Carried  through at a cost of  over £1,500 the Rugby Bowling Club's scheme of having for their own a full size Cumberland turf green and pavilion, instead of playing on the Rugby Urban District Council's green in the Recreation ground advanced as far as the  opening  ceremony on Saturday.
 The  ground is pleasantly situated close to  the Bilton Road on the Westfield Park Estate (which is being laid out by  Mr. W. H. Taplin).  The green has been  built up on a level piece of ground at the foot of the first hill from Rugby, and the pavilion faces across the Park, towards Rugby.
 Captain David Margesson, M.P. threw the first wood, and was a member of one of the  rinks in the first match in which Rugby beat the Warwickshire County B.C. by 138 shots  to 91.  The first four woods were played by Capt Margesson, Mr. J. T.Clarke, President of the Club, Mr. C.W. Bluemel, Chairman of Directors, and  Mr. H. J. White Vice-Chairman of the B.A.  Mr. J. T. Clarke unlocked the pavilion, a  large timber and tiled structure, with  verandah surmounted by a clock, providing changing rooms, a main room, bar and other offices.  The flag at the entrance near which is a tennis court, also the property of the club, was  unfurled by Mrs Wardrup in the  absence of Mrs. Margesson, and she was handed  a  bouquet by Audrey Taplin.
 Capt Margesson remarked that a politicians duties were heavy, and kept him too much indoors, so that it was a pleasure to attend an open-air game.  Young people should not imagine that bowls was a game for old men, for it provided plenty of exercise. The ceremony was the outcome of a great deal of hard work by the committee, the success following two previous attempts which, for  one reason or another, failed.
 
 Bowlers' Dream Comes True
 
 After the opening of the pavilion Mr. W. H. Taplin, a member of the club and contractor, handed the key by Mr. Clarke, who said it was  his pleasure last autumn to congratulate the club on the prospect of a new ground, and now it was a priviledge and a joy to congratulate them on its consumation.  They had a green in beautiful surroundings to which they would not be ashamed to invite any club in England.  The club had been in bonds since  its formation, and now the bonds were severed, and they could do as they pleased without fear or favour.  They read that Joseph dreamed  dreams for years and  years of  a bowling green, a tennis court, putting green with babbling brook running through(laughter), and a pavilion where they could get refreshments.  Their dream had come true.
The fame of bowls was an ancient one.  Southampton claimed that they laid down the first bowling green in 1299.  Plymouth Hoe was where Drake was said  to have Played, Shakespeare was supposed to have played, and if  he did not,  he knew about it, for he mentioned the game in several plays.  There was scarcely a town where bowls was not played.  It was as much a national game as cricket and football.  People said it was an old man's game, It was.  There was an old man who went to the green at  Bournemouth within a month of his 103rd birthday it was also a young mans' game and young men were taking it up. Bowls was a popular national, pleasant, sociable, skilful and healthy game (hear hear).The green had not been laid without a tremendous amount of work.  In October last year they appointed as directors messrs. Bluemel, White, Howell, Dr. T. Wardrop, Pollard, Johnson, and P. James. they put their hearts and souls in the work from the beginning, and had given  unstintingly of their time and abilities, and he hoped they were as proud of the result as were the other members (hear hear). Mr. C. Antill, the Hon. secretary, had been energetic, and  had  ''come through smiling'' Mr W.H. Taplin, the contractor, has shown a sporting interest in the affair from the beginning, and had make it possible by selling the ground at a reasonable price, and granting them many favours. They were also grateful for  various gifts of seats, chairs, plants, shrubs, clock, and fittings from the following: Dr. Wardrop, Messrs. C.W.Bluemel, B Haynes, F. Down, T. Shenton, R. A. Avery, J. Beese, H. Ridgeway, L. S. Howell, H. H. Goods,  T. Banner, A. W. Smith,  T. A. Ryecroft,  C. Antill, R. Thomas, W. Cowley, W. H. Taplin,  A. E. Townsend, J. Pariss,  E. J. Brievogel, E. Woodroffe, E. J. Pollard, C. H. Rowbottom,  H. H. White,  F, Lloyd,  W. Tomes, A. Bodycote, A. Whittaker, P. James and
W. Herbert.