TAVIRA COUNTY  LAWN   BOWLING CLUB

MORE 1 "To play the game is great, to win greater but to love the game is greatest" Alex. McGlynn, a  founder member of the Algarve Bowling League For Joan and Bill Cameron as with the majority of bowlers the purity and dignity of bowling has enabled them to undergo, survive and emerge from the many problems in life, the better for them. The following is an outline of the development of the estate of "Casa Amarela" and the lawn bowling green known as "Tavira County". Round about 1990 Bill bought a derelict farmhouse and some land in Portugal believing that that in the future he would build a modern Portuguese villa, a bowling green, a swimming pool, gardens and possibly a new business in Portugal and work started on what exists now.  Joan and Bill had yet to meet.   The farmhouse as it was when purchased. What is now a well metalled roadway was no more than a very rough and narrow country road and at that time the only car that ever travelled along it belonged to Bill.  A year later the first caravan ever to come on to the mountain came down from Scotland and negotiated tree roots and many other obstacles that had developed over the last few centuries. The track as it was then and the only type of vehicle ever seen on the mountain. To the south for two hundred metres were 'Flores do Campo' (meadow flowers) and growing wild carob, fig, olive, almond and other types of trees. For a few years nothing much happened in what was to become the estate now known as "Casa Amarela".  The first move was of course the obtaining of planning permission for the villa and the pool. As Bill and Joan had yet to meet and be married any mistakes made were entirely his or so Joan says. Their historic meeting took place on Vilamoura bowling green.  Joan's Moray Firth accent was outstanding amongst accents from Britain, North America, Portugal, Australia and many other countries and Bill recognised it.  The rest as they say is history. However back to the development.     CLICK HERE FOR MORE...