NEWS UPDATE
RANDOM DOUBLES
Members are reminded that the next club competition will be a random doubles, which will take place this Saturday 20th August. Pairings will be drawn on the day and players are asked to register by 11.45 am, so that the draw can be made in time for a 12 noon start.
BERNARD O’MALLEY VICE-PRESIDENT’S TROPHY – OPEN DOUBLES
There is still time to enter 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 4th September.
The fee is £10 per pair with starting times at 10.00 am, 10.45 am, 11.30 am and 12.15 pm.
The competition is being sponsored by the Birkdale Insurance Group and total prize money will be £540.00, paid out as follows :-
Winners – £200.00 ; Runners-Up – £100.00
Semi-Finalists – £60.00 ; Quarter-Finalists – £30.00
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.
LEAGUE SUCCESS
As the various local leagues come to the end of the regular season, it is pleasing to report that three of our teams have won their respective championships.
In the Burscough League, the Vultures won the 1st Division Championship, finishing 19 points clear of last year’s champions, Banks St. Stephen’s.
In the 2nd Division, the Ospreys made it a double for the Club by also finishing as champions. Well done to captains Chris Harding and Mark Rowlinson and all the players in both teams.
There was more success for the Club in the Southport Parks League, with the Kites winning the 1st Division by a single point from runners-up Scarisbrick Bowling Club. The team is pictured below celebrating in the Conservative Club following a 6-4 win against the Falkland Road side in a last day decider.
CHURCHTOWN CONSERVATIVE CLUB – B.J.P.O’MALLEY PRESIDENT’S TROPHY
Congratulations to Chris Harding and Heather Menzies, who won the Conservative Club’s B.J.P.O’Malley President’s Trophy with an 11-6 win in the final against Noel Morgans and Paul Vincent.
SOUTHPORT FEDERATION
The Southport Federation team play their final league match of the season on Sunday 21st August, when they take on Cheshire Parks. The home leg is being held at Tarleton Bowling Club, starting at 2.00pm and spectators will be welcome for a match which could see the team promoted for the second successive year.