Ormskirk Bowling Club

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.

Following the end to the recent cold spell the green is now open again.

Due to the current weather conditions and for health and safety reasons the green is currently closed.

Notice is given of the above event which is open to all members. Please submit any proposals to the Secretary at ormskirkbowlingclub2013@gmail.com by 15/1/23 so that the committee can discuss them prior to the meeting.

This year we will be presenting trophies and offering the option for captains to give a review of their team’s season at a separate get together before the start of the season where members will also have the opportunity to pay their annual subscriptions by cash or cheque if this is their preferred option.

The Club held its pre-Christmas Social Night at Aughton Institute last night and a great time was had by all. There were lots of fun and games. Some key highlights included our Chairman’s quiz and Nigel’s ‘heads and tails’. There was also a ‘target wedge’ competition using the Bowls Buddies, popularly won by Steve James, and four horse races on which the betting was brisk – oh la la!!

Most anticipated was the raffle with two fantastic hampers donated by Alan Bellis.

The evening raised a decent amount of money for Club funds and massive thanks to all those that turned out to support the Club and gave so generously on a cold and icy evening.

Please note that there has been a burst pipe at the pavilion and so there is no water at present. Eric will look into a repair but the pavilion is flooded at present and will have to dry out first.