Ormskirk Bowling Club

Regretfully the Presentation Night due to be held on 2nd December will have to be postponed.  We must have picked a bad date as many of the prizewinners couldn’t make it.  We will probably now make it part of our AGM evening in the New Year – a date will be decided in the near future.

Nigel Whitehurst will be assisting the Club by taking a role as ‘Membership Secretary’.  Nigel will be starting this role immediately and the post will be confirmed at the AGM in the New Year.  He will deal with all new membership forms and keep our membership records up to date.  The website has been altered so that any membership forms from now on will go to Nigel.  Ian Gill will remain as Club Secretary for all other purposes.

A big thank you to all the members who came down this morning to assist with slitting the green, tidying up the clubhouse & store and the toilet block, and all other jobs. Chris’ supply of tea, coffee and doughnuts was much appreciated by all those present as well!

A superb days bowling was had on Sunday for the Chairman’s Cup.  Unusually warm mid October weather meant that everyone was in their tee-shirts and there was a good turn out of 8 pairs.

The first round was round robin.  Group A saw Peter Ashcroft and Kevin Wilcox come top with three wins.  Strongly fancied pair, Steve James & Peter Bailey came second, with Chris Butler & Martin Roberts in 3rd.  Pauline was so desperate for a wooden spoon for her kitchen that she engineered a last place berth with her partner Ted Baker!

Group B saw Dave Ball & Mike Fagan run away with top spot with Ian Gill & Nick Slater finishing in second.  Third spot went to Les Farrell & Rylan Irwin, with the wooden spoon in this group to Dean Simmonds & Ed Stockley.

So to the semi finals and Peter & Kevin soon saw off Ian & Nick 11-5.  The other semi was a closer affair with our Chairman Steve desperate to do well in his own trophy and win a pairs comp for the first ever time.  The game was nip and tuck throughout until the last end where Dave & Mike pulled away to take the match 11-8 to shatter Steve’s long held dream (some might say a fantasy?).

The final was a cracking match and once again it was close throughout.  The consistency of Dave & Mike just won out though and they took the trophy 11-8.

Big thanks to Steve James our Chairman who supplied all the food and drinks for the day.  All in all a fantastic afternoon’s bowling and some pics are set out below.

Due to a poor weather forecast for tomorrow afternoon we are going to cancel the Winter Pairs Comp that was due to be held.  We are still due to hold the Chairman’s cup this year and, if we can find a date our Chairman is free, will try and schedule it in.

This is what bowls is all about. This match is a semi final in the Champion of Champions played at the Waterloo last weekend in front of a boisterous crowd. Watch the players, particularly Callum Wraight, dance around the bowls and swirl their cloths, particularly once it gets past 5-5.  The match ends in a dramatic finale.  What a tremendous match.

We are finalising the Winter Ladder to start on 1st October.  If any further members wish to join they can do so now or at any time during the season – just get in touch with Ian Gill.  Details of how the ladder works, and the initial 2017/18 ladder itself,  are under ‘Winter’ on this website.