Ormskirk Bowling Club

Tasha Hauley departs today for Australia.  I am sure the whole club will wish her well in her new adventure, but we hope to see her back playing for us sometime.  Her infectious laugh , great sense of humour, and captaincy of our Wed night team, will be sorely missed.  Those bowls clubs in Oz won’t know what has hit them!!

Let’s take an affectionate pictorial look at Tash’s bowling career so far.

A big thank you to everyone who turned up last night for a successful evening with approximately 30 members in attendance. A special mention to Chris Horsfall who delivered a challenging but excellent quiz which was won by The Committee team of Steve James, Ken Knowles and Nigel Whitehurst.

We managed to collect over £800 in annual subscriptions which will boost the clubs funds. Please arrange to pay preferably online if you were unable to attend last night via the Join Section of the club website.

Finally with the light nights upon us can I wish you all an enjoyable and successful season.

Just a reminder that the Club is holding a quiz night this Monday 7pm – 8.30pm in the Cricket Club Pavilion, and the Committee will also be there to take any subs payments.  This should be a great social night for the whole club so try and get along if you can, as we believe a superb quiz has been prepared for you.  Subs prices are the same as last year and can be found on the website.

If you cannot get along to pay, or if you find it easier anyway,  then you can always make a bank transfer.  All details are on the ‘Join’ page of the Club’s website, along with a form to fill in if you are an existing member.  To help our Safeguarding/Welfare Officer there is now a field to fill in, if you wish,  to let us know about any medical issues that could help us should you feel unwell whilst playing.

Eric, our greenkeeper, has officially opened the grass green so members can now use it for practice.  He has been doing a sterling job in getting the green ready and you will see a big improvement already over last year. There has been some waterlogging in the playing field /St Helens Road quarter of the green which has caused the delay in opening.  Whilst it appeared to have dried out today, please be careful in that area and avoid it if wet.

We have arranged the above event at the cricket club for a pre-season get together including a quiz and to give you a chance to pay your annual subscriptions. Our preferred method for payment of subs is by direct transfer into the clubs account via the join tab on the website but we appreciate that not everyone has online banking so cash/cqs are acceptable on the night.

If you are unable to attend and would like to play for one of the teams this year (assuming existing team members are going to play for the same teams as last year) please let me know and we will be happy to liaise with you to find the most suitable team. We have teams pklaying on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. There will also be various club competitions at weekends throughout the year which will be advised in due course.

Hope to see you on 25th.

Sorry forgot to mention no tidying up tomorrow as we managed to get it all done today.

Thank you to all the members who turned up this morning. We managed to clear the pavilion, tidy up around the greens, clear the hedge cuttings and clean the toilets (my job I know my place)!

Details of the subs night will be posted in the next few days.

We have been offered the chance to do a defibrillator training course in association with the cricket club on 13th March at 6.30pm. Please let me know if you are interested. This will be funded by the club but numbers are limited.

Nigel Whitehurst

Secretary