Brian Hampson has produced an excellent website for the Birkenhead League, which includes League and Cup results for both the "Afternoon" and "Evening" sections of the B&W C.G.B.L. League tables and fixtures can also be accessed via the site and knowing Brian, all sorts of information will soon be winging it's way onto the site. The website can be reached via www.birkenheadleague.co.uk I have put a link on our links page accessed via the appropriate section in our heading box above.

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 2,3,6,9,12,18 The Jackpot was not won and will be £200 from 18 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid on a ticket sold at the Manor Road Club

Manor Road's, Ian Mitchell made his mark on the Wallasey C.G.B.A. Veterans Individual Merit Competition last night with a fine 21-18 victory against West Kirby Victoria's Billy Atkinson in a high quality Final at Wallasey Royal British Legion. Ian had to come through 3 tough matches to win the Title. In a nip and tuck Quarter Final against Ray Woods, Ian gained a winning advantage from 14-14 across to lead 20-16 before 3 singles to Ray brought the game to 20-19, Ian then finally taking the next point for a close 21-19 victory. In an epic Semi Final match against Dave Croston, Ian forged an early 08-01 lead only for Dave to fight back and make the scores 11 across. Dave then came alight to force an 18-13 and then a 20-14 lead only to bowl a loose end and see Ian take 7 on the trot and win 21-20. The Final against Billy Atkinson saw Bill take an early 06-03 lead before Ian clawed his way back into the match at 13 across. Ian was not to lose the lead again but Billy did level at 18 across only for 3 singles to Ian taking the score to 21-18 and making Ian the 2009 champion atoning up for his defeat in last years final. Billy had won his Quarter Final match 21-13 and his Semi Final 21-09 in two fine performances to take him into the Final. I would like to thank the Wallasey R.B.L. Club for allowing us to use their green last night and our Referee, Peter Fishwick for his usual impeccable performance. I would also like to thank Mary Fishwick and Colin Jones for doing the measuring on the night. Association President, Keith Etches asked Les Henderson to present the Trophy to Ian Mitchell, Les having kindly donated the Trophy for the Veterans a few years back. I would also like to thank Ron Hitchmough for his continued support in sponsoring our Veterans Competition and all the spectators who turned up to support the "Lads" on the night.

Quarter Finals		Semi Finals		Final		Winner
D.Croston Queens Royal	21	D.Crostonl	20	I.Mitchell	21	I.Mitchell
R.Hitchmough Manor Road	17
I.Mitchell Manor Road	21	I.Mitchell	21
R.Woods Manor Road	19
K.Etches Hoylake Central	21	K.Etches	09	W.Atkinson	18
D.Cook Bronze	14
W.Atkinson West Kirby Victoria	21	W.Atkinson	21
W.Astles Manor Road	13

All this weeks League Results in so far, have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

Billy Atkinson, Ron Hitchmough, Billy Astles, Ian Mitchell, Dave Croston, Keith Etches, Ray Woods and Don Cook were the qualifiers from last night's matches to go forward to Saturday's Veterans Merit Finals night at Wallasey R.B.L. The quarter finals get under way at 6-00pm and spectators will be made more than welcome on the night.

D.Croston v R.Hitchmough, I.Mitchell v R.Woods, K.Etches v D.Cook, W.Atkinson v W.Astles

There is a good possibility that I will be calling it a day as Secretary and Treasurer of the Wallasey C.G.B.A. at this years Annual General Meeting and to be fair to an incoming member willing to take on the roles, I invite applications for the above positions now. I will endeavour to give as much assistance as I can to help whoever is prepared to take on the task of keeping the Wallasey Association in the forefront of local bowls. I am afraid the constant backbiting and badgering has finally worn me down and I look forward to a complete rest from Administration at all levels.

There is only 1 vacancy left for the Saturday July 4th qualifying rounds but there are still a few vacancies left for the Saturday July 11th qualifying rounds. Qualifying sessions are 12 noon and 2-00pm at Manor Road Bowling Club. Please contact Keith Etches if you wish to play, Entries cost £10 per person.

Qualifying for the Veterans Individual Merit, takes place at Central Park tonight (6-00pm Start), with the Finals Night (last eight) being held on Saturday June 27th at Wallasey Royal British Legion (6-00pm Start).

The Draw, Handicaps and Venues for the First Round of the Presidents Cup can now be seen on the Presidents Cup page accessed via the Team Competition page.

All last weeks League Results in so far, have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 1,3,6,10,19,20 The Jackpot was not won and will be £140 from 19 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid out to a deserving Tranmere Rovers supporter, who I believe might donate the money to Rovers to help the club in their time of need, rather than spend it at the Manor Road club.

The Poulton Bowling Club would like to apologise to all visitors to their Club for the present state of their green. Some work on the green earlier in the season has actually produced an adverse effect on the grass and the playing surface has deteriorated in certain areas. The Club have been working non stop this weekend in an effort to repair as much of the damage as possible and only time will tell as to the effectiveness of this work. Would all visiting teams please show some sympathy towards the Poulton members, who remember, have already had to cope with their bowling hut having been destroyed by arson from the local vandals.

The draw for Tuesday's (June 23rd) Veterans Individual Merit Competition can be seen below. The matches get underway a 6-00pm with the scratching time set for 6-15pm. All four greens at Central Park will be used and there will be two qualifiers from each green going through to the Finals Night on Saturday June 27th. Draw for the Finals Night is;

Qualifier 5 v Qualifier 2, Qualifier 4 v Qualifier 7, Qualifier 6 v Qualifier 8, Qualifier 1 v Qualifier 3

Preliminary and First Round results of the Presidents Cup and Wallasey News Cup have now been updated. They can be accessed via the Team Competitions page.

Tuesday's results from the Divisional Cup Semi Finals have now been updated. The Harold Jones Cup Final will be between two surprise teams in Hoylake Central and Sandridge. Congratulations to both Clubs on their efforts and hopefully an exciting Final is in prospect despite the absence of either of the big two (Queens Royal & West Kirby Victoria) for the first time in many a year. The Sheppick Cup will feature Wallasey Royal British Legion against either Hoylake Central "B" or Sacred Heart "B", who will play their Semi Final match next Wednesday. Manor Road "C" will play Wallasey Royal British Legion "B" in the Association Cup Final after both had convincing Semi Final victories in their matches this week.

There was some sad news from the Liscard Bowling Club on Thursday of last week, with the passing away of one the unsung heroes of bowls, Sid Davies. Sid was a great clubman and supported Liscard at all home games. He was a gentleman and one of the most unselfish people you could wish to meet. He took a lot of the younger bowlers at Liscard under his wing & was a father figure to many of them. Sid unfortunately had Alzheimer's in the later stages of his life and he was 89 when he finally passed away. The Funeral Service is due to take place at the Centre Chapel at Landican on Monday June 22nd at 2-00pm.

Dave Gilmore (West Kirby Victoria) won his 3rd Wallasey Merit Title this afternoon, at a sun drenched Royden Hall green, with a fine 21-16 win against Steve Scott (Queens Royal) in an excellent Final. On a wonderful green at Royden, the final was nip and tuck all the way with both bowlers having little runs with the jack up to Steve leading 15-13 but Dave then took control with a crucial break of 6 to lead 19-15 and after Steve had clawed one back to 16-19, 2 more singles to Dave saw him to victory and his 3rd Title to go with his wins in 1991 and 1999. Dave had earlier beaten Dave Croston 21-10, Eddie Clayburn 21-18 and Geoff Lynch 21-15 on his way to the Final. Steve Scott had beaten Peter Dodd 21-20, Curtis Tornerup 21-19, Les Henderson 21-11 and Frank O'Neill 21-16 on his way to the Final. An excellent competition saw many close matches and Dave Gilmore was a worthy winner at the end of a baking hot afternoon. Dave's win saw him pull level with Son, Mathew at 3 Merit Titles each. Thanks were given to the Royden Hall Bowling Club for the use of their excellent facilities and also to Executive Committee member, Tommy Walker, who did a brilliant job of officiating throughout the day on his 60th Birthday.

Preliminary Round		First Round		Quarter Finals		Semi Finals		Final
W.Atkinson	21	W.Atkinson	12	L.Henderson	11	S.Scott	21	S.Scott	16
Colin Saville	10
L.Henderson	21	L.Henderson	21
P.Lewis	14
S.Scott	21	S.Scott	21	S.Scott	21
P.Dodd	20
J.Powell	12	C.Tornerup	19
C.Tornerup	21
M.Nelson	18	J.Devlin	08	F.O'Neill	21	F.O'Neill	16
J.Devlin	21
F.O'Neill	21	F.O'Neill	21
S.Wharton Snr.	10
E.Dutton	12	J.Lloyd	20	S.Wharton Jnr	12
J.Lloyd	21
S.Wharton Jnr.	21	S.Wharton Jnr	21
P.Saville	20
J.Fitzpatrick	ab	G.Lynch	21	G.Lynch	21	G.Lynch	15	D.Gilmore	21
G.Lynch	w/o
A.Thompson	ab	Craig Saville	10
Craig Saville	w/o
		B.Leonard	21	B.Leonard	19

		P.Vaughan	08

		J.Upton	02	E.Clayburn	18	D.Gilmore	21

		E.Clayburn	21

		D.Gilmore	21	D.Gilmore	21

		D.Croston	10

Dave Gilmore, with the Trophy, and Steve Scott pictured after their Wallasey Merit Final this afternoon.

A lucky Quarry Vikings bowler won today's £400 Jackpot prize in the Weekly Draw with the following numbers 3,6,7,8,9,11. The draw reverts to £120 from 20 numbers next week.

All this weeks League Results in so far, have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

The draw for this Sunday's (June 14th) Wallasey Individual Merit took place this morning and can be seen below. The Competition takes place at Royden Hall Bowling Club starting at 11-00am. For players playing in the Preliminary Round the scratching time is 11-00am and for the lucky bowlers who start off in the First Round, scratching is 12 noon. Dress code is to be observed as this is a Finals Day.

Wallasey C.G.B.A. Divisional Representative matches v Bebington & District League

Discussions are ongoing about a series of three representative bowls matches played between the Wallasey Crown Green Bowling Association and the Bebington & District Bowling League, during the months of July and August.

The first match, which will hosted by The Wallasey Crown Green Bowling Association will comprise of only players who play for teams in Division 3 of their respective league. The second match, which will be hosted by The Bebington Bowling League will comprise of only players who play for teams in Division 2 of their respective leagues. Finally the third match, which will again be hosted by The Wallasey Crown Green Bowling Association will comprise of only players who play for teams in Division 1 of their respective leagues.

Selection for the representative matches will be made as follows, The Bebington League will request that each team playing in the appropriate division select a player to represent that team and therefore their league in a full representative match.

The Wallasey Crown Green Bowling Association will request each Club in Division Three to select a player to represent their Division and the extra five players required to form a team of 14 will be selected by the Executive Committee, with no Club having more than two players in the representative side. For the Division Two and Division One matches, each Club in those Divisions will be requested to provide one player with the extra 3 players again selected by the Executive Committee. Once again no Club will have more than two players in the side. Players who already represent the Association in British Parks County Matches will not be considered for any of these matches. The format for each of the matches will be like all other representative matches, and will comprise of 14 players on each side. Full dress code will be observed on the day and hopefully all three matches will be played in a competitive spirit and enjoyed by all bowlers, who for one reason or another, have not managed to play in a representative match before.

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 2,3,4,5,6,7 The Jackpot was not won and will be £400 from 13 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid out on a ticket sold to a Lewis Reed employee

All this weeks League Results in so far, have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

Entries are now closed for the Wallasey Individual Merit and the competition takes place on Sunday June 14th at Royden Hall Bowling Club starting at 11-00am sharp. The draw will be published in the next few days.

One of the most respected bowlers in the Wallasey Association has made a generous donation towards the prize money for next weeks Wallasey Individual Merit Competition. After representing the County Team with honour over many years, the player, who wishes to remain anonymous, felt that he would like to put something back into Wallasey Bowls and has given our Senior Individual Competition a welcome boost. We gratefully thank the player concerned and hope that the turn out for the One Day Competition on Sunday June 14th justifies the faith shown in the Wallasey Association by our anonymous donor. Details of the venue for the Merit will be published as soon as all the Entries are confirmed.

Some late results from last week have now been updated and the League Tables are now up to date as well.

The Wallasey C.G.B.A. Annual Charity Day proved to be a great success for the Clatterbridge Hospice Cancer Research Centre yesterday, when a Challenge Match between the Association's Home and Away County Sides, produced a magnificent £511 on the day for the Research Centre. On a day of brilliant sunshine and on a quick Manor Road green, the Away side turned out to be the winners of the Challenge Match by 45 shots. A special thank you goes to young Nieve, who did brilliant work in raising £168 on the day's raffle and she went round the green more times than Chris Barton managed in his 2 matches during the day. I must make an apology to Mrs. Ethel Gilmore who was invited to attend to present the George Gilmore Memorial Trophy to the winning Captains and amidst all the confusion at the end of the match we forgot to ask Ethel onto the green. We are really sorry Ethel and thank you for attending and for your generous donation to the event. Association Chairman, Mike Costall presented a cheque to Jo Parry, the Research Centre Fund Raising Organiser, who thanked everyone for their help in raising such an amount in one afternoon for the Centre.

"Home Side"				"Away Side"
1	Craig Saville	15	v	21	Chris Barton	1
2	Les Henderson	21	v	15	Geoff Lynch	2
3	Paul Saville	21	v	20	Steve Scott	3
4	Karl Sherbrooke	21	v	20	Mathew Cunliffe	4
5	Ron Hitchmough	17	v	21	Colin Saville	5
6	Dave Gilmore	18	v	21	Mike Nelson	6
7	Peter Dodd	16	v	21	Keith Etches	7
8	Frank O'Neill	20	v	21	Billy Atkinson	8
9	Tommy Walker	16	v	21	John Lloyd	9
10	Billy Astles	13	v	21	Mike Costall	10
11	Ian Stead	19	v	21	John Devlin	11
12	Phil Vaughan	15	v	21	George Stead	12
13	Colin Jones	09	v	21	Rick Keeley	13
14	Chris Barton	20	v	21	Anthony Thompson	14
	Total	241		286	Total

Clatterbridge Cancer Research Centre Fund Raiser, Jo Parry, receives a cheque from Association Chairman, Mike Costall.

Geoff Lynch & Chris Barton receive the George Gilmore Memorial Trophy from Mike Costall.

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 1,6,8,10,11,12 The Jackpot was not won and will be £350 from 14 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid out on a ticket sold by Paul Saville..

This weeks League results have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

I think the time has arrived for me to go, another error in my work I'm afraid (don't be too hard on me Sav). Unfortunately, I sent out the Entry forms for the Veterans Merit competition last week with the wrong dates on them and lo and behold, the sharp eyed Vets picked up on it straight away and were not slow to let me know about it. I have sent new Entry Forms to each Club today with the correct dates on them and can only apologise if anyone is not available to play now. The correct dates are: Qualifying Night, Tuesday 23rd June - Finals Night, Saturday 27th June at 6-00pm. I have also sent out League Tables today and will in future send a League Table in the last week of every month.

This year's Charity Day takes place this coming Sunday with a Challenge Match between our British Parks home and away County sides. The match starts at 1-00pm at Manor Road Bowling Club and hopefully, in view of the good weather forecast, we can attract a decent turn out of spectators to see some top class bowling. The Charity we are supporting this year is the Clatterbridge Hospice Cancer Research Unit and this worthy Charity will have a Representative at Sunday's match. Can all players selected for the "Home Side" on Sunday please play in their Wallasey County Shirt, with the players selected for the "Away Side" playing in their own Club Shirts. Because of the previous day's F.A.Cup Final and with some players originally selected still not returning home from Wembley before Sunday's match, some guest bowlers have been included in the line ups

Jack Beecham (Harrison Park & Tixall) won yesterday's Wirral Merit Competition beating West Kirby Victoria's Anthony Thompson 21-20 in an excellent final. Jack was 16-19 down to John Hignett Jnr in his Quarter Final before coming through 21-19 and was in even worse trouble against Anthony Thompson in the Final at 13-19 down before using all his experience to finally pull through and take the title with a thrilling 21-20 victory.

Quarter-Finals: Phil Neilson (Pensby) 18, Mal Andrews (West Kirby Victoria) 21; Anthony Thompson (West Kirby Victoria) 21, John Ellis (Gladstone) 10; Ian Hazlehurst (Gladstone) 5, John Devlin (West Kirby Victoria) 21; Jack Beecham (Tixall & Harrison Park) 21, John Hignett Jnr (Gladstone) 19.

Semi-Finals: Andrews 14, Thompson 21; Devlin 6, Beecham 21.

Final: Thompson 20, Beecham 21.

Jack Beecham receives the Wirral Merit Trophy from the Wirral & District C.G.B.A. Chairman, Roy Cooke

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 3,5,6,8,11,14 The Jackpot was not won and will be £300 from 15 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid out on a ticket sold to a member of the Manor Road Club..

It is wholly unacceptable for League Matches to start after 6-30pm because of the lack of Home team players at the venue. I must insist that each Club ensures that they have sufficient players available for both teams to start the first four at 6-30pm. If what happened on Thursday occurs again this season, then the Club concerned will have to appear before the Executive Committee to explain themselves and accept the possible repercussions.

This weeks League results from Tuesday and Thursday have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

Due to a few unforeseen circumstances, Everton reaching the F.A. Cup Final being one of them, the Tom Bassnett Pairs competition has had to be postponed until a later date in the season, more likely some time in August. Possibly because the Final was scheduled for May 30th, F.A. Cup Final Day, entries this year were well down on previous years and it would not have been possible to go ahead with the qualifiers next week. This competition is one of our most popular and we are now looking at dates in August to stage it. I have sent out entry forms this week to all clubs for the Wallasey Individual Merit, the Veterans Merit and the Tony Vyskocil Memorial 31 Up competitions. Please ask your club Secretary for details.

Starting on Thursday 28th May, Queens Royal "B" will be playing all their home matches on Harrison Park number 2 green. This does not affect Queens Royal "A", who will still be playing their home fixtures at Marine Park Number 2 green.

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 5,6,7,9,10,12. The Jackpot was not won and will be £260 from 16 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid out on a ticket sold to a Manor Road bowler.

Queens Royal's Chris Barton won his second competition in a fortnight at New Brighton Cricket and Bowling Club today, when adding the Wallasey C.G.B.A. British Parks Merit Title to his previous victory in the New Brighton Classic. Chris took full advantage of playing on the green of Quarry Vikings Bowling Club, which was in excellent condition despite the heavy rainfall this morning and the showers during the afternoon, to win five matches on the day and prove a worthy 21-08 winner against West Kirby Victoria's Jamie Fitzpatrick in the Final. A good turnout of 25 players started out at 1-00pm with 9 Preliminary Round matches, the pick of which was Matt Gilmore's 21-20 victory over Craig Saville. Matt had built up an early 13-07 lead before Craig fought back to level at 16-16 and eventually lie 20-18 up but Matt held his nerve to eventually win by the closest of margins. Chris Barton started off his day's work with a 21-12 win against Andy Wainwright and Jamie Fitzpatrick defeated Tommy Walker 21-09 in his opening game. The First Round proper saw 2 more titanic matches with Anthony Thompson defeating John Lloyd 21-20 and Billy Atkinson doing the same against Les Henderson. Anthony took an early 10-06 lead against John before John piled on the points to lead 19-13. Anthony pulled back to 18-18, 19-19 and 20 across before finally just getting over the line at 21-20. Billy and Les were involved in a match in which both players had little runs with the Jack, Les taking an early 09-05 lead only to find himself 10-09 down and then 14-10 up. Billy responded to take an 18-14 lead only for Les to go 19-18 up, a 2 for Billy and a single for Les had the score at 20 across but Billy took the next point against the Jack to win 21-20. Chris Barton defeated John Devlin 21-14 with Jamie Fitzpatrick getting home 21-13 against Paul Saville. Arguably, the match of the day saw West Kirby Victoria club mates Matt Gilmore and Anthony Thompson serve up a treat for the spectators with another high class 21-20 match. Anthony, fresh from his previous match with John Lloyd took advantage of Matt's longer break on the sidelines, to bowl superbly well and build up a stunning 16-03 lead with tremendous leads. Matt responded with some tremendous leads of his own to incredibly go 18-17 up and then 20-19 up before giving Anthony a chance to win the match with his two woods about a yard through. Anthony's first wood was counting and coming in for game, for once, his delivery was not right and he stopped just short, which left the score tied at 20 across. Anthony bowled the Jack to the far corner of the green but his two woods were short leaving Matt the chance to draw and win the match 21-20. The bowling in this match was of the highest standard and credit goes to both bowlers who never gave up throughout. Chris Barton continued on his merry way with a fine 21-11 win against Dave Gilmore and Jamie Fitzpatrick defeated Bill Astles by the same score. Colin Saville completed the Semi Final entrants when he defeated Billy Atkinson 21-17 in his Quarter Final match. The Semi Finals saw Jamie Fitzpatrick playing at the top of his game to defeat Matt Gilmore 21-10 in a somewhat surprising score line and Chris Barton beating Colin Saville 21-13 in a game in which Colin just couldn't get a run with the Jack. Jamie Fitzpatrick started off the Final with a 2 against Chris Barton but the possible crucial end of the match came as early as the 2nd end when Chris fired and knocked the Jack into the ditch. Jamie made a bad lead and Chris had 3 two's on the trot to take a 06-02 lead. Jamie fought back to 6 across but a stunning break of 13 shots to Chris saw him into a match winning 19-06 lead. Jamie managed 2 more singles but Chris, as in the New Brighton Classic, was not to be beaten and 2 singles saw him complete an excellent day's work with a 21-08 winning score. Matt Gilmore, Colin Saville, Jamie Fitzpatrick and Chris Barton will now represent Wallasey at the British Parks C.G.B.A. Senior Individual Merit Finals on August 9th at a venue in East Midlands. Chris will also be entered into the special Waterloo Competition being run later in the year by Jimmy Parker. Thanks must go to New Brighton Cricket and Bowling Club and the Quarry Vikings Bowling Club for allowing us to use their excellent green this afternoon. A big thank you also to our Competition Secretary, Keith Etches for once again organising the event to his normal high standards. Thank you also to all the Players who took part today as without you I might have had to watch Liverpool on the Tv.

Preliminary Round		First Round		Quarter Finals		Semi Finals		Final
E. Clayburn	21	E. Clayburn	08	W.Astles	11	J.Fitzpatrick	21	J.Fitzpatrick	08
B. Leonard	14
W.Astles	21	W.Astles	21
S.Scott	10
T.Walker	09	J.Fitzpatrick	21	J.Fitzpatrick	21
J.Fitzpatrick	21
M.Cunliffe	17	P.Saville	13
P.Saville	21
Craig Saville	20	M.Gilmore	21	M.Gilmore	21	M.Gilmore	10
M.Gilmore	21
S.Wharton Jnr.	21	S.Wharton Jnr.	13
G.Stead	15
P.Vaughan	16	J.Lloyd	20	A.Thompson	20
J.Lloyd	21
F.O'Neill	08	A.Thompson	21
A.Thompson	21
A.Wainwright	12	C.Barton	21	C.Barton	21	C.Barton	21	C.Barton	21
C.Barton	21
		J.Devlin	14

		D.Gilmore	21	D.Gilmore	11

		E.Dutton	07

		S.Wharton Snr.	12	Colin Saville	21	Colin Saville	13

		Colin Saville	21

		W. Atkinson	21	W. Atkinson	17

		L.Henderson	20

Chris Barton receives his Wallasey C.G.B.A. British Parks Merit Cup from Association President, Keith Etches.

Due to an increase in the strength of their squad in the last few weeks there have been 2 alterations to the Moreton R.B.L. "A" team Starred Player list. G.Holt replaces R.Fletcher and J.Bollans replaces E.Smith.

The draw for Sunday's Finals Day of our British Parks Merit Competition took place tonight and can be seen below. Can all players please remember the scratching time is 1-00pm and with 9 Preliminary Round matches followed by 8 First Round matches plus the 4 Quarter Finals, 2 Semi Finals and the Final, play will start at 1-00pm prompt to enable us to get the competition finished at a reasonable hour. Dress code will be observed on the day. As stated previously all 4 Semi Finalists on Sunday will go forward to the British Parks C.G.B.A. National Senior Individual Merit Finals in August. The winner on Sunday also gains automatic entry into a special Waterloo Competition later in the year. The competition takes place at the Quarry Vikings Bowling Club green at New Brighton Cricket and Bowling Club.

All the Handicaps and Venues for the Divisional Cup Semi Finals and the Wallasey News Cup First Round have now been updated as have the Presidents Cup Preliminary Round fixtures. These can all be accessed via their respective page via the Team Competitions page.

This weeks League results from Tuesday have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

The draw for the Preliminary Round and First Round of the Wallasey News Cup was made today and can be seen via the Wallasey News Cup page, accessed via the Team Competition page.

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 2,5,9,12,13,15. The Jackpot was not won and will be £220 from 17 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid out on a ticket sold by Colin Jones.

Manor Road Bowling Club have reported to me that one of their new Jacks and a mat have disappeared after one of the many cup games staged on their green during the last week. If any player has inadvertently put them in his bag after one of the games, could he or she please return it to the Manor Road Club. The new black Jack is easily distinguishable as it has the letters M.R.B.C, stamped on it. These Jacks cost £28 each and obviously any Club cannot afford to lose Jacks in this way.

This weeks League results have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

The results from this weeks Quarter Final matches in the Harold Jones & Sheppick Cups have now been updated as have the final qualifying matches in the Association Cup. The Semi Final pairings have also been updated and with another shock result in the Harold Jones Cup seeing Hoylake Central defeating Manor Road "A" an intriguing Semi Final against Manor Road "B" is their reward. West Kirby Victoria will play Sandridge in the other Semi Final. Poulton, Wallasey R.B.L., Hoylake Central "B" and Sacred Heart "B" will contest the Sheppick Cup Semi Finals. The 3 Group winners in the Association Cup were Marine Park "B", Manor Road "C" & Wallasey R.B.L. "B". The best Runner Up to qualify was Great Float.

Chris Barton did both himself and Wallasey Bowls proud on Monday with a tremendous day's bowling that saw him win the New Brighton Classic at New Brighton Cricket & Bowling Club. In a competition supremely well run by the New Brighton Classic Committee, Chris had to play 6 games before he could get his hands on the Trophy. Having beaten Ray Jones 21-17, Nigel Hughes 21-12 and Arthur Land 21-04, Chris came up against one of the tournament favourites, Nick Burridge, in the Quarter Finals. Chris bowled superbly well against Nick to post a fine 21-14 win and consequently qualified to play Mick Andrews in the Semi Final. Chris again found a mark along the top edge of the green to forge an early 16-04 lead but Mick came back strongly on a much longer corner mark to be within a point at 17-18 before Chris finally ran out a 21-18 winner. Chris came up against his fourth Gladstone opponent of the day in Ian Hazlehurst in the final and despite a few scares was generally in control of the match to win 21-16 and collect the silverware from the Merseyside County Secretary, Pat Crowther. On a freezing cold day at New Brighton congratulations must go to all the bowlers taking part in the Tournament and it was interesting to note 7 of the 8 Quarter Finalists were from either Wallasey or Birkenhead clubs. Ian Hazlehurst also played well throughout the day and had beaten last year's winner, Rob Fitzpatrick 21-16 in his Semi Final match.

LAST 8
CHRIS BARTON 21 - 14 NICK BURRIDGE, MICK ANDREWS 21 - 14 EDDIE DUTTON,

IAN HAZLEHURST 21 - 08 JOHN HIGNETT JNR, BILLY SPEED 15 - 21 ROBBIE FITZPATRICK

SEMI FINALS
CHRIS BARTON 21 - 18 MICK ANDREWS
IAN HAZLEHURST 21 - 16 ROBBIE FITZPATRICK

FINAL
CHRIS BARTON 21 - 16 IAN HAZLEHURST

The Magazine Bowling Club once again invite entries from all our members to participate in their Annual Competition, which this year will be held on Saturday 13th June. As always, free refreshments will be provided for all competitors, and of course their "Home Pub" will be open for business on the day, selling the usual fine selection of beers, wines and good food. Last year the Magazine were able to donate £800 to the Wirral Society of the Blind and Partially Sighted. They are again anxious to make the event a success for the benefit of a local charity, which this year is Claire House. Please ensure that your entry, together with the appropriate entry fee, is returned by Monday 25th May at the latest. All clubs should now have received an entry form and you should ask your club Secretary for details or contact Sam Robinson on 0151 638 0394 if you have a problem locating an entry form. This year, because of the continued popularity of the event, the competition will be restricted to 64 pairs, to enable to competition to be completed in one day. Remember, get your entry in early to ensure a place in this very enjoyable competition run by the excellent Magazine Bowling Club.

Unfortunately due to continued ill health, Margaret Browning has had to be de-starred for Hoylake Central "A" team and she will be replaced by Steve Wharton Junior.

The numbers drawn in the Weekly Draw today were 8,12,13,14,16,18. The Jackpot was not won and will be £180 from 18 numbers next week. The £30 consolation prize was paid out on a ticket sold by Paul Saville.

This weeks League results have now been updated as have the League Tables. They can be accessed via their respective pages.

Despite the disappointing attendance from our members on a night when there were no Birkenhead League fixtures I would like to thank Tommy Walker and his wife, Joan, for all their tireless work both last night and in the weeks leading up to the Race Night. Thanks to their efforts and to the support given to us on the night by the members of Manor Road, Queens Royal, Sacred Heart, Hoylake Central, Sandridge, Telegraph and the social members of the Sacred Heart Club, we did manage to raise £450 for the Association. I would like to say a special thank you to 4 members of the Birkenhead & District Parks Team, Ian Hazlehurst, Mick Andrews and John and Richard Finch, who not only turned up on the night to support us but gave us great financial support in the way of sponsoring races etc. It is interesting to note that after a lot of adverse publicity on the Wirral Bowls Forum about the Gladstone Bowling Club, all 4 Birkenhead Parks members actually play for Gladstone. The night was very enjoyable for the people who did turn up but I am at a loss to explain or indeed to know how we can get more Clubs and players from Wallasey to give us support in our fund raising efforts.

Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond their control, the Moreton R.B.L. Club cannot provide separate Ladies and Gents toilet facilities at their green at this moment in time. For the time being we have decided not to use the green for Cup Matches and the scheduled Harold Jones Cup match between Manor Road "A" and Hoylake Central will now take place at Harrison Park on Tuesday May 5th. The scheduled Association Cup match between Sacred Heart "C" and Royden Hall will now take place at Liscard on Thursday May 7th. There is a Portaloo at the green in Moreton and the club are trying to get another one on site in the near future. Moreton R.B.L. Bowling Club are in no way to blame for the current situation and have assured us that the current Portaloo is professionally cleaned as often as possible.

Don't forget our Race Night tonight at Sacred Heart Social Club, Moreton Cross, Moreton. The evening's entertainment starts at 8-00pm and all our members and guests are welcome to attend.

To be played on the Bronze green (Central Park No.1)
Preliminary Round	Club		First Round	Club		Second Round		Qualifiers & Finals Night Draw Number
T.Bentley	Great Meols	w/o	T.Bentley	Great Meols	07	W. Atkinson	21	W.Atkinson 1
D.Hulmston	Gladstone Squirrels
P.Horner	Harrison Park	07	W.Atkinson	West Kirby Victoria	21
W.Atkinson	West Kirby Victoria	21
			E.Gartland	Sandridge	07	A.Clark	07

			A.Clark	Manor Road	21

			R.Hitchmough	Manor Road	21	R.Hitchmough	21	R.Hitchmough 2

			B.Evans	Queens Royal	19

			A.Costall	Sandridge	17	L.Jones	20

			L.Jones	Manor Road	21

To be played on the Liscard green (Central Park No.4)
Preliminary Round	Club		First Round	Club		Second Round		Qualifiers & Finals Night Draw Number
M.Cotton	Bronze	07	M.Saville	Sandridge	09	W.Astles	21	W.Astles 3
M.Saville	Sandridge	21
W.Astles	Manor Road	21	W.Astles	Manor Road	21
K.Palin	Sandridge	07
			A.Goodall	Bronze	13	G.Mason	10

			G.Mason	Sandridge	21

			S.Astles	Manor Road	21	S.Astles	15	I.Mitchell 4

			A.Cresswell	Queens Royal	09

			J.Gomersall	Gladstone Squirrels		I.Mitchell	21

			I.Mitchell	Manor Road	w/o

To be played on the Great Float green (Central Park No.3)
First Round	Club		Second Round		Qualifiers & Finals Night Draw Number
D.Croston	Queens Royal	21	D.Croston	21	D.Croston 5
D.Snellgrove	Bronze	12	D.Croston	21
N.Bunting	Sandridge	21	N.Bunting	09
H.Jenkins	Bronze	04	N.Bunting	09
T.Munnerley	Bronze	10	K.Etches	21	K.Etches 6
K.Etches	Hoylake Central	21	K.Etches	21
T.Fanning	Bronze	21	T.Fanning	10
S.Gartland	Sandridge	12	T.Fanning	10

To be played on the Telegraph green (Central Park No.2)
First Round	Club		Second Round		Qualifiers & Finals Night Draw Number
A.Wainwright	Sandridge	20	S.Weir	12	R.Woods 7
S. Weir	Bronze	21	S.Weir	12
P.Evans	Bronze	14	R.Woods	21
R.Woods	Manor Road	21	R.Woods	21
K.Stewart	Great Meols	n/a	xxxx		D.Cook 8
D.Hughes	Bronze	n/a	xxxx
D.Cook	Bronze		D.Cook
N.Boyd	Gladstone Squirrels	w/o	D.Cook

CL&P	237	11PTS	SOUTH YORKS	176	3 PTS	AT CROMPTON BC
CL&P	190	4 PTS	SOUTH YORKS	222	10 PTS	AT CROOKEMOOR RECS
AGGREGATE
CL&P	437	18 PTS	SOUTH YORKS	398	13 PTS

EAST MIDS	222	10PTS	GTR MAN	178	4 PTS	AT STRETTON
EAST MIDS	199	4 PTS	GTR MAN	233	10 PTS	AT TONGE
AGGREGATE
EAST MIDLANDS	421	17 PTS	GREATER MANCHESTER	411	14 PTS

ASSOCIATION	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGAINST	+/-	PTS
CENTRAL LANCS & PENNINES	1	1	0	0	437	398	+39	18
EAST MIDLANDS	1	1	0	0	421	411	+11	17
GREATER MANCHESTER	1	0	0	1	411	421	-11	14
SOUTH YORKSHIRE	1	0	0	1	398	437	-39	13

YORKSHIRE	245	12 PTS	NORTH STAFFS	164	2 PTS	AT PUDSEY BC
YORKSHIRE	208	4 PTS	NORTH STAFFS	230	10 PTS	AT SILVERDALE
AGGREGATE
YORKSHIRE	453	17 PTS	NORTH STAFFS	394	12 PTS

NORTH DERBY	242	10 PTS	BIRKENHEAD	197	4 PTS	AT DRONFIELD WOODHOUSE
NORTH DERBY	202	5 PTS	BIRKENHEAD	219	9 PTS	AT VICTORIA PARK No 1
AGGREGATE
NORTH DERBY	444	18 PTS	BIRKENHEAD	416	13 PTS

CHESHIRE	221	11 PTS	WARWICKSHIRE	197	3 PTS	AT PYPE HAYES PARK
CHESHIRE	233	10	WARWICKSHIRE	194	4 PTS	AT HOULDSWORTH WMC
AGGREGATE
CHESHIRE	454	24	WARWICKSHIRE	393	7 PTS