BURSCOUGH & LATHOM MEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE
LATEST NEWS
For a full report on the Under-18 Merit Competition, visit the 2008 Under-18 Merit report page.
For a full report on the League President's Day Competition, visit the 2008 President's Day report page.
For entry details for the Pairs Competition, see your club's noticeboard or visit the League Pairs Entry Details 2008 page.
The League's Qualifiers for the 2008 Ormskirk Advertiser Trophy will be Bill Rose (Current Holder), Jimmy Alty (2008 President's Day winner), Wayne Ditchfield (2008 Ste.Rimmer Memorial Singles Shield winner) & Adrian Adams (2008 1st Division Merit winner). Unfortunately, I have just found out that this year's event has been cancelled due to a lack of support & sponsorship from the Ormskirk Advertiser.
Captains please note the following Captains Contact Detail Changes: Dave Pritchard (Banks St Stephens A) 01704-505838, Roy Webster (Banks St Stephens B) 07923-364086, Geoff Lonsdale (Crowlands) 01704-211242, Peter Bannister (Hesketh Bank) 01772-812426, Wayne Ditchfield (New Longton) 07704-543384, Eric Whitehead (Tarleton) 01772-813715.
Congratulations to Wayne Ditchfield (New Longton) who recently won the North Lancs & Fylde County Senior Merit, at 17 years of age the youngest player ever to win this title. He beat Hugh Hornby 21-19 in the final at Penwortham Sports & Social Club. He now qualifies to represent North Lancs & Fylde in both the Champion of Champions at the Waterloo & the BCGBA All-England Senior Championship at the Pilkington Recreation Ground, Doncaster on Saturday 26th July.
Wayne, reached the second round of the BCGBA All-England Senior Championship, losing 10-21 to Malcolm Tonge (South Yorkshire) who went on to reach the semi-final. In the first round, he beat Paul Sigsworth (Yorkshire) 21-20.
A live Crown Green Bowls internet radio webcast is broadcasted every Sunday night from 8 till 10pm. For further details, visit their website at www.talkingbowls.com
Runningsports resources, created & funded by Sport England, offer practical support for bowls club volunteers. For further details, visit their website at www.runningsports.org
The League would appreciate your views & ideas on all subjects, by either contacting your club's league delegate directly or e-mailing the league secretary, Mr. Keith Robinson, at secretary@burscoughleague.org.uk
If you are interested in joining this Friday Night league for the 2009 season, there are currently vacancies for players &/or teams of 10 players for clubs based in the West Lancashire, Southport, Ormskirk, Chorley & Leyland Areas. For further information, please e-mail me at secretary@burscoughleague.org.uk with your details.
There are now links from this website (See Other Contacts/Links to Websites section) to the following organizations & leagues: British Crown Green Bowling Association (BCGBA), Federation of Crown Green Bowls, Leyland & District Crown Green Bowling League, Leyland & District Veterans Crown Green Bowling League, Preston & District Crown Green Bowling League, Preston Clubs Crown Green Bowling League, Southport Parks Crown Green Bowling League & Southport LV Crown Green Bowling League.
The League's next delegates meeting will be held on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 at Hesketh Bank BC commencing at 9pm.
Delegates to bring: 1. Completed Pairs competition entry forms & fees, 2. League Trophies if held, 3. Availability of their greens for the KO team trophy semi-final & final as well as the Pairs competition.
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