Ormskirk Bowling Club

All the Club’s fixtures have now been published on Bowlsnet (apart from Maghull League that uses a different system).  Perhaps the best place to view all the fixtures is on our own Club Bowlsnet Portal – http://bowlsnet.uk/OrmskirkBC/!Fixtures.

The Maghull League fixtures can be found at https://www.cgleague.co.uk/maghull/.

All fixtures will be gradually added to our Club Calendar over the next week or so. The next few will appear on the right hand side of this site and all will be able to be viewed on the Calendar page – choose the ‘schedule’ option for optimum viewing.

We are organising the above event to undertake some much needed ground preparation for the season. We need to fill the pot holes on the drive, clear leaves, branches, etc and have a general tidy up in the pavilion and the toilets. Please can as many as possible turn up armed with spades, garden forks, wheel barrows,etc. The more come down the quicker it will be. Thank you.

We are holding the above social at the Ormskirk Cricket Club as a chance to get together before the start of the season. It offers the opportunity to pay your annual subs by cash or cheque (if you do not want to pay online) and Chris Horsfall has kindly agreed to organise a quiz again which was very successful last year. Hope to see many of you on the night.

Please take time if you haven’t already to read the article in this weeks midweek Champion about our member, Brian Green. You may not know that Brian was an olympic athlete and bob sleigher whose story is inspirational. Brian has kindly agreed to act as press liaison officer for the club to increase our profile and potentially attract new members to our club. I am sure you will all join me in thanking Brian for taking on this role and also to wish him well in his ongoing treatment for his kidney condition.

Jimmy Gardner’s son has been in touch to say that Jimmy is not well and is currently in Southport Hospital.  Jimmy played for the Club in its first year or so, and before that played at the Windmill and other clubs – many of you who have been playing for  our club or other clubs will have played with or against him.  He has had poor health for the last couple of years and hasn’t bowled. If anyone would like to visit Jimmy he is in Ward 14b and visiting hours are 1.30-8.30pm.

If you are enjoying the World Indoor bowls on the telly, and fancy having a go yourself, get in touch with us.  Ormskirk Bowling Club has two crown bowling greens, one grass and one artificial.  We are a relatively new and growing club and we welcome new members and beginners of all abilities.  We will be holding taster sessions and an ‘open day’ when the weather improves in March/April.  Get in touch via the ‘Contact’ page of our website and we will be back in touch when we set some dates.  Bowls is a fantastic social sport, which you can play just for fun or competitively in one of our many teams playing in local leagues.  Could you play as well as Nick Brett?

The Club’s AGM & Presentation Night will be held tomorrow (Monday 20th January) starting at 7.15pm in the Cricket Club pavilion.  Please can as many members as possible attend. We hope to see you there.

Thank you to all our members for your support this year. The committee would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

The above meeting and awards night will take place at Ormskirk Cricket Club and we would like as many members as possible to attend.

The evening will commence with the junior awards and season report followed by the agenda which we will send out nearer the time and senior awards.

We look forward to seeing you then.

The games are now mounting up in the Winter Ladder.  Kevin Wilcox has taken over the No1 spot and will probably be difficult to displace.  New player, Ian McKeever, who was previously in top spot was beaten by experienced bowler Pauline Snelson, however he put in a very creditable performance to only go down 21-19. All results and the latest ladder can be found on our Winter Ladder page on this site.