SEASON 2004
All things being equal the green opens on Saturday, April 10.
The club has a very full season of competitive bowling to relish. None more so than the Pembroke County bowling leagues, first and second division.
It all started in 1935 when Pembroke County Bowling Association affiliated to the Welsh Bowling Association.
Initially there were only four clubs vying for the very stylish County Shield (pictured) and this lasted for many seasons.
The Tenby club showed their competitive skills early, winning the shield five time out of the seven pre-war years.
Play, naturally, was suspended for the shield throughout the duration of the war.
Post-war the Tenby bowlers could not quite find the same keenness, only managing one win in the next ten years.
1956 saw them turn over a new leaf denying all others for the next five years, quite a feat.
Tenby bowlers had more than their fair share of wins up to 1980 up then the well ran dry, partly because of the much improved Saundersfoot bowlers were becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Gradually other clubs were formed and there are now a total of nine.
The 1990s saw a much higher class of bowling in the county. Tenby bowlers in particular seem to have cracked the code of success, slotting together an astounding record breaking series of seven wins on the trot.
The very beautiful division one shield ran our of space very early so in the early 1980s, a much larger mahogany shield was carved by Dick Evans, then of the Milford Haven Club, and Bert Barnikel transferred all of the regalia of hallmark silver etc. to the new shield.
It was then updated with the winners names and there is sufficient room to last at least another 50-100 years.
The Tenby team, current champions, won the shield, in total, 31 times out of a possible 64.
The second division commenced playing for the D. King Thomas Shield in 1990, the winners gaining promotion to the tough first division.
The Meyrick Owen Shield: For many years, commencing in 1976, it was a one rink of potential first team players who would play along side the club's first team as encouragement for new blood, usually mixed with the more experienced players, who were not able to keep their rightful place in the team. The ideal formula for developing future talent.
Ladies Championship Shield: All Lady bowlers in the county of Pembroke play for their Championship Shield. This competition started in 1982, when Diane and Les. Davies donated a cup to encourage more competion amongst the ladies of the various clubs in the county.
This original cup, first won by Pendine, was full by the mid 1990s and was replaced with a shield.