Ormskirk Bowling Club

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.

A Maghull Winter Pairs League is planned to be played on our artificial green  

Dates for the league are still to be confirmed but it is expected to be held weekly on Tuesday Afternoons starting @ 1pm

• The format will be two pair games for each team  (Pair A + Pair B)
• Teams require four players to play (2+2)
  
• Each team plays each other over the weeks, 
  
• Each Match consists of Two pairs games at 21 up – ie “Team 1 Pair A plays Team 2 Pair A” on completion “Team 1 Pair B plays Team 2 Pair B”
• 1 Point for each game won + 1 point for the highest Aggregate of the 2 games (half point each, if the Aggregates tie)
  
• 4 fixtures each Tue Aft (4 matches of 2 games each)
• 1pm start (TBC).
• £1.50 per player per game
• Ormskirk will have 2 Teams (2 Teams of 4 – that will be 8 Ormskirk players needed per Tue Aft
• You won’t be expected to play every week – so if you are not available every week, but would still like the opportunity to play; That will not be a problem
• For those that played in the recent Evening Pairs mini League – the format is exactly the same.

Could those interested in playing contact Martin Roberts directly via Email ( roberts.martin@btconnect.com )

We now have confirmation that the club is joining the above. Please let me know if you want to be involved next year apart from Margaret, Danny and Martin who have already indicated their interest.