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Thursday July 29th

North Wirral League

The updated League Table can be seen via the North Wirral League page accessed by the link in the table above.

Wednesday July 28th

Wirral & District Cup Competitions

Tonight's Stott Cup and Frank Hurst Trophy results have been updated and can be seen via the Wirral Team Competition page. The Frank Hurst and Woodlands Cup Semi Final venues have also been updated, handicaps will be decided at the Victory Cup Final on Saturday.

Sunday July 25th

League Results and Tables updated

The results we have in from last week's League Matches have now been updated as have the League Tables. Results and tables can be accessed via the links in the table above.

Sunday July 25th

WEEKLY DRAW

The numbers drawn in our Weekly Draw today were 1,4,7,9,10,12. The Jackpot was not won and the £30 consolation prize was paid out to a Queens Royall member. Next weeks jackpot will be £350 from 12 numbers. Full details of the weekly draw can be seen via the link in the table above

Sunday July 25th

British Parks Senior Individual Merit

British Parks C.G.B.A. 88^th Senior Individual Merit Championship     

Hosted by the Wallasey C.G.B.A. at New Brighton Cricket & Bowls Club (home of Quarry Vikings Bowling Club), Rake Lane, Wallasey, CH45 5DE

Sunday August 8^th 2010   9-30am Start,  Scratch Time 10-00am  Dress Code Applies

 BH=Birkenhead, EM=East Midlands, GM=Greater Manchester, ND=North Derbyshire, NSH=North Shropshire, NS=North Staffordshire, SY=South Yorkshire, Wal=Wallasey, War= Warwickshire, Y=Yorkshire.

Sunday July 25th

Derek Niccolls, Funeral Arrangements

The arrangements for Derek Niccolls funeral are as follows. Thursday 29th July, 12 noon at St James Church, New Brighton and the onto Landican for 1-00pm. Mourners will be made welcome back at the Wallasey Royal British Legion after the Landican service. Derek is resting at Kenna & Turners, Rowson Street, Wallasey.

Sunday July 25th

Wirral & District Crown Green Bowling Association

The Wirral & District C.G.B.A. Dr Dawson Victory Cup Final takes place at Oxton Conservative Bowling Club on Saturday July 31st, starting at 2-00pm.

Quarry Vikings will play West Kirby Victoria and the two teams line up as follows.

Quarry Vikings v West Kirby Victoria

1 Chris Barton v Matt Gimore
2 Phil Vaughan v Ian Sherbrooke
3 Paul Partridge v Rob Fitzpatrick
4 Colin Bunting v James Fitzpatrick
5 Peter Birch v Dave Gilmore
6 Lynsey Gorman v Karl Sherbrooke
7 Tom Stead v Lee Brocklebank
8 Ian Gallagher v Neil Sherbrooke
9 Dave Harper v John Devlin
10 Gary McAdam v Jack Beecham
11 Richie Dawson v John Lloyd
12 Paul Saville v Anthony Thompson

Quarry Viking Reserves: Graham Bunting & Steve Thomas
West Kirby Victoria Reserves: Rob Franklin & Phil Lee

Referee: Bob Nunn

Handicap: Quarry Vikings (30) West Kirby Victoria (Scr)

Friday July 23rd

Sad News from Wallasey Royal British Legion Bowling Club.

I am sorry to have to report the sad news that Derek Niccolls from the Wallasey Royal Britsh Legion Bowling Club, passed away last night. Derek had been involved with Wallasey bowls for many years and will be sorely missed by the local bowling community. Our condolences go out to Derek's family and friends and funeral arrangements will be posted as soon as I receive them.

Friday July 23rd

Wallasey News Cup

All the Wallasey News Cup matches scheduled for last Tuesday 20th July were postponed due to the torrential rain and these matches will now be played on Tuesday August 3rd instead. The Semi Finals will be played on a date to be announced after the Quarter Final matches have been completed.

Friday July 23rd

British Parks Veterans County Team Knockout Competition

The above competition takes place this coming Monday, July 26th in Warwickshire and once again Wallasey will be sending three teams to compete in this all day event. There will be four groups of four teams and the winners of each group will progress to the Semi Finals later in the day. The coaches will leave the Queens, Liscard at 7-00am on Monday morning and all selected players are requested to make sure they are on time as with it being Monday morning and anticipated heavy traffic on the M6, we cannot afford any delay in setting off. All players and spectators travelling on the day are advised to make sure they take packed lunches etc. as the host County cannot provide refreshments at all the venues being used on the day. The group draws are as follows

Group 'A' : North Derbyshire 'A' - Warwickshire 'B' - East Midlands 'B' - South Yorkshire 'B'

Playing at Towers Toby Inn, Walsall Road, Birmingham B42 1EY

Group 'B':  Greater Manchester - Wallasey 'C' - East Midlands 'A' - South Yorkshire 'A'

Playing at Co-op No:2, Barrows Lane, Birmingham B26 1SA                                                                                                                                                                 

Group 'C' North Staffordshire 'B' - Wallasey 'B' - Cheshire - East Midlands 'C'

Playing at Moor Lane B.C., Moor Lane, Birmingham B6 7AA

Group 'D' North Staffordshire 'A' - Wallasey 'A' - Warwickshire 'A' - North Derbyshire 'B'

Playing at Co-op No:1, Barrows Lane, Birmingham B26 1SA

Winners from groups 'A' & 'C' will meet in the semi-final to be played at:-

The Beeches B.C., Thornbridge Avenue, Birmingham B42 1SA

Winners from groups 'B' & 'D' will meet in the semi-final top be played at:-

Coleshill Social B.C., Parkfield Road, Birmingham B46 3AZ

 

The Final will be played at will be played at Minworth Social B.C., Robinson Way, Birmingham B76 9BB

Wednesday July 21st

Presidents Cup

The Presidents Cup Semi Finals  take place next Tuesday, July 27th, 6-30pm Start.

Harrison Park (Scr) v (48) Queens Royal "B" at Royden Hall Bowling Club

West Kirby Victoria (Scr) v (42) Manor Road "A" at Magazine Bowling Club

Monday July 19th

Wirral & District C.G.B.A. Team Competitions

The results from last weeks Wirral competitions have now been updated and can be seen via the link in the table above.

Monday July 19th

North Wirral League

The updated League Table can be seen via the North Wirral League page accessed by the link in the table above.

Monday July 19th

Presidents Cup

The results from last weeks Presidents Cup matches have now been updated and can be seen via the team competitions page link above.

Sunday July 18th

Disappointing Home & away defeat by Yorkshire leaves Wallasey 3rd in table

Wallasey C.G.B.A. lost both the home and away legs in today's crucial British Parks C.G.B.A. Senior County Championship Group "A" match and consequently finish third in the group and fail to qualify for the Semi Finals in August. With only 5 home winners and 4 away winners, Wallasey could only muster 9 points in an overall 09-22 loss that saw Yorkshire deservedly top group "A" and march into the Semi Final. The home match at the New Brighton Cricket & Bowls Club (Quarry Vikings) Lower Green was a very tight affair with Wallasey just losing out by 2 points 217-219. There were fine home performances from Peter Milnes, an excellent 21-06 winner, Anthony Thompson 21-12 and a trio of 21-18 winners in Craig Saville, Dave Gilmore and Ian Sherbrooke. In the away leg at Pudsey Littlemoor, a tricky green took it's toll with 3 single figure losers for Wallasey accounting for 49 shots of an eventual 60 shot 171-231 loss. A Captains display by Frank O'Neill 21-13 came too late for Wallasey despite Neil Sherbrooke 21-15, John Lloyd 21-17 and Geoff Lynch 21-18 all bowling really well on the day to record fine wins.

Sunday July 18th

WEEKLY DRAW

The numbers drawn in our Weekly Draw today were 1,2,4,6,10,11. The Jackpot was not won and the £30 consolation prize was paid out to a Hoylake Central member. Next weeks jackpot will be £310 from 13 numbers. Full details of the weekly draw can be seen via the link in the table above

Sunday July 18th

League Results and Tables updated

The results we have in from last week's League Matches have now been updated as have the League Tables. Results and tables can be accessed via the links in the table above.

Sunday July 18th

Grange take Sheppick Cup after excellent Final against Poulton

After a tremendous Sheppick Cup Final last night, Grange finally overcame a spirited fight back by Poulton, to eventually win the Sheppick Cup by nine shots at New Brighton Cricket & Bowls Club (home of Quarry Vikings Bowling Club). Grange blazed an early trail of destruction with the first four all winning to set up a 36 shot lead. Steve Casey 21-17, Bill Casey 21-12, Chuck Stevens 21-11 and an eventual match winning 21-08 from Skipper, John Mcloughlin, were the four Grange winners and the spectators could be forgiven for thinking this could be another one sided Final after the Association Cup and Harold Jones Finals in the previous two weeks. Poulton however, had different ideas and the fight back started when John Nowell-Fenna 21-11, Ken Brierley 21-14 and Harry Scully 21-14 all posted fine winning cards in the middle four for Poulton. Crucially for Grange, Chris Madden came from 01-10 down to win an excellent match against June Fenna 21-18 and Grange led by 15 after 8 blocks. This Final still proved hard to predict with Poulton having another 3 winners in the back four. Alan Bennett 21-14, John Brierley 21-15 and Dave Dyer 21-19 were the Poulton heroes but John Barke's 21-12 (including one tremendous wood that somehow managed to squeeze past 3 sentries guarding the jack) proved vital to Grange and even though both teams had 6 winning cards each, 213-204 was the score at the end of a pulsating night's bowls. Congratulations to Grange and commiserations to Poulton but both teams can be proud of the way they conducted themselves on the night, with excellent sportsmanship shown by all the winners and losers alike. This was a great advertisement for the Second Division and a really enjoyable evenings bowls.

The victorious Grange squad pictured with the Sheppick Cup after last night's victory against Poulton.

 Association Chairman, Mike Costall, Grange Skipper, John McLoughlin and Association President, Keith Etches after last night's Sheppick Cup Final.

Wednesday July 14th

Wallasey v Yorkshire

The crucial British Parks Senior County Championship match between Wallasey and Yorkshire takes place this coming Sunday, July 18th, 2-00pm start, with the home leg being held at New Brighton Cricket & Bowls Club (home of Quarry Vikings Bowling Club) and the away leg at Pudsey Littlemoor WMC. Spectators are welcome at both venues and the coach for the away leg will leave the Queens, Liscard at 11-00am to enable us to arrive in good time at Pudsey. Supporters can make a big difference in these matches and all the players do appreciate the vocal banter between the rival supporters.

Wednesday July 14th

Sheppick Cup Final

The Sheppick Cup Final will take place this coming Saturday, July 17th at New Brighton Cricket & Bowls Club (home of Quarry Vikings Bowling Club) starting at 6-00pm. Grange take on Poulton in a Scratch match and spectators will be made most welcome on the night. Can I please remind both teams that dress code must be observed on the night as printed on page 53 of the current handbook.

Tuesday July 13th

Wallasey News Cup and Presidents Cup

Results, Handicaps and Venues from the above 2 Cups have been updated and can be seen via their respective pages accessed via the Team Competition page.

Sunday July 11th

WEEKLY DRAW

The numbers drawn in our Weekly Draw today were 1,2,3,4,12,13. The Jackpot was not won and the £30 consolation prize was paid out to a Wallasey RBL member. Next weeks jackpot will be £280 from 14 numbers. Full details of the weekly draw can be seen via the link in the table above

Sunday July 11th

Majestic Display sees Queens Royal regain Harold Jones Cup

Lightning struck twice for Manor Road "B", in the shape of Queens Royal, last night at Magazine Bowling Club, when a whitewash of twelve winners saw Queens Royal race to a 252 -180 victory in the Harold Jones Cup Final. The last time these two sides met in a Cup Final at Magazine, the Presidents Cup Final of 2007, the heavens opened and in a complete downpour, Queens Royal had all 12 winners. Last night, mercifully, the heavens opened before the match and despite a torrential downpour, the match went ahead for the most part in dry weather. It made no difference to Queens Royal however as they once again got off to a magnificent start with 3 single figure winners in the first four to almost pull back the handicap of 48 straightaway. Les Henderson 21-08 and Eddie Dutton and Peter Milnes, both 21-09 being the early stars for Royal and with Steve Scott posting a 21-16 against a best of the day Les Jones for Manor Road "B", 40 points had been shaved off the handicap. Brian Leonard continued the carnage in the middle four with a fine 21-08 win and with Colin Saville 21-12, Geoff Lynch 21-14 and Dave Croston 21-15 adding more Royal wins, the knife was being plunged into the Manor Road "B" heart with even greater force. Frank O'Neill piled even more agony onto Manor, coming from 4-8 down to run out an impressive 21-08 winner and with a trio of 21-11 wins from  Paul Saville, Craig Saville and Royal Skipper, Mike Nelson, the whitewash was completed. Once again Queens Royal proved to be too strong for Manor Road "B" on the night and deservedly regained the trophy they lost last year, after ironically losing to Manor Road "B" in an early round. Both teams deserve great credit for the sporting nature in which victory and defeat were accepted and Mike Nelson after thanking the Officials and the host club, rightly thanked his team for their performance in regaining a trophy the club is beginning to regard as their own.

Queens Royal pictured with the Harold Jones Cup after their victory over Manor Road "B" at Magazine Bowling Club last night.

Back Row Left to Right, Eddie Dutton, Geoff Lynch, Peter Milnes, Colin Saville, Craig Saville, Brian Leonard, Frank O'Neill

Front Row Left To Right, Steve Scott, Paul Saville, Mike Nelson, Les Henderson, Dave Croston

Queens Royal Captain, Mike Nelson pictured with Association President, Keith Etches after receiving the Harold Jones Cup last night.

Sunday July 11th

League Results and Tables updated

The results we have in from last week's League Matches have now been updated as have the League Tables. Results and tables can be accessed via the links in the table above.

Saturday July 10th

Harold Jones Cup Final & Race Night

Our Annual Race Night will finally take place tonight at Manor Road Bowling Club, with the 1st race due to start at 8-30pm. We are also staging the Harold Jones Cup Final tonight at the Magazine Bowling Club starting at 6-00pm. Why not make it a double header and get down to the Magazine to see if Manor Road "B" can upset the odds and beat Queens Royal and then trot along to Manor Road to try and beat the odds offered by the "one and only" Tommy Walker, who will once again host our Race Night in his own inimitable style. Manor Road "B" have been awarded a 48 start from the handicappers and will be hoping to take revenge against Queens Royal for the whitewash inflicted upon them in the Presidents Cup Final 3 years ago.

Sunday July 4th

WEEKLY DRAW

The numbers drawn in our Weekly Draw today were 1,6,8,12,13,14. The Jackpot was not won and the £30 consolation prize was paid out to a Sacred Heart bowler.  Next weeks jackpot will be £250 from 15 numbers. Full details of the weekly draw can be seen via the link in the table above

Sunday July 4th

Wallasey v Yorkshire

The selected teams for the crucial British Parks C.G.B.A. Senior County Championship match between Wallasey and Yorkshire, can be seen below. With Yorkshire lying first in Group "A" and Wallasey in second place this is a vital encounter in the push for a Semi Final place in August. The home match takes place at the New Brighton Cricket & Bowls Club (home of Quarry Vikings Bowling Club) Lower Green and the away match will be at Pudsey Littlemoor W.M.C. The matches are on Sunday July 18th starting at 2-00pm. Hopefully a large crowd will be in attendance to support the Wallasey team at the Cricket Club.

At New Brighton Cricket & Bowls Club (Home of Quarry Vikings B.C.)						At Pudsey Littlemoor WMC.
	Wallasey	Club		Yorkshire		Yorkshire		Wallasey	Club
1	L.Henderson	Queens Royal	v	T.Hanson	1	D.Cooper	v	C.Barton	Queens Royal	1
2	J.Fitzpatrick	West Kirby Victoria	v	A.Tate	2	H.Seehra	v	S.Scott	Queens Royal	2
3	R.Fitzpatrick	West Kirby Victoria	v	M.Fowler	3	A.Riley	v	C.Halsey	Queens Royal	3
4	Cr.Saville	Queens Royal	v	A.Hodgson	4	G.Wike	v	G.Lynch	Queens Royal	4
5	D.Gilmore	West Kirby Victoria	v	S.Walder	5	M.Smith	v	N.Sherbrooke	West Kirby Victoria	5
6	L.Brocklebank	West Kirby Victoria	v	R.Dunhill	6	R.Carroll	v	E.Dutton	Queens Royal	6
7	P.Milnes	Queens Royal	v	M.Fulton	7	S.King	v	M.Cunliffe	Manor Road	7
8	B.Leonard	Queens Royal	v	D.Hilliam	8	R.Whitehead	v	M.Bainbridge	Manor Road	8
9	I.Sherbrooke	West Kirby Victoria	v	J.Edmondson	9	P.Bowes	v	K.Sherbrooke	West Kirby Victoria	9
10	P.Saville	Queens Royal	v	I.Jaques	10	K.Smith	v	J.Devlin	West Kirby Victoria	10
11	A.Thompson	West Kirby Victoria	v	P.Clark	11	D.Fox	v	J.Lloyd	West Kirby Victoria	11
12	A.Bainbridge	Manor Road	v	N.Mylan	12	P.Jagger	v	F.O'Neill	Queens Royal	12
	Reserves							Reserves
	W.Astles	Manor Road						P.Dodd	Hoylake Central
	W.Atkinson	West Kirby Victoria						M.Nelson	Queens Royal
	B.Smith	Manor Road						I.Stead	Quarry Vikings
	T.Walker	Sacred Heart						C.Tornerup	Hoylake Central
								S.Wharton Jnr.	Great Meols

Sunday July 4th

Moreton Royal British Legion "B" team win Association Cup

Moreton Royal British Legion "B"  held off a tremendous fightback by the Quarry Vikings "B" back four to take the Association Cup by 22 shots last night at an extremely fast and tricky Wallasey Royal British Legion green last night. With a bonus of a 48 start  from the handicappers, Moreton forged into a virtually unassailable lead with 3 winners in the first four blocks, with the Vikings front four finding the green just a little quick at the start. John Dodd with an excellent 21-06 was the best for Moreton in this section and with both Roy Whitehurst 21-17 and Ron Fletcher 21-14 posting winning cards for the Legion, Steve Winter's 21-19 did not make a serious dent in the scoreline after four blocks of 130-58 to the Legion. Rodney Watkins quickly brought the Vikings into striking distance with an assured 21-08 victory but no sooner had he come off, Reg Hudson replied for the Legion with an equally impressive 21-07 win. Iain McKillop posted a tight 21-18 card for the Vikings but once again the Legion responded with a 21-15 victory for Tom O'Hanlon. With 5 winners in the first 8 blocks, the Legion seemed home and hosed but the Vikings staged a brilliant fightback from the last 4 blocks pulling 54 shots back thanks to 3 single figure winners, Dave Rust 21-04, Phil Hale 21-09 and Eddie Rimmer 21-06. Ken Winter added a 21-11 winning card but the damage had been done early on in this Final and the Legion finally had a winning score of 228-206 to take the trophy for the first time. The Association Chairman, Mike Costall, thanked both teams for a sporting Final and also thanked the host club, Wallasey Royal British Legion, for their help in the staging of the match on an excellent if very quick green. Despite some reservations about the handicap awarded in this match from some quarters, Moreton Royal British Legion just got to grips with the surface a lot quicker than Quarry Vikings and despite only having 5 winners to the Vikings 7 winners, the Legion had done enough to deserve their victory.

Moreton R.B.L. "B"				Quarry Vikings "B"
Roy Whitehurst	21	v	17	Mike Pilling
Les Bull	19	v	21	Steve Winter
John Dodd	21	v	06	Ron Davis
Ron Fletcher	21	v	14	Tom Davis
Ken Hoare	18	v	21	Iain McKillop
Irene Norman	08	v	21	Rodney Watkins
Reg Hudson	21	v	07	Mally Evans
Tom O'Hanlon	21	v	15	Brenda Boulton
Colin White	04	v	21	Dave Rust
Ken Dennis	09	v	21	Phil Hale
Peter Limb	11	v	21	Ken Winter
Harold Davies	06	v	21	Eddie Rimmer
Handicap	48		Scr	Handicap
Total	228		206	Total

Sunday July 4th

Presidents Cup & Wallasey News Cup

All the results from last weeks Presidents Cup matches have now been updated. The Wallasey News Cup 2nd Round Draw, Handicaps and Venues have also been updated for next Tuesday's matches. Please follow the team competition link above to access the relevant cup pages.

Sunday July 4th

League Results and Tables updated

The results we have in from last week's League Matches have now been updated as have the League Tables. Results and tables can be accessed via the links in the table above.

Friday July 2nd

Association Cup Final

The Association Cup Final takes place tomorrow night (Saturday July 3rd) at Wallasey Royal British Legion Bowling Club. The Final starts at 6-00pm and hopefully a good crowd of spectators will take advantage of the anticipated good weather and turn up to the match to see if Quarry Vikings "B" can defy the 48 shot handicap given to their opponents, Moreton Royal British Legion "B", by the Association handicappers.

 Friday July 2nd

Wallasey News Cup

Would all clubs involved in the Wallasey News Cup Second Round, please note that these matches will be played next Tuesday, July 6th and not July 20th as previously indicated on this website. July 20th was only a provisional date in case England were involved in the World Cup Semi Finals but as Capello did not pick any Tranmere Rovers players in his team it is obvious July 6th (the original date for this round) is now available.

Thursday July 1st

Wirral & District C.G.B.A. Cups

All the Draws, Venues and Handicaps for the Dr Dawson Victory Cup, the Graham White Cup and the Woodlands Cup for July 14th have now been updated and can be seen via the Wirral & District Team Competition link above.