Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club). Minute book includes rosters of membership.
Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club). Minute book includes rosters of membership.
File consists of the contents of "Every Coach's Planner & Idea Book" written by Chris Johnson along with pamphlets from the Coaching Association of Canada.
Contents of file were originally housed together in a three-ring binder
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS102-016
Access Restriction
Open access
Accession Number
BHS2002-02
Scope and Content
File consists of the contents of "Every Coach's Planner & Idea Book" written by Chris Johnson along with pamphlets from the Coaching Association of Canada.
Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
Trophy in the shape of a cup with handles on either side, with two lawn bowling figures one on the front and back. The trophy is mounted on a round wooden base. On front "FRANK BOWSER TROPHY/ PRESENTED TO/ LOWER MAINLAND/ LAWN BOWLING CLUB/ FOR/ ANNUAL RINK COMPETITION/ 1923"; on back "1923/ WON BY/ CENTRAL PARK/ J.FINLAYSON./ J.KERR./ G.WHITE./ W.GRADDON./ PRESIDENT"
Object History
Object originated with the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club.
The "Frank Bowser" presenting the trophy was Kerrisdale resident Francis "Frank" Bowser. He was a member of the Kerrisdale Lawn Bowling Club, ca. 1918, and was elected President of the Lower Mainland Lawn Bowling Association in 1919. The Bowser trophy was awarded to the winner of a competition between the various Lower Mainland bowling clubs. Each team entering had to be skippered by the president of that club. The winning team for the 1923 cup was from the Central Park Club in Burnaby (The Vancouver Sun - 16 Dec 1923).
Francis "Frank" Bowser (1857-1929) came to Vancouver around 1885 and went to work with Dominion Customs, retiring in 1908 as chief landing waiter. He was elected reeve of Point Grey in 1912 and served two terms in office. His brother was former B.C. premier W.J. Bowser. (see Obituary in The Vancouver Sun - 26 Sep 1929).