Author Archives: iangilly66

Just to let everyone know that our charity fundraising night on Thursday (15th) evening has been confirmed for Aughton Institute at 7pm. Please arrive for around 6.50pm and come armed with a few pounds to spend on the quiz, raffle, … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

A cracking afternoons bowling was bad as 13 pairs contested the Autumn pairs in the beautifully warm September sunshine. After a bit of confusion at the start Dave Roper, Martin Roberts and Chris Horsfall saved the day and managed to … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Lorraine Birchall who finally got her first win of the season this evening whilst playing for the Ormskirk Magpies. All that practice with husband Phil is finally paying off!

FINAL Ian Gill 16 Aaron Backhouse 7 Semi Finals Ian Gill 11 v Dave Hulse 10Aaron Backhouse 15 v John Leadbetter 6 There was a superb afternoon’s bowling in the sun today with 16 people battling it out to be … Continue reading →

The final of the 2nd Division Knockout Cup held at Scarisbrick NSC on Wednesday 20thJuly 22 saw a thrilling, exciting and a very friendly derby match between Ormskirk Castle and Ormskirk Phoenix. It was close all through the 1st 4 games. After … Continue reading →

Please note that there is a red weather warning in place for Monday and Tuesday. Ideally do not play at all if you are susceptible to the heat, but if you do please take great care if you intend to … Continue reading →

A big thank you to Ian Jones for the beautiful hanging baskets that he has provided for the Club. They look absolutely outstanding as the pictures show.

The sun shone all day on a very enjoyable Chairman’s cup. Twenty-Four bowlers played five games each with each game played half on the grass and half on the carpet. The winners of Group A, Peter Bailey and Nick Slater … Continue reading →

Some of you may recall that our club was the subject of a photographic project sometime ago. A photographer called Michael Carney, who is based in Liverpool, came and got some great shots and these can be viewed at http://michaelscphotography.com/projects/ormskirk-bowling-club/. … Continue reading →