Ormskirk Bowling Club

There are to be two bowling events held soon to introduce Primary School Year 5/6 children to bowls. These will be on the mornings of Fri 3rd March and Fri 10th March. Both will be at Burscough Sports Centre. Volunteers are needed to assist, so if you would like to help out then please contact Ian Gill by email or text (iangilly66@gmail.com or 07500 918 081). Any help is much appreciated.

1st Prize Steve Brookfield £30

2nd Prize Steve James £15

You’ve got to be in it to win it and you will also be supporting our club. Details to join are on this tab.

100 Club February Winners

Posted on March 7, 2023 by legin01

Today’s draw was made by Chris Ellis at the Maghull Winter Pairs League.

Winner-£40 Keith Knaggs

2nd-£22.50 Steve Brookfield

Congratulations to the winners and if you want to join in please see the 100 Club tab on this website.

The latest league tables and results have ben updated and can be viewed at Winter Singles League. In Division 1 Mike Fagan sits on top, but has played all his games and is being caught up. Favourite to win must be Steve James, so long as he doesn’t fluff up his remaining matches, although Aaron ‘Yorkshire’ Backhouse also has a chance depending on his last few results.

In Division 2 Graham Lucy is looking strong at the top but could still be caught. All to play for in these final few weeks – please get your matches in if you are lagging behind, the weather is much improved and is good for bowling!

Ormskirk Bowling Club has signed up to Easy Fundraising.  This is a British Crown Green Bowling Association initiative and is used by many other clubs and organisations to help fundraising efforts.  You can get more information and sign up yourself at Ormskirk BC Easy Fundraising link. You can also download an app for your phone via the app store.

It is important to note that this does not cost you anything and you are still directly buying off a wide range of  popular shops (eg Tesco, John Lewis, Asda, Currys, Amazon etc).  When you shop online from one of the businesses that support Easy Fundraising, then that business makes a small donation to British Crown Green and, more importantly, a larger donation to our Club. This is usually a percentage of the cost. Please go and have a look.  If you were to purchase holidays or big money items online then the donation will be bigger, but, as Tesco’s say, every little helps!  A club reported at the North Lancs & Fylde County AGM that they had raised £900 in one year through their members using Easy Fundraising. This is a great way to support your Club.

Usually the system does a reminder before you purchase and asks if you would like to use Easy Fundraising.  If you have any queries just get in touch with Nigel or Ian. A short video is available below:

The Winter Singles League results have now been updated on this website – happy viewing! https://ormskirkbowlingclub.wordpress.com/winter-singles-league-2022-23/

Jack McLean, who used to bowl for the Cockbeck Bowling Club (for over 30 years), has sadly passed away a few days after Christmas, at the age of 92. Whilst Jack wasn’t a member of our Club we will have members that bowled with him and remember him. Jack was also very much involved with the Junior Bowls Forum and was the Treasurer of that organisation for a number of years.

Jack was a lovely man who put so much into the sport and was so keen on bringing young people into the sport and working with local schools. His health deteriorated during the pandemic. The funeral will be held on Tuesday 17th January (12 noon) at the West Lancashire Crematorium, Pippin Street, Burscough. Jack’s family have said that he would have loved any former friends from the bowling community to attend. Jack’s granddaughter, Tiffany (pictured below with Jack) ), got in touch with us and provided some of the pictures below.

Divisions 1 and 2 of the Club’s Winter Singles League have now been updated and can be viewed on the page on this website – https://ormskirkbowlingclub.wordpress.com/winter-singles-league-2022-23/.

A very merry Christmas to all our members and bowlers everywhere. We hope you have a great day.

The committee would like to wish all our members best wishes for the festive season and we look forward to another enjoyable season of bowls next year.

Thank you for your continued support.