The Mobberley Victory Hall Memorial Club - as it has been known since the Annual General Meeting of 2005 of the Men’s Club - was gifted to the men folk of the village in deeds dating back to an agreement in 1922. The journey from very humble beginnings, where the ‘club’ was merely a meeting room, to what is seen on site today began soon after.
The first improvement came with the installation of a billiards table and a bar. Pure heaven! The addition of a lounge came next and then a second billiard table plus heating. Many committee members were active in helping to acquire additional parts of the site and ‘converting’ them to a more sociable use. In essence, though, the club was a self-contained compact affair where the males ‘escaped’ for a few hours whilst enjoying their pastimes.
The club stayed almost unaltered then for almost 30 years until a major revamp in the late 1970’s when additional land was officially acquired for car parking, a crown bowling green, toilet facilities, bar extension, storage and a third snooker table - note the word ‘snooker’ - as the previous tables were actual billiard tables. Entertainment was now being held on a regular basis as competition grew between local hostelries for the limited clientele.
These improvements have also served the club well and only required upgrades and refurbishments in order to maintain an excellent facility where membership is now available to all sectors of the local, and wider, community.
The club, since the changes at the 2005 AGM, has rapidly developed again with lady members now present in all sections of the club and a growing youth section. Committee members from the ‘old’ Victory Hall organisation assisted greatly.
A local farmer has donated some land adjacent to the current bowling green to the Memorial Club and this will (subject to relevant planning permission) result in a redesigned entry and exit from the site, additional parking and building expansion to accommodate the progressive ideas of the ever inventive membership
