Wallasey Crown Green Bowling Association

Wednesday 28th February

Team Cup Venues Updated

The venues for the Preliminary and First Rounds of the Five A Side Cup and the Preliminary Rounds of the Association, Harold Jones and Sheppick Cups can now be seen via the Team Competitions page.

Wednesday 21st February

Merseyside Crown Green Bowling Association

Merseyside Crown Green Bowling Association has a new County Secretary. Ron Holt, formerly the County Registrar, has taken over from Brian Hampson with Steve Davies appointed to the position of treasurer. Margaret Gard becomes County Registrar and will be responsible for issuing the BCGBA Membership cards, which remain at £6. Contact details will be available in the Merseyside Handbook due out in March.

Wednesday 14th February

Wirral Association cup draws

For the benefit of all our member clubs, details of the Sansom, Stott, Dr.Dawson Victory and Graham White Cup draws can be seen below.

Sansom Cup

Stott Cup

Dr. Dawson Victory Cup

Graham White Cup

Wednesday 7th February

Changes to Calendar of Events

There have been some changes to the Calendar of Events for 2007. The Isle of Man Festival will this week be held from Monday 18th June to Sunday 24th June and this has meant that we have had to reschedule some of our events due to be held in that week. The British Parks Individual Merit Competition will now take place on Monday 11th June (not 18th as previously notified). The Junior Individual Merit Finals Night will now take place on Monday 18th June (not July 9th as previously notified). The Veterans Individual Merit qualifying Night will now be on Tuesday 19th June ( not July 9th as previously notified) and the Veterans Individual Merit Finals night will now be on Saturday 23rd June (not July 28th as previously notified). The Wallasey Individual Merit Qualifying night will now be on Monday 9th July ( not June 19th as previously notified) and the Wallasey Individual Merit Finals night will now be on Saturday 28th July (not June 23rd as previously notified). All the correct dates have now been entered on the Calendar of Events page.

Saturday 3rd February

Vice Chairman completes Five A Side draw from hospital bed.

Association Vice Chairman, Dave Leonard, unfortunately admitted to Arrowe Park hospital last week, might have thought that he would be able to rest up for a few days whilst recuperating from his serious illness, no chance !!!  Keith Etches (President) and Peter Dodd ( Secretary) decided to combine a visit to see Dave last night armed with all the paraphernalia to make the draws for the Preliminary and First rounds of the Five A Side cup. The full details of the draw can be seen via the Team Competitions page and I can inform members that Dave is feeling a little better than last week but is still waiting for the consultant's report on his heart condition.

Thursday 1st February

Player Resignations

With the deadline for Club and player registrations falling yesterday, I would like to point out the law regarding players resigning from one club in order to join another. This week I have had to refuse 5 applications from players wishing to resign from clubs they played for last season simply because they were too late with their resignations. I would remind players that we follow the laws of the Wirral & District Crown Green Bowling Association and as such in our Constitution and Laws regarding Team Competitions (Cup and League) law 3 is as follows:

3     A player having played for a club during a season shall not be eligible to play in a league or cup match for another club in the current season, with the exception of a player of a club withdrawing from the league competition, without having tendered his resignation as a league player to his club and notified the League Secretary not later than the 14th January. The Secretary of each club shall be responsible for notifying the league re resignations, new members and registered players. No player can be registered after July 1st unless with the consent of the Executive Committee.

At a Wirral & District Council meeting on Monday 29th January the Committee decided that January 14th was the final date for resignations and no exceptions to this ruling would be allowed.

I understand from the various players that I have spoken to this week that they thought the resignation date was 31st January, as in the Birkenhead & Wirral Crown Green Bowling League but unfortunately I could not allow those players to tender late resignations. If I were to allow this we would leave ourselves open to players wanting to resign at any time up the start of the season.

The above law can be seen either via the Constitution and Laws page of this website or on page 53 of the 2006 Wirral Crown Green Bowls handbook.

Wednesday 31st January

Starred Players

The starred player lists for 2007 can now be seen on the Starred Players page.

Sunday 28th January

Deadline Day for registrations etc.

Club Secretaries are reminded that all registration forms, affiliation fees , starred player lists and five a side entry forms are to be returned to the Association Secretary by 31st January. Thank you.

Wednesday 24th January

British Parks Fixtures for 2007

All the 2007 British Parks Senior County Championship Division Two fixtures, the Club Team Knockout draw and the Veterans Team Knockout draw, can now be seen via the British Parks Competitions page. The Division One Senior County Championship Section "A" fixtures involving Wirral can also be seen at the bottom of the British Parks page.

Thursday 11th January

Race Night

The Executive Committee will be holding a race night on Friday April 13th at the Sacred Heart Club in Moreton to boost the Association Funds. Full details will be posted to all Clubs in due course.

Thursday 11th January

Presidents Cup and Divisional Cup Draws for 2007.

The draws for the Presidents Cup, Harold Jones Cup, Sheppick Cup and Association Cup for 2007 can now be seen via the Team Competitions page. Remember all Team Cup Competitions will now be Handicap Competitions.

Tuesday 9th January

Ronny Chatten

I am sorry to have to report that Ronny Chatten, from the Gladstone Bowling Club, passed away on Friday 5th January after a long period of illness. Ronny had been involved with the Gladstone Club for over 50 years and was of course Secretary there for a long time. Ronny had to relinquish his position as President of the Birkenhead & Wirral Crown Green Bowling League at their Annual General Meeting in December because of his ill health. Ronny will of course be sadly missed by all bowlers on the Wirral and our condolences go to his Family at this sad time. The Funeral arrangements are as follows:

Friday 19th January: 11-00am, Church Service at the United Reformed Church, Old Chester Road, Birkenhead and then onto Landican at 12 o'clock midday.

The Gladstone Club will welcome all mourners to their Club after the service at Landican.

Wednesday 27th December

2007 Individual Competition Entry Details Updated

The dates and entry details of the 2007 Individual Competitions can now be seen on the Individual Competitions page.

Wednesday 27th December

Constitution Updated

The Constitution and Laws page has now been updated in line with the voting that took place by members at the Annual General Meeting.

Wednesday 27th December

League Fixtures for 2007 now updated.

The provisional Leagues Fixtures for 2007 can now be seen via the relevant pages.

Friday 22nd December

A Happy Christmas and Successful New Year to all our members.

The Executive Committee would like to wish all our Members and their Families a Happy Christmas and a very successful New Year.

Tuesday 5th December

Birkenhead & Wirral Crown Green Bowling League finally allow Lady Bowlers.

At tonight's Birkenhead & Wirral Crown Green Bowling League A.G.M., a proposal from the Albany Bowling Club to omit "mens" from the constitution was approved, therefore allowing Lady Bowlers to compete in the League from the start of the 2007 Season. This brings the Birkenhead League in line with our own Wallasey Association and the Wirral & District Association and Bebington and District League in allowing Lady Bowlers to participate in all events except the British Parks Senior County Championship.

Sunday 3rd December

Roll of Honour for 2006 Season

Sunday 3rd December

Presentation of League Championship Trophies at the Annual General Meeting

West Kirby Victoria 1st Division Champions 2006

Association Chairman, Mike Costall (left) and President, Keith Etches (centre)

 present the 1st Division Trophy to Billy Atkinson from West Kirby Victoria

Cheshire Cheese 2nd Division Champions 2006

Association Chairman, Mike Costall (left) and President, Keith Etches (centre)

 present the 2nd Division Trophy to Andy Wainwright from Cheshire Cheese

Grange 3rd Division Champions 2006

Association Chairman, Mike Costall (left) and President, Keith Etches (centre)

 present the 3rd Division Trophy to Bill Wakelam from Grange

Thursday 30th November

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Association took place at Manor Road last night and a full turn out of Clubs accepted all three Notices of Motion put forward by the Executive Committee.

1) Change to the League Match scoring system.

Points Scoring System for 2007:

Each individual home winner receives one point and each individual away winner receives one and a half points.

Winning Team of each match (on total score e.g. 234-196) receives two points.                                                   

There will no longer be any extra aggregate points available and three points for an away win is scrapped.

2) Divisional Cups:   (Harold Jones, Sheppick and Association)

All the Divisional Cup competitions will now be Handicap competitions.

3) Annual Subscriptions:

The Annual Subscription fees will now be £90 per team payable in 2 x  £45 instalments.

Wallasey Royal British Legion Bowling Club were accepted back into the Association but unfortunately Cheshire Cheese resigned their membership. Hoylake Central will be entering a 2nd team into the League bringing the total number of teams up to 34 for the 2007 season. Queens Liscard are to be renamed as Queens 27 Bowling Club from the start of 2007.

Calendar of Events

The provisional Calendar of Events for 2007 has now been updated on the relevant page.