ABOUT US

 

Kingsbury Bowls Club has a rich history.

Located at the Arch Gibson Reserve our club has been in operation since 1978.

The club’s colours and logo owe themselves to Bruce Kingsbury, after whom the area is named.  The Victoria Cross winner was a resident of Preston West and the club wear royal blue, light blue and gold to honour his battalion, the 2nd 14th.  The club’s emblem also features a Victoria Cross, and was designed by a local student after a competition run by the club.  A bronze statue of Kingsbury, one of only three, was presented by the 2nd 14th Battalion to Kingsbury Bowls Club and is a symbol of the club’s link to the war hero.

The Kingsbury Bowls Club provides a comfortable atmosphere with visitors treated as friends.

We welcome you to our Club.

More about Private Bruce Kingsbury –

At Isurava on the Kokoda Trail on 29 August 1942 the whole of the 2/14th Battalion position was endangered by a Japanese breakthrough.  An immediate counter attack was necessary.  During this attack Private Bruce Kingsbury of 9 Platoon A Company rushed forward firing his Bren light machine gun from the hip through terrifying enemy machine gun fire and succeeded in clearing a path through the enemy.  After inflicting a high number of casualties on the enemy he was killed by a sniper.  His initiative and courage made it possible for the position to be retaken. To him go out the grateful thanks of those whose lives he saved that day by freely giving his own.