Ormskirk Bowling Club

We will rearrange the green slitting as the ground is too hard at present.

Please note the green is closed until the thaw sets in. It is not safe around the green so please do not attempt to bowl or try to clear the ice off the green.

Thank you.

Please could we ask for some assistance next Saturday to help Eric slit tine the green. We need about six helpers so if you are available please could you drop me a quick e-mail to ormskirkbowlingclub2013@gmail.com.

Thank you.

1st Prize Nigel Whitehurst £40

2nd Prize Keith Knaggs £25

Congratulations to this month’s winners. The draw was conducted at the club today 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.

Firstly Happy New Year to all our members, we hope you all had an enjoyable time and are looking forward to the new season.

This is to give prior notice of our AGM which is open to all members. A proposed agenda together with a list of captains and vice captains has been sent by e-mail.

Please forward any proposals for consideration by 5 February so that the committee has time to consult on them.

We look forward to seeing those who are able to attend on the night.

Merry Christmas to all our Members and bowlers everywhere.

1st Prize John Reese £40

2nd Prize Alan Bellis £25

Congratulations to this month’s winners. The draw was conducted at the club yesterday by Aaron Backhouse. 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.

We are going to be holding a Spring Pairs Handicap Knockout Competition starting in January. The competition is open to all winter and full members, and we hope that the handicap element will give all members an equal chance of competing. We ask interested members to enter the competition as pairs, however if you would like to enter but do not have a partner then we will endeavour to pair you up with other individual entrants. The format will be of a similar vein to the Winter Singles Handicap Knockout as follows:

• Each individual player will be allocated a handicap according to their Winter Singles League division. Anyone entering who isn’t in the Winter Singles League will be allocated a handicap.
• The individual handicap value will be: Division 3 players = +4, Division 2 players = +2, Divisions 1 players = 0.
• The handicaps will then be added together to give each pair a combined handicap (eg a pair consisting of a Division 2 player and a Division 3 player will start with +6 on the card, two Division 2 players with +4 on the card, two Division 1 players will start from 0, etc.
• All games are 21 up with the winning pair progressing to the next round. Number of rounds will be determined by the number of entries. Matches will be drawn out of a hat.

If you would like to enter please either email or message Dave Roper stating your name and your partner’s name on roperda@gmail.com or 07962 014149 by 31^st December. Messages sent using existing WhatsApp groups may be missed, so please only send a direct message and you will then receive a confirmation reply. We hope there will be as many entries as possible and most of all, good luck!

1st Prize Haydn Preece £40

2nd Prize Frank Rogers £25

Congratulations to this month’s winners. The draw was conducted at Friday’s presentation night by Jackie Denning.

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.

Around 40 members attended the above event on Friday to celebrate the club’s most successful year.

The presentation of trophies (see pictures below) was followed by the various captains talking about their team’s season and a raffle was conducted for prizes kindly donated by members.

Some highly competitive fun bowls games brought the evening to a close and we would like to thank the cricket club for hosting the event and all the members who attended for their support.