Chop, chop for Women's Bowling Club assets – NZ Herald

The final day (April 9, 2021) for the Women’s Bowling Club of Levin, with 1920s stone building and clubhouse (green roof) in the far corner. The buildings with the red roofs are Thompson House and the Horowhenua Art Society Building.The former Levin women’s bowling clubrooms and green on Bath St are getting the chop to make way for a new public space for the whole community to enjoy, a Horowhenua District Council press release said today. The demolition will begin on January 15, 2023.The Levin women’s bowling club disbanded two years ago and the clubrooms and bowling green have not been used since. It was the second local bowling club, after the one run by the RSA, to call it a day. There are still two active bowling clubs in Levin.The Levin Women’s Bowling Club had been losing members over recent years and though the club was financially healthy, at its 2021 AGM its remaining members decided to dissolve their club. “It was the best little club in town, it is sad to see it go,” its members said.The origins of the club go all the way back to 1942, when on June 5 its first-ever committee meeting was held
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