The ‘Walkathon for MND’ (Motor Neurone Disease), where a group of crown green bowlers are walking through 14 counties in 14 days, has now started and they will be walking from Bellingham BC in Wigan to Ormskirk BC on Thursday 15 September. This is to raise awareness of the disease, raise money to help research to find effective treatment and to also raise awareness of our great sport of crown green bowls. The Clubs where they are arriving are all holding some form of fundraising activity on the evening they arrive, and so we are doing something similar.

We will be holding a special evening on Thursday 15th September, which will include a quiz, Julie’s famous bingo, ‘horse racing’, a target wedge bowling competition, and a raffle. The venue has yet to be determined but it will start at 7pm. All members (and anyone else) are welcome to attend and bring along any friends and relatives – the more the better as, on top of any prizes for winners, all monies will go to the Mel Evans MBE Foundation, which is raising money for research into MND. If anyone would like to do any baking we can also do a cake sale to raise a bit of extra cash.

We will publish the venue shortly but please pencil this into your diaries, as it is sure to be a fun night.

If you cannot attend but would like to donate then please visit this Just Giving page Steve Clamp is fundraising for The Mel Evans MBE Foundation (justgiving.com).  There is more info on the Walkathon Facebook page – (6) Walkathon For MND | Facebook.

If anyone would actually like to join the walkers and do the walk from Wigan to Ormskirk on Thursday 15th contact Ian Gill for more information.