Whitby Lawn Bowling Club

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

Unfortunately due to unfavourable weather in the forecast, we will be cancelling the open house scheduled for this Saturday June 6 - 🌧️ 😔

06/04/2026

Thanks for coming and sharing your experience! Please come again soon friends!

05/31/2026

Thank you for your support Livita Centennial Retirement Residence!! We appreciate you!

05/29/2026

Home Sweet Home Festival, here we come! Save the date- Saturday July 25. We are super excited to participate in this award-winning hometown festival and hope to see you there!

05/28/2026

Find your next treasure at our Yard Sale this Saturday!

05/19/2026

05/16/2026

We’ve taken over the display case at the Whitby Public Library central location! Up until the end of May, we hope it inspires some local folks to come and give bowls a try. Open house Saturday June 6 10am-2pm.

05/14/2026

Big news!! We are so excited to have our club showcased in the Whitby Central Library Display Case until the end of the month!! Go check it out! Here’s our write up:

The Whitby Lawn Bowling Club is excited for its 99th full season of lawn bowling on the same site to begin. On Sunday, May 3rd, our season will begin with its spring meeting with the green opening soon after for regular play, weather permitting. Many events are planned for the season, along with some fundraisers, to help support the club. Located at 833 Brock Street S. across the street from Rotary Centennial Park, the club was originally known as The Whitby Lawn Bowling and Tennis Club. The tennis facilities were moved to Iroquois Park Sports Centre in 1974, but the bowling green has remained on the same site since 1927.

History of the Club:

Whitby, in 1927, was a quiet residential town of some 5200 people, made up mostly of retired farmers. Except for Brock and Dundas Streets, roads were unpaved. There were still wooden sidewalks in some parts of the Town.

In the summer of 1931, the club obtained its first permanent clubhouse, a frame building which had once stood in Centennial Park. Club members volunteered their labour to enlarge the building and construct a veranda around the building. The property was eventually acquired by the Rotary Club in 1943 and sold to Ontario Housing Corporation in 1973 for the construction of an apartment for seniors. The clubhouse was also demolished that year. The club, for the next quarter of a century had no clubhouse, until one was obtained in the early 2000's.

Despite having modest and limited income, the Whitby Lawn Bowling Club has maintained the Whitby lawn bowling green, for the benefit of members and the community at large, year after year, since 1927.

The club is currently managed by a board of directors and relies heavily on active volunteers from the membership to maintain this excellent lawn bowling facility.

03/02/2026

Congratulations to the Whitby 55+ Recreation Centre on 50 years of fun and community!! Much love from your next door neighbours the Whitby Lawn Bowling Club 🥳 🎉 🥂