Ormskirk Bowling Club

Singles Champion

Posted on August 20, 2017 by iangilly66

Congratulations to Joey Copeland who won the Club’s first Co-op Funeralcare Singles, beating Brian Elliott in the final. A fuller report on the comp will appear soon.

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Our Ormskirk Millers team won its final match 10-3 on Friday to finish (we think) 4th in the Premier League, which is quite an achievement in our first season in that league. Well done to all the players.

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Slideshow about the development of our Club

Posted on August 20, 2017 by iangilly66

Check out this link to see a short slideshow about the development of our Club to date. This might be improved in time as there were some issues with the resolution of the pictures.

http://www.kizoa.com/Movie-Video-Slideshow-Maker/d133977043k6674055o1l1/development-of-ormskirk-bowling-club

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Great Competition

Posted on August 13, 2017 by iangilly66

We saw some great weather and bowling for the Roy Ashcroft Memorial that was held today. Following the round robin group stages the semi final were fairly one sided affairs. Hot favorites, Mike Fagan & Chris Horsfall slumped to a 9-3 defeat against Margaret Copeland & Ian Gill, and Joey Copeland & Steve Denning overcame Dave Hulse & Chris Butler 9-2.

The final was an altogether more tense match, and was nip and tuck throughout until Margaret and Ian pulled away on the last end to take the match and the trophy by 11-8. The trophy was presented by the Club’s Chairman, Steve James.

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Sign of the times

Posted on August 12, 2017 by iangilly66

You may already be aware, but the Club’s new sign was put up earlier this week. Looks good.

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Changes to Competition Dates

Posted on August 12, 2017 by iangilly66

There have been some alterations to Club Competition dates as set out below. These will be updated on the calendar on this website. Please note that the singles comp will now be held a week on Sunday (20th August).

13 August – Roy Ashcroft Memorial [as previously]

20 August – Co-op Funeralcare Singles (PREVIOUSLY Pairs Competition)

3 September – NO COMP (previously Chairman’s Cup – due to hosting Junior merit)

10 September – Chairman’s Cup Pairs Comp (Previously Co-op Funeralcare Singles)

17 September – Pairs Competition (as previously)

1 October – Pairs Competition (as previously)

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Club Competition this Sunday

Posted on August 10, 2017 by iangilly66

All our members are invited to come along to our pairs competition (Roy Ashcroft Memorial Trophy) this Sunday. Pairs will be drawn on the day out of a hat, although if you are a beginner we will ensure you are matched with a more experienced bowler. Any juniors can play with relatives if they wish. Arrive for 12.30 for a 1pm start. It will be round robin to start with so you cannot get knocked out straight away.

Exact format to be decided on the day depending upon numbers – you do not need to register in advance but please turn up in time so we can ensure we can get the draw done swiftly. Please bring snacks as there will be no butties for this one.

Entry will be £2 per person and there will be trophies and prize money for the winners and runners up – hope to see you Sunday.

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Great work

Posted on August 3, 2017 by iangilly66

A big thanks to all those that were able to help with the rolling, scarifying and mowing at the weekend. Special thanks to Eric for all the work he put into this day and the work he has already put in to getting our grass green in better shape.

Working hard on the grass green

Happiness is……….

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Competition Dates

Posted on July 25, 2017 by iangilly66

Set our below are the competitions we will be running this year. These are open to all our members and juniors and also feel free to bring a beginner along with you. If you are a beginner or young bowler you will be drawn with a more experienced bowler in the pairs competitions. Start times on all comps will be 1pm (arrive 12.30pm for a 1pm start) unless notified otherwise. You do not need to enter in advance and the draw will be made on the day.

The Comp on 1st October will also be open to all our Winter members who join up for this coming year

Sun 13 August – Roy Ashcroft Memorial (Pairs drawn out of hat round robin)

Sun 20 August – Pairs Competition (Pairs drawn out of hat round robin)

Sat 2 September – West Lancs & Sefton Junior Merit (all young bowlers 12 & Under and 13-16 age categories)

Sun 3 September – Chairman’s Cup (Pairs drawn out of hat round robin)

Sun 10 September – Co-op Funeralcare Singles – (Club Singles competition, possibly with handicap)

Sun 17 September – Pairs Competition (Pairs drawn out of hat round robin)

Sun 1 October – Winter Pairs Competition (Pairs drawn out of hat round robin – to include our Winter members)

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Great finish for Juniors

Posted on July 25, 2017 by iangilly66

Our junior team went out on a high after wining all 5 games in their last match against the Ainsdale Avengers last Thursday evening. Well done to Hannah Arnold who won her first singles game. All results/tables etc can be found at http://bowlsnet.uk/WestLancsJunior.

It was also good to see some of our older members using the grass green at the same time.