For many years Club Patron and Life Member Ian Wenham has been the recorder of the Club’s history and kept a photographic record of our events. Ian joined the club as a player in 1980 though through his father H. E. Wenham (who was club Patron from 1975-83) he had already had a long association with the club. He served on the Club’s Executive from 1988, was Secretary and Treasurer for most of the period of the 1990’s, was Secretary of the Levin Bowls and Recreation Club from 2004-2006, and again Bowling Club Secretary in 2011-12. In 2007 Ian compiled the Club’s Centenary publication “Levin Bowls 1907-2007.”
As a player Ian won the men’s singles title in 2002-03, has 6 pairs titles, a triples title and 4 fours titles as well a number of titles in mixed events most often with Susan Boxall and Noel Larsen. In 1990-91 he was lead for Gary Crawford when they won the Kapiti Coast Champion-of-Champions pairs title.
Most visible of the work he has done has been as the Club’s first webmaster. Ian set up our original website site www.levin.bowls.org.nz in 2008 though his bowls blog has had a much longer history, For those less computer savvy Ian has also produced printed records of his work in the form of booklets freely available in the clubrooms for all to browse through. Now Ian has decided that it is time to hand over the webmaster’s work and Shoota is building a new site.
President Trevor presented Ian with a certificate in recognition of his work in the clubrooms on 27 September.
