 Hastings Open Bowls Tournament

The first Hastings Open Bowls Tournament was held in the summer of 1911 at the Central Cricket Ground (which is where today the Priory Meadow shopping centre stands) in Queens Road under the title of 'The Hastings & St Leonards Open Bowls and Quoits Tournament'.It was an annual three-day event and open to bona fide gentlemen amateur bowlers.