Ormskirk Bowling Club

Please note that cars should be parked on the gravel drive areas and not on the grass in front of the bowling club during the winter season as the grass is starting to get churned up.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Correction to previous post, please leave any surplus wood by our bowls club double gate.

Please note due to the above event bowlers are required to park just past the pavillion on this day so that the bonfire can be built. Also please vacate the green by 3pm.

If anyone has any wood they do not need please leave on the pile by the cricket club’s double gate.

I am sure the cricket club would appreciate any support our members would like to provide by attending this event.

We are looking at numbers for teams next year and will probably want to start a beginners team. If you haven’t already filled out the form previously circulated on a previous post please can you do so in the next couple of days, as we have to make decisions fairly soon.

Just to clarify if you want to carry on in the team/s you are already playing in then no form is required, but if you want to join a beginners team or join extra teams please fill in the form on the link below.

Link is at https://forms.office.com/r/MydmPZk4Gu

Great work from Peter Bailey and Eric Barklem, who have put guttering on our pavilion. The front was done a few weeks ago and the back has also now been completed. Thanks for your efforts.

Do you know of any children who may be interested in giving bowling a try? See our short video above. Bowling is a great fun non-contact activity for children of all ages, who can not only compete with differing ages equally, but also play against adults. Our Bowling Academy runs every Thursday evening from around Easter until late summer. Children can play just for fun, but we also run a junior team and there are opportunities to play at District and County level. Register your interest now on our Junior page.

The Winter Bowling Ladder has now got its highest number of participants ever – 40 people are on the Ladder now. It has also already experienced its highest ever monthly total of matches – 37 – and the month is nowhere near over! The Winter Pairs League has now been drawn and has been separated into a Midweek and Weekend Leagues. All details can be found under our Winter Tab on the Club’s website.

As a reminder, could all members please wear appropriate footwear on the artificial green – you need to wear flat soled shoes or trainers as you would on a grass green. Please do not wear any heels or boots on the green as this could damage the surface.

The first post on this website, after it was created, was on 24 June 2013, and was to inform about the planning consent granted on the Comrades Club site in Ormskirk. This eventually led to the monies that largely helped fund our two greens and facilities. A major milestone has now been reached with this site having had over 100,000 hits. This year alone has seen almost 20,000 hits already, and the website is being used more and more. Some of these hits are coming from all over the world. We might not quite be a global brand yet, but this reflects the continuing success of the club and its growth through the recruitment of new members. Thank you to all our Members and don’t forget that you can be notified of new posts by filling in the box at the top of the right hand column on this site.

That original post, and all old posts, can be viewed if you scroll down the bottom of any page, where you can search by date for posts.

The Club’s Winter Bowling Ladder is now up and running, with several games already played. David Sumner started the month in top spot, but has now been knocked off, first by Peter Grimes who beat Graham Lucy and then Chris Horsfall jumped to the top spot after managing a tight 21-20 win against Steve James. Results over this weekend should ensure there are further changes to be made. The Latest Ladder and full results can be found under the ‘Winter’ tab on this site. Members can still join if they wish, but you will now have to start at the bottom!

A new team with a new captain and now new League Champions. Well done to our Seniors team, captained by Nick ‘Slaternater’ Slater, who romped home to win the Aughton Seniors League (3rd Division) title. They won a magnificent 13 games out of the 14 played, and it has been a great effort by all the team members. Just to cap it off Frank Dixon took the 3rd Division ‘Player of the Year’. Here’s looking forward to a great 2022 as well.