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NEWSLETTER SUMMER 2021

NEWSLETTER – SUMMER 2021

BERNARD O’MALLEY VICE-PRESIDENTS TROPHY – OPEN DOUBLES

Entries are now being taken for the Club’s Open Doubles competition. The Bernard O’Malley Vice-President’s Trophy, which is held in honour of our generous Honorary Vice-President, will take place on Sunday 5th September. The fee is £10 per pair with starting times at 10.00 am, 10.45 am, 11.30 am and 12.15 pm. Total prize money will be £320, paid out as follows :-

Winners – £120.00 ; Runners-Up – £60.00

Semi-Finalists – £30.00 ; Quarter-Finalists – £20.00

To enter please contact Chris Harding (07761733024) or Mike Milne (07752352065 / michaelmilne66@outlook.com )

All games will be 21 up, with 3 on the card.

LV LEAGUE COMPETITIONS

The Southport LV League will be running two competitions once the regular season fixtures have been completed.

Tuesdays 24th and 31st August – LV Individuals

Entries received from our members so far :-

Ali Adams ; Kez Adams ; Terry Corfield ; Darren Edgerley ;

John Hughes ; Kevin Leddy ; Len Southworth ; Roger Van Beever

Tuesdays 14th and 21st September – LV Pairs

Entries received from our members so far :

Ray Atkinson & John Baker ;  Jeff Brown & Roger Van Beever ;

Darren Edgerley & John Hughes ; Chris Harding & Mike Milne ;

Kevin Leddy & Len Southworth

Both these competitions are open to any player who has played at least one game in the LV League this season. If anyone else would like to enter, please inform your LV League team captain or email Brian Coleman briancoleman236@gmail.com  

SPRING PAIRS PLATE

Congratulations to George Hitchmough and Noel Morgans on winning the re-arranged Spring Pairs Plate final with a 21-20 win against Sue Davies and Chris Harding.

PLATE WINNERS NOEL MORGANS & GEORGE HITCHMOUGH

SOUTHPORT FEDERATION

The Southport Federation team’s next match takes place on Sunday 25th July when the opponents will be Cheshire Parks.

The home leg is being held at Scarisbrick NSC (Bullens Lane) and will start at 2.00 pm. The Hesketh Arms will be represented here by Ali Adams, Kez Adams, Mike Milne, Chris Porter, Mark Wilde and Fergal Wright. Any support will be very welcome.

The away team will be travelling to the Woodley Sports Club in Stockport and will include Ray Atkinson and Darren Edgerley.

BURSCOUGH LEAGUE PRESIDENT’S DAY

On Saturday 31st July, we will be hosting the Burscough League President’s Day, with this year’s President being Chris Harding. The event starts at 12.00 pm and any help on the day with marking and measuring would be greatly appreciated. Also, any donations of raffle prizes will be very welcome.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Sunday 22nd August – The Last Chance Cup (12.00pm start) – random doubles with plate.

Saturday 25th September – The Floodlit Trophy (5.00pm start) – non-random doubles with the early stages played in a group format.

GREEN BOOKINGS

Saturday 31st July – Burscough League President’s Day – spectators welcome.

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COMPETITION NEWS – SUMMER 2021

COMPETITION NEWS  –  SUMMER 2021

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS – THE BLOWICK CUP

Congratulations to Chris Porter on being the first winner of the Club’s Champion of Champions competition. This was open to members who had won one of the Club’s internal competitions or team merits in the 2020 season. It is expected that this will become an annual event to be held early in the season. The trophy presented to the winner of this event previously belonged to the old Blowick Hotel Bowling Club and was last played for in the 1960s. It is therefore an interesting piece of Southport bowling history.

Chris achieved his success yesterday with comfortable victories over Mike Milne, Jim Halsall, Brian Sutton and Graham Meadow. Graham’s semi-final opponent in the bottom half of the draw was Jason Chapman. This win completed a remarkable hat-trick of singles wins for Chris this season, having previously won the Championship Cup and the President’s Cup.

WINNER CHRIS PORTER

FINALISTS Chris Porter & Graham Meadow
SEMI FINALISTS Brian Sutton & Jason Chapman

CORONATION CUP AND SPRING PAIRS PLATE FINAL

On Sunday 18th July, we will play the semi-finals and final of the Coronation Cup, which has been running throughout the season. This will commence at 1.00 pm and spectators are welcome to attend. This will be followed by the delayed final of the Spring Pairs Plate at approximately 3.00 pm.

CORONATION CUP SEMI-FINAL FIXTURES (1.00PM START)

Chris Harding (+2) v Roy Webster (+4)

Brian Sutton (+4) v Fergal Wright (+2)

SPRING PAIRS PLATE FINAL (APPROXIMATE START 3.00PM)

George Hitchmough & Noel Morgans v Sue Davies & Chris Harding

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PRESIDENTS CUP

PRESIDENT’S CUP
A good turnout of 31 members braved the showers to take part in the President’s Cup at the weekend. In the top half of the draw, last year’s winner Chris Porter survived a scare in the 1st Round to narrowly overcome Laurie Townson 21-19. He followed this with wins against Dave Bannister (21-16), Derek Wignall (21-6) and in the semi-final, Chris McManus (21-11).
The bottom half of the draw saw Steve McManus reach the final with wins against Debbie Barnes (21-13), Darren Edgerley (21-20), Mark Wilde (21-6) and Chris Lancaster (21-17).
Chris got off to a flying start in the final, winning eight out of the first ten ends to take control of match with a 16-6 lead. Steve rallied to win six out of the next eight ends to narrow the gap to 12-19 but Chris was able to score the two chalks he needed to win the game 21-12 and retain the title he won last year. Congratulations to Chris on his second singles win of the season, having already won the Championship Cup.

PRESIDENTS CUP WINNER 2021 CHRIS PORTER
RUNNER UP STEVE McMANUS
Semi Finalist CHRIS LANCASTER
Semi Finalist CRIS McMANUS


A Plate competition was held for those knocked out of the main event in their first game and this was won by Keith Maiden with a 15-9 win against Jeff Brown in the final.

WINNER Plate KEITH MAIDEN
Runner Up Plate JEFF BROWN
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NEWSLETTER JULY 2021

NEWSLETTER  – JULY 2021 

LV LEAGUE COMPETITIONS 

The Southport LV League will be running two competitions once the regular season fixtures have been completed.  

Tuesdays 24th and 31st August – LV Individuals 

Tuesdays 14th and 21st September – LV Pairs 

Both these competitions are open to any player who has played at least one game in the LV League this season. To enter, please inform your LV captain or Mike Milne.  

SOUTHPORT FEDERATION 

On Sunday 27th June, the Southport Federation team enjoyed a successful start to the National League season with an excellent 22-10 victory over Bradford ‘A’.  

The home leg was played at the Hesketh Arms and the team had 8 winners from the twelve games and won the aggregate by a convincing 47 chalks. The two Hesketh Arms representatives were Kez Adams and Fergal Wright and they won 21-17 and 21-7 respectively. 

The away team travelled to the Spen Victoria club in Cleckheaton and came away with six winners and won the aggregate by twelve to return home with a valuable eight points. Of the five Hesketh Arms’ players in the away side, there were wins for Ray Atkinson (21-12) and Mike Milne (21-14). 

Many thanks to all those members who supported the home team and helped out on the day with marking and measuring. Thanks also to Graham for preparing the green. The Hesketh Arms has hosted a Federation game in each of the five seasons played since the team was formed and this is testament to the consistently good condition of our green. The Federation Committee also appreciate the co-operation and support of the Hesketh Arms’ committee and club members.  

The team now look forward to their July fixture when they will be taking on Cheshire Parks. Details of this match will be posted when they are available.  

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 

On Sunday 11th July (12 pm start) we will be holding our inaugural Champion of Champions competition when members will be competing for the “Blowick Cup”. This will be an invitation event for winners of our club competitions or team merits in 2020. It is hoped that this will become an annual event in the Club’s calendar and will normally be scheduled for the beginning of the season. It was not possible to hold it in April this year due to the Covid-19 restrictions.  

The following members, who were successful in 2020 club competitions or team merits, have qualified to play in this competition :- 

Kez Adams ; Sue Andersen ; Jason Chapman ; Jim Halsall ; Chris Harding ; 

George Hitchmough ; Graham Meadow ; Pat McArthur ; Mike Milne ; Chris Porter ; 

Phil Richards ; Jon Roberts ; Brian Sutton ; Dave White  

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY 

Sunday 11th July – Champion of Champions 12.00 pm start – invitation competition for 2020 competition and merit winners (spectators welcome) 

GREEN BOOKINGS 

Saturday 10th July – the green will be unavailable for members’ use due to a private booking. 

Saturday 31st July – Burscough League President’s Day – spectators welcome.