CLUB HISTORY
FORMED MARCH 11TH 1896 AS DARLINGTON PARK BOWLING CLUB 1896 TO 1962
1963 CLUB NAME CHANGED TO DARLINGTON SOUTH PARK BOWLING CLUB 1963 TO 2005
2006 TEAM NAMED MECH-TOOL BOWLS CLUB FOR DARLINGTON WORKS LEAGUE 2006 TO 2012
2006 CLUB NAME CHANGED TO DARLINGTON SOUTH PARK BOWLS CLUB 2006 TO
2008 SOUTH PARK LADIES BOWLS CLUB FORMED 2008 TO 2009
2015 DARLINGTON SOUTH PARK BOWLS CLUB BECAME A CERTIFIED AMATEUR SPORTS CLUB
2016 SOUTH PARK VETS AMALGAMATED WITH DARLINGTON SOUTH PARK BOWLS CLUB
LEAGUE HISTORY
CLEVELAND & SOUTH DURHAM LEAGUE 1896 TO 1908
DARLNGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE 1907 TO 1915, 1918 TO 2012, 2017 TO DATE
EBA SOUTH WEST DURHAM & YORKSHIRE LEAGUE 1930 TO 1932
MEMBERS OF ENGLISH BOWLING ASSOCIATION (BOWLS ENGLAND) 1915 TO 1925, 1927 TO
DARLINGTON INDOOR B.C. OUTDOOR TEAM LEAGUE 1996 TO 2002, 2006 TO 2008
DARLINGTON FRIDAY NIGHT OPEN TRIPLES LEAGUE (PREVIOUSLY WORKS & SHERWOOD LEAGUE) 2006 TO DATE
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LADIES EVENING LEAGUE 2008 TO 2009
DURHAM & DISTRICT LEAGUE 2008 TO 2021
SOUTH WEST DURHAM LEAGUE 2013 TO DATE
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT VETERANS LEAGUE 2017 TO DATE
HUNDENS GREEN BOWLING ASSOCIATION LEAGUE 2017 TO DATE
SOUTH PARK COVID LEAGUES (ROCKET, STEAM, CLOCKTOWER & LOCO) 2021 ONLY
CLEVELAND & TEESSIDE LEAGUE 2021 TO DATE
TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS
CLEVELAND & SOUTH DURHAM LEAGUE WINNERS 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE WINNERS 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1945
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE KNOCK-OUT WINNERS 1913, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1939, 1945, 1957
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION ONE 1950, 1957
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION TWO 1950, 1955, 1959, 1965, 1987, 1997, 2001, 2005
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION THREE 1957, 1980, 1987
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION FOUR 1984, 1986
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE DIVISION FIVE 1993
DARLINGTON INDOOR BOWLS CLUB OUTDOOR TEAMS LEAGUE WINNERS 1999, 2000
DURHAM COUNTY EBA KNOCK-OUT WINNERS 1955, 1959
NOMINATED FOR EBA CLUB OF THE YEAR 2005
DARLINGTON SHERWOOD LEAGUE WINNERS 2009, 2013
DARLINGTON SHERWOOD LEAGUE KNOCK-OUT WINNERS 2009, 2010, 2013
SOUTH WEST DURHAM LEAGUE DIVISION TWO WINNERS 2013
DURHAM & DISTRICT LEAGUE MILLENNIUM CUP WINNERS 2013, 2014
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT VETERANS LEAGUE DIVISION TWO WINNERS 2018
DARLINGTON FRIDAY NIGHT LEAGUE KNOCK-OUT WINNERS 2021
DURHAM COUNTY EBA CHAMPIONS
1936 FOURS – A. ALSOP, J. STIRLING, J. DALE, J. MORRISON
1960 FOURS – C. HOLLIDAY, R. WEALANDS, G. COATES, C. RICHARDSON
1996 TWO BOWL SINGLES – W. MORLAND
1997 JUNIOR SINGLES – S. MORLAND
1999 JUNIOR SINGLES – S. MORLAND
2014 GEORGE TURLEY CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS – B. HOPKINS JNR
2015 GEORGE TURLEY CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS – B. HOPKINS JNR
2021 WOMENS UNDER 25 PAIRS – S. WOOD, K. ROBINSON
NORTHERN COUNTIES EBA CHAMPIONS
1960 FOURS – C. HOLLIDAY, R. WEALANDS, G. COATES, C. RICHARDSON
1997 JUNIOR SINGLES – S. MORLAND
2021 UNDER 25 FOURS – A. WOOD, L. BRODIE
DURHAM COUNTY EBA MALE REPRESENTATIVES (BY EARLIEST)
1920’s
E.A. Duffield
G. Gowland
J. Ellerington
H. Rutherford
H. Gatenby
P. Thompson
P. Curnock
J. Jennings
A. Watson
J. Morrison
J. Emerson
1930’s
J. Morrison Jnr
J. Stirling
A.J. Alsop
J. Dale
G. Catterick
J. Glover
S. Bates
H. White
1940’s
A. Young
R. Alsop
J. Milvoy
W. Vickerton
J. Olwyn
W. Plant
F. Robson
A. Elliott
E. Longholme
J.R. Hopperton
A. Riddle
1950’s
G. Coates
C. Holliday
R. Young
S. Swainston
1960’s
C. Richardson
R. Wealands
T. Newton
S. Angus
A. Holmes
J. Roscamp
J. Grin
S. Slater
J. Burrows
1980’s
T. Bousfield
R. Bousfield
T. Smith
D. Neil
H. Ashcroft
B. Attwood
F. Edwards
1990’s
S. Morland
2000’s
B. Hopkins
B. Hopkins Jnr
K. Burton
J. Harston
J. Smith
2010’s
L. Berry
DURHAM COUNTY EBA FEMALE REPRESENTATIVES (BY EARLIEST)
2010’S
J Pattison
Sam Pattison
Stacey Pattison
J Hopkins
2020’S
S. Wood
INTERNATIONAL TRIALISTS
1923 W. READ
1961 C. RICHARDSON
1998, 1999, 2000 S. MORLAND (UNDER 25)
EBA PRESIDENTS
1948 – R. ALSOP CBE
1960 – A.J. ALSOP CBE
DURHAM COUNTY PRESIDENTS
1946 – A.J ALSOP CBE
UMPIRES
1988 T. BOUSFIELD/F. EDWARDS/H. ASHCROFT
QUALIFIED CLUB COACHES
2006 B. HOPKINS (Local EBA Approved Coaching Course)
2019 M. HOLE/K. BOUSFIELD (Bowls Development Alliance Coaching Level 1 – Bowls England Approved)
2019 F. DIXON (Bowls Development Alliance Activator Course – Bowls England Approved)
COACH BOWLS AWARDS
2021 K. BOUSFIELD NEW COACH OF THE YEAR
BOWLS ENGLAND STORY OF THE YEAR
2021 S. MORLAND
DARLINGTON SOUTH PARK VETS AMALGAMATED WITH THE CLUB IN 2016, SEE SOME OF THEIR HISTORY BELOW FROM 1991
LEAGUE HISTORY
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT VETS LEAGUE 1991, PRIOR – 2016
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT LEAGUE 2005 – 2016
ACHIEVEMENTS
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT VETS LEAGUE DIVISION A WINNERS 1991, 1993
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT VETS LEAGUE DIVISION B WINNERS 1996, 2001
DARLINGTON & DISTRICT VETS LEAGUE HARRISON TROPHY WINNERS 1998. 1999, 2000
Darlington South Park Bowls Club 