Richmond Union Bowling Club

For some strange reason my boss at the time decided it would be a good idea to have a function at this bowls club. We are all in an old school hall surrounded by other people’s achievements drinking beer and having an authentic pub meal. Sure this might sound great to you but when you look outside at the bowl green and know that you are at a bowls club and you’re not going bowling you wonder why you are hear spending company money and not somewhere else, anywhere else actually. If you’re the manager looking at this venue for a work function make your you get the bowling in the package, it will be a lot more fun than without it.

Prior to 2002, bowling of the crown green variety was a pastime for the old and boring. However, things swung greatly (like my bowls) in 2002 with the release of the now cult classic Crackerjack. It was the biggest grossing movie of the year and suddenly crown green bowling was the young and hip thing to do.
In light of this fact, my then boss decided to take us on a work social to the Richmond Bowling Club to see whether it had rightfully been popularized or whether it was just a passing fad. To my surprise lawn bowls has a lot going for it. We were given a lesson by (who I presume was) the 1969 bowls state champion, sporting a rather fetching Richmond tracksuit. He knew his stuff and he had those bowls swinging from left to right, right to left, in no time. There were plenty of beers too; and these were dramatically cheaper than you’d find in your local boozer. In short, crown green bowling is here to stay and you should come get your fill before it’s too late.