St. Petersburg Lawn Bowling Club Galleries
Click on the links below to view images of our clubhouse, members at play and other events.
Maximo Park in St. Petersburg FL
Maximo Park is located at 6500 34th St. South, exit 16 off I-275 at Pinellas Point Drive South in St. Petersburg Florida. This waterfront park is complete with a beach along Boca Ciega Bay, a nature boardwalk, two playgrounds, a hearty collection of boat ramps, bike and nature trails, an observation tower, beautiful shade trees, 70-acre archaeological site, and an 18-hole Tocobaga Disc Golf Course. Click on the images below to view larger images.
Visit from Asheville Lawn Bowling Club Member
Asheville Lawn Bowling Club Member Bill Cooke stopped by our club while visiting Florida. He enjoyed the morning playing a few games with club members. We really enjoy having visitors to our club! Below are a few images of our fun morning.
English Bowler David Bryant Visits Our Club
David Bryant is the holder of 20 World & Commonwealth titles. He represented England at outdoor & indoor bowls throughout the world for over 35 years. He was England Team Captain from 1993 - 1996.
David and his team came to our club on November 8th and again on November 22nd! Club members played a few games with David and his team. David's team won! After a few games they all had a great lunch followed by a good time. We want to thank David and his team for stopping by the St. Petersburg Lawn Bowling Club!
Christmas Party 2011
Our Christmas party this year was a great success. The tree was beautiful and the club was decorated in red and white. Everyone brought a dish to pass including a honey baked ham, a salad and appetizers. We played several games in the morniing before the party. Everyone had a great time.
Trip to Asheville NC Lawn Bowling Club
Club member Lillian Rodseth along with her daughter Olivia Gillespie and Olivia's husband Brett stopped by the Asheville Lawn Bowling Club while on a trip in April 2011 to North Carolina. They played a few games with club members and really enjoyed the surroundings.
Members at Play
Lawn Bowling is easy to learn, very low cost, and provides gentle, healthy exercise and pleasant social company for people of all ages. A day on the green will get you out of the house and challenge you to some mental and physical stretching. View our members at play! Contact us to learn more about our club!
Clubhouse
The first Lawn Bowling "Clubhouse" in St Petersburg Fl. was a tent that A. J Mercer brought from Toronto Canada, together with two pairs of bowls late in 1916. St. Petersburg Lawn Bowling Club is a historic site in St. Petersburg, Florida. On July 9, 1980, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
The Club was constructed by the City in 1917 at the behest of Al Mercer, a regular visitor to the city from Toronto, Canada who suggested the use of Marl-surfaced roque courts in St. Petersburg as bowling rinks. The grasses used for lawn bowling did not thrive in Florida, and the Marl of the roque court - a game similar to croquet - seemed to offer a suitable alternative surface.
The St. Petersburg Lawn Bowling Club's facilities included not only the rinks and buildings, but also a 2,500 book library. Originally, there were only two bowling rinks at Mirror Lake. In 1912, the number was increased to nine rinks and six more were added in 1926 when the women bowlers formed a separate organization and eventually the number of rinks was increased to twenty-five. Many of these were eliminated with the construction of the Sunshine Center in the late 1970s. The clubhouse was enlarged in 1928 and a new clubhouse was built in 1933.
