Ormskirk Bowling Club

As previously emailed out to Members, our new sponsor (Co-operative Funeralcare) is offering free tickets to the International Open Bowling Tournament at Newton Hall Holiday Park, Blackpool between 6-11 March. All the top flat green players will be there from all over the world. If anyone would like tickets (first come first served) please let Ian Gill know. The semis and final are on Fri 11th and there is also a free lunch on that day. Ian Gill may be going on the Fri so could offer a lift if anyone is interested. On the Wed and Thurs sessions run at 9.30, 2pm and 6pm.

The Club is really pleased to announce that co-op funeralcare, based in Wigan Road, Ormskirk, will be sponsoring us for the 2016 season. The company are great supporters of bowls nationally and it is wonderful that they are the first to sign up to our sponsorship package.  Janine Owen, manager, has said how pleased the co-operative funeralcare, Ormskirk are to support such an exciting new bowling club which will provide a quality facility for the local community.  We look forward to, what will hopefully be, a long and fruitful relationship for both parties.

There is a long article on the club and it AGM on the Q Local website. See http://www.qlocal.co.uk/ormskirk/news_list/Bowled_over___why_local_bowlers_are_looking_forward_to_the_new_season-54870666.htm.

The Ormskirk League (Tuesday night) fixtures have now been posted on this website on our new Fixtures pages (see menu above). The first fixture is very early on Tuesday 5th April.  We will play our first historic home game the following week against Aughton Town Green.

I am still awaiting start times, but for our home games in April it will be an early start and we will probably need 5 blocks on the green.

Last few days of our fundraising for the new clubhouse.  Final chance to spread the word and donate at https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/ormskirkbc.

Great progress is being made on our grass green, see the latest pictures from today and a little bit of video.

The artificial green has now had its final layer rolled and is now ready for the carpet to be laid. Although the surface is hard and looks like concrete, it is permeable. Pictures from yesterday.

More thrilling video for you to watch – this beats EastEnders any day!  The work has now started on the grass green, and the video below shows the earth being transferred from the pile at the side onto the green.  The artificial green has been rolled/flattened and is now just ready for the carpet to be laid.

Good to see us getting some publicity in the Advertiser on Thursday (see link below).  There was also an article in the Champion.

http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/sport/grassroots-sport/new-ormskirk-bowls-club-steps-10908908.

Just a quick reminder that our AGM and pre-season meeting will be held tomorrow night (7.30pm, Mon 22nd Feb) in the Ormskirk Cricket Club Pavilion.  We look forward to seeing you there.