The sport of lawn bowls was first played regularly in Feilding with the

establishment in 1895 of the Feilding Lawn Bowling Club in South Street

backing on to the saleyards. In 1928 a breakway group formed the Oroua

Lawn Bowling Club in Derby Street. The Feilding Bowling Club moved to

Council land at Johnston Park off Drake Street in 1978. In 2005 Johnston

Park Bowls was formed from the merger of Feilding and Oroua Bowling Clubs.

The club now has two greens, one turf and one artifical. The artificial green

was installed in June 2018 enabling members and vistors to play bowls all

year at the club. The premises are also used by four other clubs and hired

out for one off events.