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1942

Annual Meeting 1942

This report is from the Newcastle Journal dated 9th May 1942.

NEW BOWLS PRESIDENTAt the annual meeting of Consett Park Bowling Club it was announced that the president, Sir Edward George, had tendered his resignation, owing to now living away from the district.Mr Ralph Alsop, director and general manager of Consett Iron Company, was elected to fill the vacancy.The club's representatives, Messrs. A. Proud, W. Burleigh, J. B. Clough, and R. Gowland (s.) had won the county rink competition for the first time.

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