​​​​​​​The Warkworth Bowls Club started in 1923.   At that time, the land was used as a horse paddock for the local blacksmith/farrier,  Alex Warin.  He operated out of the building now occupied by the Plunket rooms.  In 1923 he gifted the land for the  club to be established.

It was initially known as the Warkworth Bowling and Croquet Club.  22 Ladies joined the Croquet Club. 

Founding Members:

G.T. Civil,  L. Buchanan,  D.H. Heron,  H.B. Moore,  G.H. Phillips,  H. Poole,  R.H. Petterd,  A.E. Pickering,  E. Morrison,  J.G. Mulholland,

J.T. Ashton,  J.S. Ashton,  W.A. Watson,  W. Wilson,  J.S. Wilson,  A.J.S. Warin,  R.N. Warin,  Brown,  A. Holiday,  A.S. Carran,  S. Stringer,

H. Kerr,  S. Adams,  W. Jack,  B.M. Green,  A. Hopewell,  J. Ewart,  A.J. Edmonds,  &  F. Sagar.     

First recorded minutes of the meeting of the Warkworth Bowling and Croquet Club, that was held in the Town Library,  September  1923.

It was decided to accept the generous offer by  Mr. A.J.S. Warin, of land in Mill Road (now Mill Lane), for the sum of £24 per year, during

the lifetime of him and his wife, but could be freeholded for the sum of £400.    Mr. Warin died in 1939,  but freehold title was not

obtained  until 1956,  when Mrs. Warin passed away.

Further Donation of Land:    On 27th August 1943,  Mr. A.S. Carran donated a strip of land on the Eastern bank of the club's property.

In 1950 the ladies decided to give up croquet and change to bowls.  The inaugural meeting of the Warkworth Women's Bowling Club

was held in August 1950.  The ladies first game was played on the bottom (croquet) green, on the 20th October 1950. 

Subscriptions:  

1923:               £3/3/0,  but at a meeting held on November 6th, 1926, it was decided that players living more than 5 miles from the Club,

should have reduced subs of £2/2/0.