Well done to all the young players from our club who played for the Lancashire Junior team against Greater Manchester yesterday. All three won – Matthew Gill, Brandon Deegan were playing in the home leg at Fleetwood Hesketh, and Natasha Hauley played in the away team in Greater Manchester.
Today saw a great win for our Ormskirk Vikings junior team against the newcomers to the league, the Ainsdale Avengers. Superb performances from Jazmin, Chris and James (who won 21-20 in a tense match) meant we were 3-1 up after the singles.
The best was yet to come in the pairs. Chris paired up with young Matthew on his debut and really helped him throughout the game, and they came away with a 21-10 win. His brother Daniel was also playing his first game and, playing with Lily Copeland, they came away with a fine 21-11 win to take the match for the Vikings.
Junior bowling sessions are now being held at 6pm every Thursday evening on our wonderful new artificial green located at Ormskirk Cricket Club. Anyone aged between 8 and 16 is welcome to attend and beginners are welcome. You can just play for fun but we have entered a team in the local Junior Bowls League and there is also a District Team to aspire to. If you have children or grandchildren bring them along for a taster session.
Some shots from our historic first game at Formby Park. Result as yet unknown. STOPPRESS – we won 9-4
Good luck to our new Maghull League team, who are playing their first match this evening at Formby Park on Duke Street, Formby.
A big thank you to all those that attended Matthew’s Fundraising Competition last Sunday which raised around £180 towards his trip to South Africa. Shown above are some pictures from the day and the results sheet. Congratulations to Ian Grady and Danny Finch who won the competition, with Andy Howie and Chris Willan the runners up.
Forecast good for fundraising comp tomorrow. Just 1 place left for either a pair or one single player (Matthew will be your partner) if you want to enter – let Ian know asap – first come first served.
Sterling work has been done recently by Brian Heaney and Bert Patterson in getting our new toilet block connected up to our electricity supply. This is despite Brian being in extreme pain with a bad back, and recently undergoing surgery on it. This is further to the brilliant job done by both of them in doing the electrics on the clubhouse. Big thanks to both of them from all at the Club for their efforts. This is on top of the work by Steve and Jacky Denning on the plumbing. The club could not operate without members lending a hand so please help when you can – the club is only as good as the effort put in by its members who give up their time on a voluntary basis.
The toilet block is now fully operational and can be used by club members when visiting the green.
What a day! The heroics of club members was captured by the Champion and is in this week’s paper.
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