The Berlin Bowling Club
Inducted In
1972
WD Euler – Skip H Boehmer – Second WG Cleghorn – Lead HJ Sims – Vice Skip
The popularity of lawn bowling as a summer sport increased considerably in this area with the formation of The Berlin Bowling Club in April 1902, with Judge Chisholm as president. A lawn bowling area was created at the rear of the Court House and in 1905 the Club joined the Ontario and the Western Lawn Bowling Associations.
The Club provided good facilities and organization for a large number of local players and friendly competition with other clubs in the province and beyond. Rinks were selected to play against visitors from Great Britain in 1906. A club rink consisting of W. D. Euler, H. J. Sims, Herman Boehmer and W. G. Cleghorn won the Ontario Championship in 1909 and 1913, and the Dominion Championship in 1913. Club rinks skipped by Ed Wettlaufer successfully competed for many years in the Annual Tournament in Buffalo. A rink of Messrs. Euler, Sims, and Cleghorn did well in the British Empire Games in England in 1936 and several of the Club’s best players toured Great Britain in 1913, 1924 and 1926.