Bowls Club Honours Board Refurbishment – Wooden Board Refresh
Wooden
A local bowls club came to us with a familiar problem. Their existing honours board had served the clubhouse for many years, but the lettering had aged, the layout was full, and the board no longer did justice to the names it carried. Rather than start again from scratch, the club wanted the board refurbished. The history needed to stay intact, but the finish had to look smart enough to sit at the heart of the clubhouse for another generation. We refurbished the board in light oak faced MDF with a solid oak frame, at 830 × 1000mm, keeping the proportions familiar to members while bringing the finish, lettering and header back up to standard.
Honours Board Specification
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830 x 1000mm
Wooden
No stain — natural oak finish
Matt black cut vinyl with Imageperfect 5797 gold header
Refurbishment of existing wooden honours board
Brass mirror fixings
What Refurbishment Actually Involved
Refurbishing a wooden honours board is not the same as cleaning it up. The old vinyl had to come off, the surface had to be brought back to a workable state, and the new layout had to be set out so existing names sat where members expected them. We rebuilt the board around a light oak faced MDF panel with a solid oak frame, left in its natural oak finish with no stain. The grain does the work. For a bowls clubhouse, that warm, untreated oak tone tends to sit more comfortably against panelled walls and older trophy cabinets than anything darker would.
Lettering was applied in matt black cut vinyl, with the header set in Imageperfect 5797 gold for a proper bit of contrast at the top of the board. The gold catches the light without shouting. Black on natural oak then reads cleanly down the columns, which matters when members want to find a name from twenty years ago at a glance.
Brass mirror fixings were supplied for wall mounting. Simple, secure, and easy for the club to put back up themselves once the board was delivered. You can see the same construction approach across our wooden honours boards range.
Why Refurbish Rather Than Replace
For bowls clubs in particular, the honours board often pre-dates most of the current membership. There is a reluctance, quite rightly, to throw away something that has hung on the wall for decades. Refurbishment lets the club keep the board that members already recognise, while bringing the lettering, header and overall presentation back to something they are happy to be photographed next to.
In practice, refurbishment also tends to be the more sensible route when the original frame and panel are still sound. We rework the surface, reset the layout to free up space for future winners, and apply fresh vinyl so the whole board reads as one piece rather than a patchwork of old and new entries. From here, annual updates are straightforward, the club sends across the new names each year and we produce matching vinyl lettering to drop into the reserved rows.
The finished board is back on the clubhouse wall doing what it should: recording the club's competition winners clearly, holding the older names with the respect they deserve, and leaving plenty of room for the next run of champions.
If your club's honours board is looking tired or running out of space, we can refurbish it rather than replace it. Get in touch to talk it through.
Our honours board prices start from £250, depending on size / material options.
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