NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2025
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Many thanks to all those members who attended the Club’s Annual General Meeting, held at the Churchtown Conservative Club. It was pleasing to see some new members in attendance, and we welcome them to the club.
The Committee would also like to thank the Conservative Club for the use of their facilities.
Although the Committee remains unchanged for 2025, we do have a couple of new team captains for the upcoming season.
Brian Sutton is the new captain of the Kestrels in the Aughton League and Jim Halsall will run the Ospreys team in the Burscough League on a Friday evening. Many thanks to Brian and Jim for taking on these important roles within the club and also to their predecessors, Mike Burrill and Mark Rowlinson for all their work in captaining these teams for many years.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The Annual General Meeting set the following subscription rates for the 2025 season :-
Standard membership subscription – £30.00
Team players’ subscription – £50.00
Payment can be made online directly to the Club’s bank account :
Sort Code : 30 97 88 Account number : 01007849
If paying by bank transfer, please notify Mike Milne by text (07752352065) or email (michaelmilne66@outlook.com)
Alternatively, subscriptions can be sent to Mike Milne (Treasurer) at the following address :-
Mike Milne, 20 Coudray Road, Southport PR9 9NL
AWARDS EVENING
Please don’t forget to order your tickets for the Club’s Awards Evening for the 2024 season, which will be held on Saturday 1st March at the Churchtown Conservative Club, starting at 7.30 pm. As well as the awards, the evening will include a buffet, quiz and raffle. Tickets are just £5 and to book your place, please notify your team captain or a committee member. Donations of raffle prizes will be very welcome.
CLUB COMPETITIONS AND EVENTS
Sunday 6th April Spring Pairs (Random doubles with plate) 12.00 pm start
Saturday 24th May Rose Bowl (Handicap singles with plate) 12.00 pm start
Saturday 28th June Club trip to the Black Horse, Croston – full details to be advertised
Further dates for the rest of our programmes of events for 2025 will be published as soon as possible.
BLOWICK CUP – CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS
The Champion of Champions is an annual singles competition held at the Club for winners of club competitions and team merits during the previous season. The players listed below have qualified to play in this year’s event. The trophy presented to the winner is the “BLOWICK CUP” which originated at the old Blowick Hotel Bowling Club, which was situated on Norwood Road, Southport.
This coming season, the event will take place on Sunday 1st June, starting at 12 noon.
KEZ ADAMS Vice-Presidents Trophy
TERRY CORFIELD Hawks Merit
ANDY DRAPER Championship Cup ; Coronation Cup ; Owls & Vultures Merits
PAULINE DUNCAN Spring Pairs
DARREN EDGERLEY Last Chance Cup
LOUIS FAZAKERLEY Vice-Presidents Trophy
JIM HALSALL Spring Pairs ; Ospreys Merit ; Merlin’s Merit ; Kestrels Merit
CHRIS HARDING Floodlit Trophy
ALAN HATTON Sparrowhawks Merit
KEVIN LEDDY Kites Merit
NOREEN LEWIS Buzzards Merit
CHRISTINE McMANUS Chairman’s Shield
STEVE McMANUS Rose Bowl ; President’s Cup ; Chairman’s Shield
MIKE MILNE Floodlit Trophy ; Eagles Merit
ALEX RIMMER Hobbies Merit
BRIAN SUTTON Blowick Cup
GARETH TAYLOR Last Chance Cup