Birth of the Aliathon Bowling Club
With relations at the Avanti deteriorating, it seemed as if the group was about to split up but fate, and a lot of determination from one man was to change that. That man was Jim Allison who lived below a man who had connections with the management of the Aliathon.
As a result of a number of offhand remarks and, no doubt, a little pushing from Jim, the Aliathon management began to take a serious interest in building a bowling facility at their complex. Realising that they had a good chance of building a viable club, the Working Committee formed at the Avanti put its efforts into the new venture. A liaison committee was formed by the Aliathon and the fledgling club and many meetings followed. This resulted in a promise by the Aliathon that a bowling green would be constructed and by early 1995, the Working Committee was delighted to report that a “Greengauge” carpet would be laid on the new green. The club was in business!
With this development, a number of decisions had to be made including a name for the club, a badge, rules, dress code and fees.
Fig. 3: original badge design
The first name suggested was The Paphos Lawn Bowling Club but this was soon changed to Aliathon Bowling Club Paphos (1995). The club badge (Fig. 3) was designed by Brenda Hawes (wife of the first Treasurer, Don Hawes). It was designed with thought given to two things which all visitors to Pafos harbour would remember, the pelican and the castle. It also included, as an amendment to the original drawing, a bowl and a jack and the year of our beginning, 1995.
The initial club rules were based on those obtained from the UK by Jim Allison from long established clubs. They required an enormous amount of work and were subject to frequent alterations. The fees were negotiated with the Aliathon and a figure of £100.00 was agreed on.
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