Ormskirk Bowling Club

The Club will be hosting the annual West Lancs and Sefton Junior Bowls Merit this coming Saturday on both greens.  Players are asked to arrive for 10am with a view to starting at 10.30am.  Proceedings are expected to last until mid afternoon.

Any Club members who would like to help out on the day with drinks/raffle/marking etc are more than welcome.  If anyone has raffle prizes they can donate all proceeds will go to trophies etc for the children.  The 12 & Under and 16 & Under trophies were both won by players from our Club last year so let’s hope for a similar result this year.

Check this out, in four of the leagues we are in players from our teams lead the way. This reflects well on the Club, particularly as two are in the top divisions! Better show it now before anything changes😀

Peter Bailey has kindly donated four ‘Crown Green Bowls for Beginners’ books for our club.  They will be paced on the bookcase for members to borrow.  Please return them after use for others to borrow.  Some of our more experienced bowlers may also benefit from the advice contained within!

Ormskirk BC blooming nicely tonight on and off the green, 12-0 winners against Stanley Arms tonight. Good win also for our Ormskirk Castle team 10-2 on the grass in the 1st Division. Great to see both greens in use.

A charity bowls pairs competition is being held on Saturday 7th July at Oakhill Park Lydiate. Entry fee is £5 per pair and is open to anyone over the age of 15. You can choose your own partners or enter into a draw. Round robin basis. Winners receive a cheque made out to the charity of their choice. Registration is at 10am to 10.30am. 11am start. Refreshments and a raffle available.

Great news, our Ormskirk BC led by Tash Hauley have reached the Final of the Division 2 Knockout Cup.  They defeated the Dog & Gun A on the Cockbeck green tonight by 6 winners to 3 and taking the aggregate.  The Final will be held on 1st August on a neutral green and they will play either the Botanic or Saracens in the Final.

Lovely hanging baskets have arrived courtesy of Ian, Wendy and Hannah Jones. They are very thirsty though so if you are at the club please give them a quick water.

Our Ormskirk League Premier Division team was in action tonight against league leaders the Skem Park Rebels. Our team was lying in second place and had previously folded against the League’s top team. However, there was a seismic shift in fortunes tonight with us taking 7 out of the 10 games to win the match 9-3. Not quite enough to go top, but a magnificent win nonetheless and a great step forward for our club.

Congratulations from all at the Club to Chris and Lauren Horsfall. Our latest bowler, Frederick George Horsfall (Freddie) was born at 4.53 this morning – Mum and baby are doing fine! Chris even managed to captain the team and play his match last night before racing to the hospital.

Anyone aged 16 or under is welcome at our junior bowls sessions on Thursdays at 6pm.