Ormskirk Bowling Club

Just a gentle reminder to all our members that your subs are now due. Please complete the ‘Existing Members Renewal Form‘ and, ideally, do a bank transfer following the instructions on that page (all the various fees are shown). Many thanks for your prompt payment. If you have any queries please contact Nigel (Secretary) or Martin (Treasurer).

Just to make you aware Michael Carney, who is completing a Digital Photography degree at Uclan, will be undertaking test shoots at the club on match evenings this week and final shoots the week after as part of his project highlighting the club including it’s history.

Permission will be sought for those willing to take part in the photos noting that there is potential for the body of work to be shown at the Open Eye Gallery at Liverpool Albert Dock. Please make him feel welcome if he approaches you. His website if you are interested is http://www.michaelscphotography.com and instagram @michael_sc_photography.

The Club’s new sign has now been fitted, we hope that you like it.

Our new car stickers have also now arrived, if you would like one then just speak to Ian Gill. See the picture of one below.

Last weekend a magnificent day’s bowling saw a delighted John Leadbetter crowned the Winter Ladder winner for 2021/22, beating Steve James 21-13. The top 8 positions played off for the trophy and the quarter finals saw some very close bowling, with the closest being Steve James just pipping Mike Fagan 21-19. Into the semis and there were some further exciting close matches played. Steve again just scraped through 21-19 against Nick Slater and, in the other semi, John Leadbetter beat Alan Bellis 21-17.

The final was a more one side affair, with John steamrollering Steve with an immaculate performance. His superb play and consistency all day made him a worthy winner of the 2021/22 title. Congratulations John, having virtually lived on the green for the past year your title is much deserved.

This year’s Winter Bowling Ladder has been the biggest yet and has seen far more games played than in previous years. It has been a magnificent achievement for the club. The full results can be seen on our Winter Ladder 2021/22 page.

On Thursday evenings we will be resuming our popular coaching sessions, starting this week (14 April). At 6pm we will be running our Junior Session and at 7pm our Adult session. Members and non members are welcome to come along and any members who would like to help out would be more than welcome. These will continue weekly unless notified otherwise.

A superb club social bingo night last night. Thanks to Pauline and Julie for all their hard work organising it. The missing bingo balls will go down in club folklore!

All the Club’s fixtures for the coming season have now been put on to the Club’s Calendar on this website. Use the ‘schedule’ view to see a list. The upcoming fixtures will be displayed on the sidebar on this Homepage.

Members should note to not rely on the start times shown, the official fixtures should be used for this and if you are at all unsure then please contact your captain. It will, however, give you a good view of when the greens are in use in the various afternoons and evenings.

The grass green will open for practice at 12 noon tomorrow (Friday 25th March). Eric has been working hard to prepare the green and will be improving it further as the season continues.

The club will be starting its popular junior sessions soon with a special session to be held on Saturday 2nd April at 10am. Thereafter junior sessions will be held on Thursday afternoons at 6pm starting on Thursday 14 April.

Sessions with local primary schools have been held before Christmas, and an indoor schools tournament is currently underway, so we are hopeful of some new players starting this year. If anyone knows of any young people between the ages of 7 and 16 who would like to give the sport a try then get in touch via the form on the Junior section of our website or bring them along to a session. Anyone starting will be made more than welcome.

Crown green bowls is a sport that young and old can compete against each other. It is also a great way of making new friends and getting some gentle exercise. Each junior session consists of a variety of fun games and, as you improve, you will get the chance to play friendly matches as part of our Junior team, the Ormskirk Vikings. Sessions are run by a trained coach.

The new club shirts have arrived. They can be picked up at the green tomorrow (Friday 18th) from about 2.30pm – 4pm, or on the social night on Tuesday 29th March. If you cannot make tomorrow, and would like your shirt earlier, then contact Ian Gill and you can arrange to pick it up from his house in Ormskirk.