Other Sports

~ From Rugby to Quoits ~

~ Rugby ~

01 Harwich & Dovercourt RFC (1966) H&D FW

~ Harwich & Dovercourt RFC (1966) H&D ~

Harwich & Dovercourt Rugby Club was formed in 1936 by a group of local gentlemen; an article appeared in several local papers in September of 1936 inviting anybody interested to attended a meeting "at which the real business of the formation of the new club would be discussed".

URL Link
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/harwichdovercourt

02 Ipswich RFC (1958) H&D FW

~ The Bowling Club ~

03 Harwich and Dovercourt Bowling Club, Alexandra House. (1936) H&D FW

The Dovercourt Bowling Club at Alexandria Hotel Green
(Planning Committee 2nd Jan 1936)

Those playing on the green by the Alexandra Hotel are from left to right: Bert Allen (Iron Monger), Commander Brown (Royal Navy), George Smith (of the Vines), Johnson Cann (Merchant), Mr Allen (The Jeweller), The seated figures in the background are from left to right: Charlie Hills (Essex Council Bowling President, The Mayor and Landlord of the Anchor), Bert Saunders, Fred Saunders, Arthur J Saunders, A.Farrow (Waterworks) and Frank Heslop (Shoe Shop).

The club left the Alexandria Hotel Greens in 1938, one the new greens had been laid down in 1936.

~ 04 Bowls Club, Dovercourt Bay, Fronks Avenue (1936) H&D FW ~

05 Harwich & Dovercourt Bowling Club Pin (19--) H&D FW

~ Anyone for Tennis ? ~

06 Tennis Players (19--) T.Sutcliffe. H&D FW

07 Tennis Courts Parkeston, Essex (19--) Wallis H&D F

08 Brooklyn Road Tennis Courts, Steam Laundry in background (19--) H&D FW

09 Brooklyn Road Tennis Courts, Steam Laundry in background II (19--) H&D FW

10 #22 Sports Club & Pavilion Tea Rooms, Dovercourt Bay (1925) Wallis H&D FW

11 Sports Club & Tennis Courts, Dovercourt Bay (19--) H&D FC

12 6015 Tennis Courts & Lighthouse, Dovercourt Bay (19--) J.Salmon H&D FW

13 6016 The Tennis Courts, Dovercourt Bay (19--) J.Salmon H&D F

14 Dovercourt Sports Club U F (2) H&D C III

15 Golf Club, Parkeston (1910) H&D FW

The original Harwich & Dovercourt Golf Club House, Station Road, Parkeston, Essex (1912)

The Harwich & Dovercourt Golf Club was formed in 1906 with a 9-hole green situated between the villages of Dovercourt and Parkeston, the land upon which the green was laid out on, consisted of thirty acres originally owned by the Garland Estate at Parkeston, since then golf has been played over the past 115 years.

In 1911 it was decided that a clubhouse was required, as very little shelter or amenities were available for the growing membership. The premises were finally opened in 1912 at a relatively cheap cost of £150. Generally, a male dominated environment, the Ladies section was formed in 1930, but the green was later requisitioned by the military in WW2, as part of the anti-tank traps, which was an integral part of the local coastal defences.

In 1964 the club finally purchased the land upon which the green had ben laid for £1,500 and a couple of years later in 1966, it was agreed that a larger and more functional club house was required, which opened on the 28th October 1967 a cost of £5,022.

The club still operates today with a link to membership below
https://www.harwichanddovercourtgolfclub.com/