Ormskirk Bowling Club

We have a couple of teams who are desperately short of players for next season and need to be able to confirm in January that they can field a team.

Ormskirk Academy play in the Aughton District Seniors League on a Wednesday afternoon from April to August 1.30pm-4.30pm. Age criteria is 55 and over.

Ormskirk Vets play in the Bootle & District Vets League on a Thursday afternoon similar dates and times and also age 55 and over.

If you meet the criteria and are interested or just want to have a chat about it please speak to a committee member and we will be happy to provide more information.

Please refrain from parking on the grass now that the weather is deteriorating. It is starting to churn up and will not recover if we do not protect it. There should be sufficient parking on the hard surfaces.

Thank you.

1st Prize Dave Roper £45

2nd Prize Pauline Snelson £22.50

Congratulations to this month’s winners your prizes are on the way. The draw was conducted last Tuesday by Chris Ellis. To those existing and new members who would like to support the club, details to join and pay £5 a month per ticket are on the 100 Club tab on the club website. Your contributions are/will be greatly appreciated.

There has been a lot of work going on preparing the grass green for next year. The first stage was verti draining followed by seeding and top dressing. Regular mowing and sorrelling throughout the winter should provide a fabulous surface for all members to enjoy next season.

Thanks to Andrew Church for carrying out the work and Haydn Preece for co-ordinating together with the greens team who have worked hard this year under Haydn’s guidance.

We will be holding our annual presentation as above to celebrate this years’ winners detailed below. There will be an opportunity for the captains of all teams to give a brief recap of their season and we will also be holding the usual (fiercely competitive) bowls target games with prizes for the winners.

Spring Pairs- Steve James & Michael Fagan

Ken Knowles Memorial Trophy- Dave Hulse & Emma Denning

Club Singles- Michael Fagan

Club Singles Plate- Jacky Denning

Chairmans Cup- Chris Webster & Kevin Maher

Autumn Pairs- Dean Simmonds & Graham Lucy

Winter Singles Division 1- Steve James

Winter Singles Division 2- Frank Houghton

Winter Singles Division 3- Frank Rogers

Winter Knockout Singles- Lorraine Birchall

Winter Knockout Pairs- Irene Kermode & Mike Kellett

Player of the Year-Announced on the night

Chairmans Award- Announced on the night

Please come and support our winners.

Please note that as the cricket club are hosting the Ormskirk 10k run this Sunday there will be no car access to the ground between 10am and 12 noon.

The artificial green is going to be sprayed this afternoon at approx 3.30pm and will be out of action until tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.

The grass green is closed for winter with immediate effect. Works will be carried out today and next week. The artificial green is open as normal but may need to be closed for moss killer spraying temporarily in due course.

On what was a ‘changeable’ day weatherwise, 11 of the club’s more hardy members turned up for this year’s Autumn Pairs Competition, with Anne Johnson drawing the short straw to play with 4 bowls. A round robin group stage took place with each game being played over 10 ends and the top two pairs going through to the final.

There were several close encounters in what proved to be a fairly evenly balanced field, but in the end it was Dean Simmonds & Graham Lucy who came out on top with +23pts. They were followed by second-placed Ted Baker & Peter Grimes on +16pts who just edged out Dave Hulse & Chris Hodge in the last round of games to reach the final.

Unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worst before the final could be played so it was agreed to play the final on the following Sunday. Then it was a case of déjà vu as again the conditions proved a bit of an extra challenge during the 21 Up final.

The final itself proved to be a game of two halves with the first 10 ends being nip and tuck and the score at 9-8 to Peter & Ted at this point. Then Peter & Ted had a good run and edged ahead to 14-8. However it was at this point that Dean & Graham upped their game and had an unbroken run of ends to win 21-14 and take the Autumn Pairs title. Thanks to all who entered and also for helping out.

Thank you to Dave Roper for this report.

Nick Slater has sent the following regarding his Seniors Team…

“The Ormskirk Bowling Club seniors team who play in the Aughton & District Bowling League 1st Division enjoying their end of season social. Meeting in Ormskirk for food and a drink. Well deserved after a very creditable 4th place finish in their first season in the top division. Thanks also to all the people who look after the green. Looking forward to next year.”