Ormskirk Bowling Club

We hope you are all enjoying your bowling on the artificial green. Just a gentle reminder that there is a maximum of 4 blocks on the green at any one time and if other members are waiting to play please be mindful and vacate the green after your current game.

Thank you for your co-operation.

The Ormskirk 10k run is being hosted at OCC today. Please note that there will be road closures in place between 9:30am and 12:30pm and it will not be possible to access the site by car between 8.30am and 1.30pm. During these times avoid parking on Altys Lane or very close to the site.

1st Prize Anne Johnson £40.00

2nd Prize Stuart Lewis £27.50

Congratulations to this month’s winners. Your prizes are on the way. The draw was conducted at yesterday’s Winter League game by Dean Simmonds. 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.

1st Prize Pauline Snelson £37.50

2nd Prize Peter Grimes £25

Congratulations to this month’s winners. Your prizes are on the way. The draw was conducted at today’s Winter League game by Chris Ellis. Welcome to our new 100 Club members Dave Hulse and Stephen Hughes thank you for joining and good luck.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.

Congratulations to our Ormskirk Owls team won the Maghull League ‘Tony Toal’ Knockout Cup, beating Saracens in the final held at Aughton Institute.

The grass green will actually close after the cup final on Monday evening, so it remains open for practice until then.

Dennis Mussell and Dave Roper also reached the latter stages of the Bleasdale Cup last night. It would be great to see members attend the Finals Night next Wednesday evening at Aughton Institute (from 6.30pm) to cheer on their teammates and to recognise the achievement of our teams and individuals at the Presentation event that will follow the Final. Trophies will be presented by the League President Marcus Bleasdale.

The grass green has now been closed until the spring to allow renovation work to take place. Top dressing and seeding will take place in the first week of October.

Congratulations to Ormskirk Cricket Club who have just beaten Penzance CC down at Lords🏆

We will be running the same club winter bowls programme as last year consisting of Winter Singles Leagues and Winter Singles Ladder starting in October.

Winter Singles Leagues

Leagues have an average of 10-12 players.

Leagues aim to have players of similar standards 

Everyone plays each other once

Everyone arranges the game and records the results through a WhatsApp group 

3 points for a win, 1 point if you lose but score 15 or more 

Games played between October and end of March

Winter Singles Ladder

Everyone who enters has their name and handicap score put on a clothes peg

Everyone on the ladder is in a WhatsApp group 

Games arranged through WhatsApp 

Players can basically play anyone else on the group. The winner moves their peg up three places

The rules on who players can challenge change in March

The top two players at the end of March play a deciding final for the trophy

(Full rules are in the clubhouse on the winter noticeboard)

There will also be a winter singles knockout and pairs knockout. More information will be circulated about how to enter these competitions in November. 

Steve James and Dave Roper will administer all of the winter bowling competitions, leagues and ladders. 

If you wish to join the leagues, ladder or both please e-mail ormskirkbowlingclub2013@gmail.com quoting which one/s you want to enter and your smartphone number. You will need to be agreeable to joining a WhatsApp group for communication.

We ask members to register their interest by the end of September please. It will be too late to enter the singles leagues after this date. 

Good luck to all entrants and we hope you enjoy your Winter Bowling.