Ormskirk Bowling Club

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

A big thanks to Kevin Wilcox, who has put bolts through the bottom of the gate to ensure we do not get anyone trespassing in that way again.

We are arranging a ground force day on 9th March as there are a number of jobs that need doing before the season starts namely; tidying the pavilion after recent leak, clearing the gutters, pruning the hedges, work on and around the green. Please come along 9.30 onwards with garden tools,etc. The more we get down the quicker it will be. Also Steve will be down on the 10th March circa 10am and any additional help then would be welcome.

All the Clubs ‘Honours Boards’ have been updated on our Bowlsnet site – take a look at http://bowlsnet.uk/OrmskirkBC/!Web . Here you can view our Kitty Winners, Competition Winners and who got what in our awards for the year. You can of course also view all the results, averages etc for the season for all the leagues we are in , except for the Maghull League. There is a link to find those results on the main opening page.

What a superb group of young players this Club has. Over the season 20 different children attended over 16 training sessions. 12 of our young players too part in the Ormskirk West Lancs Federation teams and 9 of our players represented Lancashire at Junior level.

At our Presentation Night all our young players attending received a certificate. Trophies were also presented for the best Pairs Average in the Junior League (Rylan Irwin) and the best Singles Average (Andrew Arnold). The best newcomer trophy went to Hannah Jones. Junior Player of the Year was Andrew Arnold, capping off a successful season after winning the 12 & Under Junior Merit Title as well.

The AGM last Monday was a great success. Members turned out in force and the Club is extremely grateful to Ormskirk CC for hosting us.

The main news is that the Club now has a new Secretary. Nigel Whitehurst has taken over from Ian Gill, following his stint as membership Secretary last year. Nigel will now do the full Secretarial role.

One other change is in terms of the Ormskirk Phoenix team, who play in the Aughton League. Martin Roberts kindly agreed to be the new Captain (taking over from Ian Gill) and John Leadbetter will be the Vice Captain.

Ian Gill is now the Safeguarding Officer and Coach for the Club, a position which is now required by the BCGBA.

Pictures from the Presentation Night element of the evening will be published in due course.