on bowling on Bell Island is from the year-end report of the Great War Veterans' Association (G.W.V.A., the forerunner of the Canadian Legion) and was part of the description of their newly built "Memorial Building" that was on the site of the present-day Legion Club. This report was published in the Daily News, December 31, 1948, p. 68:
Two bowling alleys were installed in December [1948] by the Brunswick Company of Canada and will be opened to the public in the New Year. The game of bowling, so popular here when it was introduced on the Island about 20 years ago, thus comes into its own again after a long absence due to suitable alleys. Under the aegis of the G.W.V.A., who have made arrangements for 24 local teams to take part in the initial tournament, it will be possible for staff [ie. DOSCO supervisors and office workers] and Union teams, shop workers, civil servants, etc., to have their regular night of play, and bowling promises during the coming year to regain its old-time place as one of the most popular indoor forms of recreation.
Two bowling alleys were installed in December [1948] by the Brunswick Company of Canada and will be opened to the public in the New Year. The game of bowling, so popular here when it was introduced on the Island about 20 years ago, thus comes into its own again after a long absence due to suitable alleys. Under the aegis of the G.W.V.A., who have made arrangements for 24 local teams to take part in the initial tournament, it will be possible for staff [ie. DOSCO supervisors and office workers] and Union teams, shop workers, civil servants, etc., to have their regular night of play, and bowling promises during the coming year to regain its old-time place as one of the most popular indoor forms of recreation.