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Bowls Club Centenary Celebrations

Graham Wright

Another special milestone in our village history will be reached during 2024 – when Ruddington Bowls Club celebrates a hundred years. When it was founded in 1924, it was originally called ‘Ruddington (Paget) Bowls Club’, as the land it occupied had been donated by the Paget family. However, just ten years’ later, the club moved to the Green at Elms Park, on grounds owned by Ruddington Parish Council, where it remains to this very day. Outrageous as it seems now, women were not allowed to play bowls there until 1960,…

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90th Anniversary of Local Park

Barbara Breakwell

On 10th September 1932, the Ruddington Parish Council Recreation Ground (Elms Park/ Carter’s Recreation Ground) was officially opened by Samuel Carter. Samuel was born in Ruddington in 1859, in a cottage that apparently stood where the current library is. In 1880, he moved to Guelph, Ontario, Canada, where he was a very successful hosiery manufacturer and Mayor from 1913 to 1914. He died there in 1944. In the early 1930s, he offered to fund a recreation ground and swimming baths for his native village of Ruddington. At this time, public…

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Bowls Club Open Day

Graham Wright

If you’ve ever fancied a go at bowling you’ve a chance to try it out for FREE at the weekend. Ruddington Lawn Bowls Club is holding an Open Day on Sunday the 14th of May from 2.30pm to 5pm at their Elms Park base. You’ll be able to try your hand at bowls, hear about the club and enjoy refreshments. Whether you’re experienced or a novice, you’re invited drop in (take a friend!) and see if the game and our village club are for you? Experienced players wishing to return to the game are also very welcome to go along, to try the green…

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