1980 saw the introduction of another bowler Ken Douglas who went on to win the Club Championship four times. He also won the North West Surrey (NWS) League Championship with R. Gibson, G. Bond and R. Francis, and then went on to win the NWS Singles Championship a few years later, this being the only recorded Hersham bowler to achieve this honour. He also reached the quarter final of the Surrey Unbadged Singles Championship, gaining his County badge in 1986.

Three years previous to these honours, Geoff Russell also achieved the distinction of winning his County Badge.

This period saw the club membership increase. Three teenage bowlers were recruited, including one David Cable who went on to reach the semi-final of the Surrey Unbadged Singles Championship at the tender age of sixteen, thus becoming the youngest bowler ever to win his County Badge.

Because of the financial restrictions placed on Local Authorities by the central Conservative Government in the late 1980's, the Elmbridge Council cut back the services supplied to sporting clubs - one area being the maintenance of all bowling greens. The Committee of the club was forced to recommend to the members that we should form our own Private Club. This was agreed, and so from the year 1994, Hersham Bowling Club went private, with the responsibility of green maintenance and surrounds.

The merger of the Ladies' and Men's clubs in the 1980's also helped to increase the membership to the present total of seventy five as we approach the beginning of the season for the year 2000.

The club has had the honour of receiving on two occasions the ‘Leopard Award’, for outstanding services to the game of bowls. These were presented to H .Lane (thirteen years as Club Secretary) and W. Farthing, for the many years of representing the club on and off the green.

The first bowling honour achieved by the club in the 1990's was by D. Teverson when he gained his County Badge by reaching the qualifying round of the Surrey Unbadged Singles in 1992. The club was then starved of any major honours until 1998 when Rosemary Jones reached the final of the North West Surrey Ladies Championship, also being presented with her NWS Badge.

The following year the club went one step further when they became Champions of the North West Surrey Mixed Fours. The team that won through five rounds to reach the final was Margaret Underwood (lead), Trevor Underwood (two), Rosemary Foster (three), Ted Foster (skip) - this is the only recorded history of the club winning this competition.

The club celebrated its 100-years birthday in the year 2000, with visits by the EWBA, the EBA, and a men's team from SURREY BA. All games were lost but all were very successful days for the club. Muriel Skilton was one of the first ladies to be presented with the Loyalty Award Badge by the president of EWBA, for services to the game of bowls over many years. In this year Edward Foster became the Men' s Club Champion, and Rosemary Jones was crowned Ladies' Champion. The club decided to purchase two indoor short mats, and many of the club members took this activity up for leisure only.

In the year 2001, the club entered a team in the Surrey League of Short Mat Bowling. This was the club's first adventure into this league, after having had one year of internal bowling.

The social activities of the club progressed and extended the activities to include: visits to the theatre, dog racing at Wimbledon, and the annual darts match with the local bowls club (Hersham Comrades) becoming a regular fixture.

The Club Men's Champion was Geoff Russell and the Ladies' Champion was Rosemary Jones. Rosemary also reached the final stages of the Surrey Singles. The North West Surrey Mixed Fours, Ted and Rosemary Foster, and Trevor and Margaret Underwood reached the semi-finals.

In the year 2002, the club membership had increased to approximately 80. Short Mat bowling had advanced, and two teams were entered into the Surrey League and one team into the Woking Midweek League. The Short Mat Singles Champion was Robin Smith, this being the first year it had been played. Robin Smith was also the first club member selected to represent Surrey in short mat bowling. The club Champion was P. Naylor and the Ladies Champion, J. Naylor.

It was in this year that the club received its highest recorded honour in the game of bowls: Ann Barfield, after progressing from Junior Vice to Senior Vice, went on to become President of Surrey Ladies' Bowling Association in November 2003.