The club held its Wnter Finals Day yesterday, featuring both the singles and pairs knockout finals. There was a great attendance, particularly given the blustery conditions. First up, on the undercard, was the deciding game in the Division One Winter Singles League featuring Steve James and Aaron Backhouse. Aaron only needed to score 15 points or more to win the league. However, the club chairman ran out from 12 v 11 down to win 21 v 12 and retain the Winter League Division One title he secured in 2023. Both Steve and Aaron won ten out of eleven matches played, but Steve secured a crucial losing bonus point in his defeat to Mike Fagan. Congratulations to Steve.

Next up was the Knockout Singles final between Ted Baker and Lorraine Birchall. Lorraine started with four points on the card but didn’t need the handicap as she played the tricky conditions superbly to win to 11. Ted was gracious in defeat and really didn’t do much wrong in the final. Congratulations Lorraine.

Last up was the Knockout Pairs final featuring Haydn Preece and Ste Halliwell v Irene Kermode and Mike Kellett. The latter pair pulled away but were pegged back by some tenacious bowling from Haydn and Ste. However, Irene produced a ‘worldy’ to seal the match by 21 to 18. Congratulations Irene and Mike.

The photos show the three winners from the morning proudly holding their trophies.

As ever at OBC, bowls was the real winner and a good day was had by all who braved the wind.