Ormskirk Bowling Club

The above competition will take place at the club with a 1pm start. This is a pairs competition open to all members with pairs drawn on the day. Please just turn up if you wish to participate.

Please can I just remind all members to lock the cricket club gate if there is no one left at the ground when you leave. Thank you.

Our new team in the Aughton & District Seniors League is flying high, as can be seen from the league table above. Under the astute captaincy of Nick ‘Slaternater’ Slater, this team of wily veterans remains undefeated and is sure to get promoted.

As a reminder to all our members, all results, tables and fixtures for every one of our teams can be found via our BowlsNet portal at http://www.bowlsnet.uk/OrmskirkBC.

The 2021 Crown Green Senior Merit Trophy (commonly known as the ‘All England’) will be played at Heaton Park, Manchester, on Saturday 24th July, commencing at 10am.

Admission is £5 and spectators will be permitted to bring in their own seating to the venue.  Refreshments will be available for purchase.

The full draw is attached below for anyone that would like to attend, why not go along and support the Lancashire players as well as seeing many of the top great players in action?

Sunday saw a fine afternoon’s bowling for the 2021 Chairman’s Cup. Altogether 22 people attended with a nice mix of seasoned pros and newcomers to the sport. The 11 pairs were divided into two groups. Group A was won by Steve James and David Croft, who won all their matches despite it being a tough group containing John Leadbetter & Mike Fagan, and Nick Slater & Steve Brookfield. The other Group was won by the surprise pairing of Dave Roper and Chris Molloy, both of whom are relatively new to the game. The group winners went straight through to the final.

The final was fairly easily won by James and Croft, taking it 10-3. Given David had only been bowling for 6 weeks that was a quite remarkable achievement. Fortunately the weather held and a good day was had by all.

Just a reminder to all our Members that the Chairmans Cup will take place next Sunday 4 July at 1pm. All Members are welcome, including those that have just joined, and the format is a pairs competition with names drawn out of a hat. We will try and place any beginners with more experienced players. You do not need to register beforehand but please try and arrive before 1pm so the draw can be made swiftly. We look forward to seeing you there.

The Club was proud to host the Ormskirk West Lancs team this afternoon, in their match against South Lancs. There were two home players in the team – Steve James and Ian Gill. Playing in the first four and roared on by quite a large and boisterous crowd, Steve had a cracking win (21-7). Ian followed in the second four and also had a convincing 21-9 win. Overall the team had 7 out of 12 winners and took the aggregate by 39 points. Unfortunately the away team lost heavily so South Lancs took the match overall.

Thank you to Martin Roberts for all his behind the scenes work in getting things ready as well as his speech welcoming players and supporters and announcing players onto the green, as well as all the organisation by Chris Ellis.

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Just a reminder that this will take place on Sunday 4 July at 1pm. All members invited. Format is a pairs competition with names drawn out of a hat.

We hope you are all enjoying the return to the greens and we are pleased to announce the following dates for this years club cup competitions which are open to all members.

Chairmans Cup Sunday 4 July-This is a pairs competition with names drawn out of a hat. 1pm start please just turn up on the day if you wish to participate.

Roy Ashcroft Memorial Trophy Sunday 1 August-Pairs competition.

Autumn Pairs Sunday 5 September

Club Singles Competition-To be advised

Finally please note that the committee has decided that with immediate effect the £1 match fee for all teams will be cancelled for the rest of this year.

We have received the sad news of the passing of Frank Allt, the father of Steve Denning and who played with some of us at the Windmill. Frank was 77 years old and will be remembered as a kind, polite and gentle man who always had a positive outlook and a good word to say about people. Frank is pictured above with the President’s Day Trophy which he won with Peter Mercer in 2009. Our condolences go to all the Denning family for their sad loss.