Hesketh Arms Bowling Club

HESKETH ARMS NEWS UPDATE – APRIL 2017
APRIL ROUND ROBIN
The Club’s first event of the season was held on Sunday 2^nd April when 28 members took part in a Round Robin. Eileen Rawcliffe came fourth, just behind husband Richard in 3^rd place. The runner-up was Pat McArthur but the clear winner, with an impressive aggregate of  +31, was Norman Simpson. Many thanks to all those who supported this event on a pleasant Spring afternoon.

EASTER ROUND ROBIN
Another excellent turnout of 35 members attended the Club’s second event of the season, the Easter Round Robin. The afternoon produced a close result, with the winner being Sue Davies, whose aggregate of +19 was just one ahead of runner-up Margaret James on +18. Jim Halsall was 3^rd on +16 and Margaret Langley took fourth prize with a score of +15.

Many thanks to George Hitchmough, who took over the running of this event at short notice.

ROSE BOWL SINGLES HANDICAP
Our next event will be the Club’s first internal competition of the season, which will be the Rose Bowl. This is a singles handicap and will be held on Sunday 30^th April, starting at 12 noon. Please report for registration by 11.45 am so that the draw can be made in time to allow for a prompt start.

TROPHY ENGRAVING
It would be appreciated if those members holding club trophies would return them when they next attend a weekend event or competition. This will enable us to have them engraved with winners’ names before they are played for this season.
MIKE MILNE

An Easter Round Robin will be held on Saturday 15th of April
Starting at 2.00pm prompt
Please arrive 15 minutes before to register.
THERE WILL BE NO SOCIAL BOWLING THIS COMING FRIDAY (Good Friday)

The green is now open to members.
A social round robin is the first event for members commencing at 2.00pm on Sunday 2nd of April.
Mike Milne will be organising the event and your subs can be paid on the day.
Full Membership – £40.00
Social Membership – £20.00
Junior Membership – £17.50
The competitive season commences 3rd of April
The social Round Robins start on Tuesday the 4th of April
The Friday Round Robin starts on the 7th of April
We look forward to seeing all our old members and we welcome new members

Thank you to all those who turned out this Thursday morning to help tidy up the green.
Brian Mycock, Bill Bloor, Ray Sutton, John McCabe, John Rimmer, Jim Doherty, Martin Gilbert.
A special thanks to Roger van Beever, Wendy McGloughin, Lawrie Townson and Sue Davies who took on the challenge of the ivy on the club house and defeated it.
A special thank you to Peter and Lynne Smith. Peter for painting the club house and Lynne for cleaning the club house.
It was nice to see Jim Finnimore turn up and say hello to many of his friends.
Regards
George Hitchmough

NEWS UPDATE – MARCH 2017
GREEN OPENING
The Green will be open for members from Saturday 25th March.
APRIL ROUND ROBINS
The first Club event of the season will be a Round Robin on Sunday 2nd April, starting at 2.00pm. This will be followed by an Easter Round Robin on Saturday 15th April, also starting at 2.00pm.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
Members are reminded that subscriptions for 2017 are now due and have been set at the following rates :-
Full Membership – £40.00
Social Membership – £20.00
Junior Membership – £17.50
Full Membership applies to those members playing for one or more of the league teams and includes the payment of league fees and cost of fixture books/cards.
Social Membership is available to members who wish to play on a casual basis.
Early payment of subscriptions would be appreciated. Please forward to :-
Mike Milne, 20 Coudray Road, Southport PR9 9NL
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Sunday 30th April – Rose Bowl (Singles Handicap) 12.00 noon start.
Saturday 6th May – Friendly match v Liverpool Cricket Club – further details will be available in April.
Saturday 13th May – Spring Pairs (Doubles – pairings to be drawn) 12.00 noon start.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Many thanks to all those who attended the Club’s AGM, held recently at the Churchtown Conservative Club. We are grateful to the Conservative Club for allowing us to use their excellent facilities.
At the meeting, the Chairman, Chris Harding, congratulated Ray Sutton on a very successful two year term as Club President. The newly elected President for the 2017 season is captain of the Harriers, John Stennett. We hope that John enjoys his time in this role.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The Annual General Meeting set the following subscription rates for the 2017 season :-
Full Membership – £40.00
Social Membership – £20.00
Junior Membership – £17.50
Full Membership applies to those members playing for one or more of the league teams and includes the payment of league fees and cost of fixture books/cards.
Social Membership is available to members who wish to play on a casual basis.
Early payment of subscriptions would be appreciated. Please forward to :-
Mike Milne, 20 Coudray Road, Southport PR9 9NL
LEAGUE TEAMS
The Club is delighted to be able to enter two more teams into the local leagues for the 2017 season, taking our total number of teams to eleven These are a second team in the Burscough and Lathom Men’s Bowling League on a Friday evening and also a second team in the Southport and District Men’s Veterans’ League on a Monday afternoon. If anyone is interested in joining a team, they should contact the captain of the team they would like to play for or any officer of the Club. The details of our league teams along with the captains’ contact numbers are :-
LV LEAGUE
EAGLES (Premier) – Chris Harding 07761733024
FALCONS (1st) – Jeff Brown 01704 214104
HARRIERS (1st) – John Stennett 01704 231755 / George Hitchmough 07977500131
BURSCOUGH LEAGUE
OSPREYS (2nd) – Mark Rowlinson 07763176455
VULTURES (2nd) – Chris Harding 07761733024
AUGHTON LEAGUE
KESTRELS (1st) – Richard Rawcliffe 01704 809691
HAWKS (3rd) – George Hitchmough 07977500131
SOUTHPORT PARKS
KITES (1st) – Brian Mycock 07929827050
SOUTHPORT VETS
MERLINS (2nd) – George Hitchmough 07977500131
HOBBYS (3rd) – Roger Van Beever 01704 211978 / Jeff Brown 01704 214104
MAGHULL LEAGUE
MIXED (4th) – Sue Davies 07473767558
MIKE MILNE
Pre Season tidy up.
We will be looking for help to tidy up the green before the season starts. Garden Pruing, Weeding, Leaf collection and Removal.
Sometime early March. Please help if you can.

Regards
George Hitchmough
Secretary

I give formal notice that the annual General Meeting for the Hesketh arms Bowling club will take place on Monday the 6th of February 2017.
To be held at Churchtown Conservative Club commencing at 7.30pm
The agenda for the AGM is avaiable here:-agm-2017-agenda please note the included proposal.
The minutes of the 2016:- agm-minutes-2016
Regards
George Hitchmough
Secretary

My thanks to John McCabe for providing the photographs

2016 AWARDS EVENING
Many thanks to all those members who supported the Club’s fifth annual Awards Evening, held on Bonfire Night at the Churchtown Conservative Club.

The evening commenced with the presentation of awards to successful participants in the Club’s annual competitions and team merit winners, which have been reported throughout the season on the website and in recent newsletters. They were presented by our President, Ray Sutton and concluded with the announcement of two special awards :-

TEAM OF THE YEAR
In revealing the Club’s Team Of The Year, Chairman Chris Harding explained that this had been a difficult decision as several of our league teams had enjoyed a successful season. The Eagles had finished Runners-Up in the LV Premier Division and the Kestrels had bounced back into the top flight of the Aughton League by winning the 2nd Division Championship. However, after due consideration, the award went to the Merlins for their double success in gaining promotion to the 2nd Division of the Southport Veterans League and winning the Joe Bond Trophy. Congratulations to captain George Hitchmough and all his team.

CLUB MEMBER OF THE YEAR
The presentations ended with the announcement of the Club Member Of The Year. This year the award went to a member who has captained one of our league teams for several years and is always willing to help out when jobs need doing round the green. Chris Harding was pleased to announce that the Club Member Of The Year for 2016 was captain of the Kites, Brian Mycock.

After the buffet, the evening continued with a quiz, bingo and a raffle and the Committee would like to thank all those who generously donated prizes for the raffle. Thanks are also due to the following :-
The Chairman of the Conservative Club, Mr John Coney and his committee for allowing us to use their facilities.
Brian Whitley and Greg Meadow for their work behind the bar.
Jon Roberts and Mark Rowlinson for their help with the selling of raffle tickets.
John McCabe, our photographer for the night.
Lastly, special mention must be made of our Secretary, George Hitchmough, who co-ordinated the arrangements for the whole evening, including the slide presentation, setting the quiz and organising the refreshments with the help of Sue Andersen. Club Chairman, Chris Harding, made a presentation of flowers to Sue in appreciation of her contribution towards making the event a success.

Thanks to the support of our members, the evening raised a total of £363.35, which will go towards club funds. We look forward to seeing you all early in the New Year at our AGM as we prepare for another season of bowling at the Hesketh Arms.

The summer newsletter is now available:-newsletterautumn16

This Newsletter deals with the League Teams with the exception of the Aughton League teams which were covered in the Summer New Letter

END-OF-SEASON NEWS – SEPTEMBER 2016

SEPTEMBER ROUND ROBIN
The final weekend event of the season took place on Sunday and was attended by 24 members. Dave Bedford took 4th place with an aggregate of +10. There was a tie for 2nd place with John Catherall and Jim Halsall both finishing on +16 but the clear winner was John Hughes with a score of +20.

AUGHTON LEAGUE
Congratulations to the Hesketh Hawks who recently won the Aughton League’s 3rd Division Mini-League Cup final. This capped a fine season for the Club in this league as the Kestrels ended the season as 2nd Division champions.

TUESDAY AND FRIDAY ROUND ROBINS
Many thanks once again to Jim Finnimore for all his work in running the regular Tuesday and Friday morning Round Robins. These events are extremely popular and give our members the opportunity to enjoy regular social bowling. The final session of 2016 will take place on Friday 30th September, starting at 10.00am.

GREEN CLOSURE
Members are reminded that the green will be closed after Sunday 2nd October to enable the essential end-of-season maintenance work to take place.

AWARDS EVENING
Don’t forget to book your tickets for Club’s popular Awards Evening, which will take place at the Churchtown Conservative Club on Saturday 5th November, starting at 7.30pm. In addition to the presentation of awards, there will be a quiz, bingo and refreshments. To order tickets, please contact any committee member or team captain.