Friday April 30th

Results from Wednesday's matches and First Round draws can be seen via the Wirral & District link above

Will all Secretaries please note the following alterations that have been made to the published Starred Player list found on page 58 of the 2010 handbook.

Hoylake Central: S. Fleet replaces D. Spark and I. Hamilton replaces S. Fleet in the brackets

The results from last Thursday's Divisional Cup Preliminary Round matches have now been updated. The draw for the First Round matches along with the handicaps and venues have also been updated. These can all be accessed via the Team Competitions link in the above table.

The first weekly draw of the season took place today and the £120 jackpot was not won. The numbers drawn were 2,6,13,14,15,16 and the £30 consolation prize was won by a Manor Road bowler. Next week's jackpot will be £150 from 19 numbers. All the details can be seen via the weekly draw page accessed in the table above.

With the league season starting on Tuesday 27th April, I would like to remind all clubs that matches on both Tuesday and Thursday next week start at 6-15pm. I would like to wish all clubs the very best of luck for 2010 and hope that most of all, you will all have an enjoyable season on the green.

The North Wirral League Tables have been updated today and they can be accessed via the North Wirral League link in the table above.

Will all Club Secretaries please note the new Wallasey C. G. B. A. Starred Player list for Marine Park Bowling Club as opposed to the list published on page 58 of the 2010 handbook.

R. Abernethy, P. Bradford, P. Crilley, K. Flint, L. Foster, K. Keeley, P.M. Lewis, R. Mouland, E.Renshaw, P. Towers, ( B. Conway, T. McDougall)

I have received the following bad news from Sam Robinson, Secretary of the Magazine Bowling Club.

Sorry to have to inform you that the Magazine Hotel has had a fire and is closed for the foreseeable future, consequently we have no electricity supply to the clubhouse so will be unable to supply our usual hospitality to visiting teams. I am sure that it will also be a great disappointment to many of you that the pub will be similarly compromised, hopefully all will soon be back to normal. During the problem, the entry to the green will be through the black gates to the left hand side of the pub as you face it, PLEASE BE CAREFUL AS THE STEPS ARE IRREGULAR.

The Handicaps for the preliminary round of the Divisional Cups, to be played this coming Thursday 22nd April, can be seen via the Association, Harold Jones and Sheppick Cup pages, accessed via the team competitions page.

The North Wirral League Tables have been updated today and they can be accessed via the North Wirral League link in the table above.

I would like to let you know about a few things that have happened over the winter months.

For the first time in quite a few years, we will be operating 3 Divisions of 11 teams per Division. Wallasey Royal British Legion have entered a “C” team in Division 3 and Sandridge have entered a “B” in Division 3. We have quite a few teams now who, for one reason or another have requested permission to play their home League matches on Wednesday nights. In Division 2, Royden Hall and Manor Road “C” will be playing their home matches on Wednesday’s and in Division 3, Moreton R.B.L. “B”, Sacred Heart “C”, Sandridge “B”, and Wallasey Royal British Legion “C” team will be playing their home matches on Wednesday’s. In the early stages of the season some League matches may clash with Wirral & District C.G.B.A. cup matches and if you need to re-arrange a league fixture, please keep our Fixture Secretary, Colin Jones fully advised of the details. The Association Cup will revert to its original straight knockout format this season, now that we have 11 teams again in Division 3.

Queens Royal “B” team will be playing their home League matches at Marine Park number 2 green this season and not at Harrison Park.

The Five A Side Cup competition this year will once again be held in August and September after the success of last season’s competition.

Thanks to the generosity of the Sacred Heart Club, we will once again be holding a Race Night to try and raise funds for our Association. As I mentioned at our A.G.M. without the proceeds of our Race Night and also our Raffles at Cup Finals, we would be operating at a loss every financial year. Any money we can raise during the season helps to keep our Leagues Fees down. The Race Night will be at the Sacred Heart Club on Friday May 7^th and more details will be available early next month.

The Charity Day this year will be held on Sunday August 15^th with Claire House being the 2010 beneficiaries. Tommy Walker (Sacred Heart) has also arranged an extra Charity Night for Claire House to be held at the Sacred Heart Club on Friday November 12^th. I hope all our clubs will do their best to support both these events at the time. More details will be sent out to clubs nearer the time of the events.

The combined handbook (Wirral, Bebington & Wallasey) for 2010 has been printed by a different company this year and has increased sufficiently in size to allow us to include our Constitutional Laws in the book again.

All Cup matches scheduled to be played at Quarry Vikings Bowling Club this season will once again be played on the Lower Green up to the Semi Final stage, with any Semi Finals or Finals reverting to the Top Green.

68 players entered this years Charity Handicap and the Qualifying rounds took place last night. The Qualifiers for Saturday's Finals night at Pensby (6-00pm start) are as follows.

Qualifiers from the ESWA green: John Roberts (Tixall), Mick Andrews (Gladstone)

Qualifiers from the Heswall R.B.L. green: Brian Somerville (Tixall), Chris Halsey (Tixall)

Qualifiers from The Lever Club green: Les Henderson (Heswall R.B.L.) (John Devlin & Ken Stocker return tonight to decide qualifier)

Qualifiers from the Tixall green: Peter Dodd (Hoylake Central) (Nick Burridge & Curtis Tornerup return tonight to decide qualifier)

The Executive Committee have decided to ask 4 clubs to change their starred player lists and the following alterations have been made to the published Starred Player list found on page 58 of the 2010 handbook.

Hoylake Central: R. Hall replaces R. Davies in the first ten starred players with R. Davies going into the brackets.

Sacred Heart: B. Smith has given an assurance to the Executive that he will not play in any Sacred Heart "C" team matches.

Sandridge: A. Wainwright replaces G.Mason in the brackets and Sandridge have given the Executive an assurance that he will not play in any Sandridge "B" team matches.

After an excellent evening's bowling on the immaculate Upton Victory Hall green last night, Wallasey C.G.B.A. retained the Colin Jones Challenge Cup, with a 34 shot victory against the Wirral Ladies C.B.A. The match was played in an excellent spirit between two sides intent on giving nothing away to their opponents. The Ladies got off to the best possible start on the night, when Barbara McBurney and Naureen Bunting powered to an amazing 21-04 victory. Wallasey responded with six winning cards out of the next seven matches, Bill Astles and Curtis Tornerup being the best pairing with a fine 21-09 win. Jean Clark and Joan Walker seemed to be trying to outdo Barbara and Naureen, by building up a commanding 19-02 lead in their match against the father and son pairing of Allan and Mark Bainbridge but the family duo managed to bring the score back to 18-20, before the ladies gained the extra point required for victory. Wallasey won three of the last five games including a stunning 21-05 win for Brian Leonard and Anthony Thompson. The ladies responded with excellent 21-09 and 21-07 victories for Margaret Gard and Lynsey Gorman and Gaynor Greenfield and Karen Smith but with 9 winning cards to 4, Wallasey eventually triumphed 227-193. The 2 captains thanked the Upton Club and the referees and scorers and both teams in their after match speeches, with Chris Barton giving special thanks to Craig Saville and Geoff Lynch for turning up!! Both Pat Crowther and Mike Costall hoped that this event would become a permanent fixture in the bowling calendar and after the success of the first two fixtures, there is no reason to worry about the fixture not continuing.

Wirral Ladies C.B.A. will stage the Annual Challenge match against a select Wallasey C.G.B.A. side at Upton Victory Hall on Friday April 9th starting at 6-00pm. The Ladies will be all out for revenge after last season's narrow one shot loss to the Wallasey side. Spectators will be made very welcome at what we hope will be another exciting and entertaining evening. The selected teams can be seen below and hopefully the weather will be a little warmer and drier than of late.

For some strange reason unbeknown to us, there has been an error on page 57 of the new Wirral Crown Green Handbook. The final pairing in the Harold Jones Cup First Round Draw should be Quarry Vikings v Manor Road "B" and not Sacred Heart v West Kirby Victoria as published in the handbook. If anyone comes across any more errors in the book, please do not hesitate to contact me. I just hope Paul Saville isn't up all night reading the new handbook now, he does like to be able point out an error or two.

There will be an open meeting on Wednesday 31 March at 1.30pm at the Birkenhead ESWA Club, Park Road South, Birkenhead when a general presentation and discussion on the Laws of the Game will take place. The meeting will be led by a number of top local referees and will be aimed at dealing with any questions on the application and interpretation of the rules of bowls. The meeting aims to be informative but not dull and will also help people to understand the reasons behind the laws i.e. the spirit of the game. All are welcome and it is free. Any enquiries to Syd Taylor 327 3536 or Mavis Dearden.

The combined Bebington. Wirral and Wallasey handbooks will be available, along with all the other paraphernalia required for the start of the season, on Monday 29th March at a meeting to be held at the Lever Club, Port Sunlight starting at 8-00pm. Please ensure a representative from your club is available on the night to receive the books and paperwork.

I will be posting all the results from the Wirral & District C.G.B.A. 2010 Team Competitions as and when I receive them from the clubs concerned. They will appear on the Wirral & District Team Competition page accessed via the bottom Link in the table at the top of this page. Details of draws, venues and handicaps (where required) for the Sansom Cup, Stott Cup, Dr. Dawson Victory Cup and the Graham White Cup can be seen now.

We have managed to arrange some sponsorship towards a new set of shirts for our British Parks County sides and the possible new shirt can be seen below. The Wallasey crest, seen at the top of this page will be embroidered on the front left chest of each shirt with Wallasey C.G.B.A. also embroidered above the crest.

The Veterans Team Knockout Competition has reverted to the original date and venue decided at last November's British Parks A.G.M. The Competition will now be held on Monday July 26th in Warwickshire. This Competition is open to bowlers registered with the Wallasey Association who are over the age of 60. Male and Female bowlers are eligible and as usual we will be entering 3 teams in this competition. Any bowler who is eligible to play and has not been previously selected but would like to put their name down for selection, please contact me via phone or email. My details will as usual be in the handbook which will be distributed on Monday March 29th. This is an all day competition and normally requires a coach leaving Wallasey at approximately 7-00am and returning anything up to 9-00pm in the evening.

I am pleased to reveal that we will once again be playing a pairs challenge match against the Wirral Ladies this season and the match will go ahead on Friday April 9th. After the successful evening we had last year, with Wallasey winning by 1 shot, our Vice Chairman, Colin Jones, has generously donated a Trophy for this event which will be held on an Annual basis. Further details be will posted in the next few weeks.

All the relevant up to date information for the North Wirral Bowling League 2010 season has now been updated on the North Wirral Bowling League site accessed via the link in the above table of hyperlinks.

For all our Wallasey sides taking part in the Wirral & District C.G.B.A. 2010 team competitions, please see the draws below.

Stott Cup Preliminary Round Wednesday 28^th April
Wallasey R.B.L.	v	Pensby
Telegraph	v	Grange
Port Sunlight Village / Works	v	Lord Napier
Albany	v	Kendal
West Kirby Park	v	R.N.A.
Sandridge	v	Poulton
First Round Wednesday 19^th May
Winner Prelim 1	v	Winner Prelim 2
Winner Prelim 3	v	Winner Prelim 4
Winner Prelim 5	v	Winner Prelim 6
Cheshire Cheese	v	Royden Hall
Sacred Heart	v	Bye
Birkenhead ESWA	v	Cammell Laird
Hoylake Central	v	Marine Park
Kings 2000	v	Great Meols

Dr.Dawson Victory Cup First Round
Wednesday May 12th 2010
Cheshire Cheese	v	Gladstone
Birkenhead ESWA	v	Grange
West Kirby Victoria	v	Lever Club
Telegraph	v	Cammell Laird
R.N.A.	v	Heswall R.B.L.
Oxton Conservative Club	v	Pt. Sunlight Vill. & Works
Bye	v	Wallasey R.B.L.
Sacred Heart	v	Hoylake Central
Quarry Vikings	v	Albany
Marine Park	v	Kings 2000
Manor Road	v	Tixall
Pensby	v	Sandridge
Harrison Park	v	Upton Victory Hall
Royden Hall	v	Lord Napier
Bromborough Pool	v	Great Meols
Kendal	v	Poulton

Graham White Cup First Round
Wednesday May 12th 2010
Quarry Vikings "B"	v	Royden Hall "B"
Harrison Park "B"	v	Sandridge "B"
Oxton Conservative Club "B"	v	Marine Park "B"
Pensby "B"	v	Great Meols "B"
Albany "B"	v	Lever Club "B"
Tixall "B"	v	Heswall R.B.L. "B"
Upton Victory Hall "B"	v	Wallasey R.B.L. "B"
Manor Road "B"	v	Cammell Laird "B"

All the Division One, Two and Three League Fixtures for 2010 have now been updated and can be seen via the Fixture pages accessed via the appropriate Division fixtures in the above table.

I would like to respectfully remind Secretaries and Treasurers that Player Registration Forms, Starred Player Lists and First Accounts are due to be returned to me by Sunday January 31st. At present I have not received any forms or cheques from 6 Clubs.

To be able to pay your respects, the funeral arrangements for Dennis are as follows: Tuesday February 2nd, 11-00am Church Service at St Nicholas Church, Wallasey and then onto Landican for 12 noon.

The draws for the Association, Harold Jones, Presidents and Sheppick Cups were made last night and can be seen via their respective pages accessed via the Team Competition page.

I am sorry to inform you that Harrison Park bowler Dennis Robinson passed away this morning. As most of you know he suffered a brain tumour just as last season began and underwent surgery and Chemo - therapy. He was determined to overcome this trauma and get back onto the green again, but sadly it wasn't to be. He will be sadly missed by all at Harrison Park and the Wirral and Wallasey bowling community and our thoughts go to his wife, daughters and grandchildren. I will post funeral details as soon as possible.

Monday January 18th

For reasons unknown to us, the date for the British Parks Veterans Knockout Competition has changed from Monday July 26th to Sunday July 11th. Presumably this is because the venue has changed from Warwickshire to North Derbyshire. The draw can be seen below.

Group “A”	‘A’	North Derbyshire ‘A’	‘B’	Yorkshire
Group “A”	‘C’	East Midlands ‘B’	‘D’	South Yorkshire ‘B’
Group “B”	‘A’	Greater Manchester	‘B’	Wallasey ‘C’
Group “B”	‘C’	East Midands ‘A’	‘D’	South Yorkshire ‘A’
Group “C”	‘A’	North Staffordshire ‘B’	‘B’	Wallasey ‘B’
Group “C”	‘C’	Cheshire	‘D’	North Derbyshire ‘C’
Group “D”	‘A’	North Staffordshire ‘A’	‘B’	Wallasey ‘A’
Group “D”	‘C’	Warwickshire	‘D’	North Derbyshire ‘B’

Draw for Group Matches, venues and travel arrangements will be provided by North Derbyshire closer to the date of the event.

Semi Finals Draw: Winner Group ‘A’ v Winner Group ‘C’ Winner Group ‘B’ v Winner Group ‘D’

Wallasey have been drawn in Group "A" in this seasons Senior County Championship. Full details can be seen below. Go to the British Parks page for further details of fixtures and groupings drawn to 2014.

Group ‘A’	1	East Midland	2	Wallasey
	3	Yorkshire	4	Warwickshire
Group ‘B’	1	Greater Manchester	2	South Yorkshire
	3	North Shropshire	4	North Staffordshire
Group ‘C’	1	Central Lancashire	2	North Derbyshire
	3	Birkenhead & District	4	Cheshire

*Three group winners plus best runner up with highest average wins gained in group matches qualify for semi-finals.

Semi-finals: Sunday August 15th 2010 Winner Group ‘A’ v Winner Group ‘C’

The Provisional Calendar of Events for the Wallasey C.G.B.A. can be seen below. Some dates may change before the season starts but hopefully this will not be necessary. The date for the Charity Day (this year's beneficiaries will be Claire House) has still to be confirmed as has the Pairs challenge match between the Wallasey C.G.B.A and the Wirral Ladies County Bowling Association. As soon as those dates are available I will upload them.

April
Sunday 18th	British Parks Senior County Championship
Thursday 22nd	Harold Jones Cup, Sheppick Cup, Association Cup Prelims.
Tuesday 27th	Start of League Season (Divisions 1 & 2)
Thursday 29th	Start of League Season (Division 3)
May
Monday 3rd	New Brighton Classic
Tuesday 4th	Harold Jones Cup, Sheppick Cup, Association Cup 1^st Round (8)
Sunday 15th	British Parks Senior County Championship
Tuesday 25th	Tom Basnett Pairs Qualifying Rounds
Saturday 29th	Tom Basnett Pairs Final 6-00pm
Sunday 30th	Wallasey British Parks Individual Merit Finals 11-00am (One Day Competition)
June
Tuesday 8th	Presidents Cup 1^st Round (32)
Sunday 13th	Wallasey Individual Merit 11-00am (One Day Competition)
Tuesday 15th	Harold Jones Cup, Sheppick Cup, Association Cup Semi Finals
	Wallasey News Cup Preliminary & First Round
Tuesday 22nd	Veterans Individual Merit Qualifying Night 6-00pm
Sunday 27th	Veterans Individual Merit Finals (Last 8) 6-00pm
Tuesday 29th	Presidents Cup 2^nd Round (16)
July
Saturday 3rd	Association Cup Final 6-00pm
Saturday 10th	Harold Jones Cup Final 6-00pm
Sunday 11th	British Parks Veterans Team Knockout (North Derbyshire)
Tuesday 13th	Presidents Cup 3^rd Round (8)
Saturday 17th	Sheppick Cup Final 6-00pm
Sunday 18th	British Parks Senior County Championship
Tuesday 20th	Wallasey News Cup 2^nd Round (8)
Tuesday 27th	Presidents Cup Semi Finals
July
Saturday 3rd	Association Cup Final 6-00pm
Saturday 10th	Harold Jones Cup Final 6-00pm
Tuesday 13th	Presidents Cup 3^rd Round (8)
Saturday 17th	Sheppick Cup Final 6-00pm
Sunday 18th	British Parks Senior County Championship
Tuesday 20th	Wallasey News Cup 2^nd Round (8)
Monday 26th	British Parks Veterans Team Knockout (Warwickshire)
Tuesday 27th	Presidents Cup Semi Finals
August
Monday 2nd	British Parks Veterans Individual Merit Finals Day
Tuesday 3rd	Wallasey News Cup Semi Finals
Sunday 8th	British Parks Senior Individual Merit Finals Day
Saturday 14th	Presidents Cup Final 5-30pm
Sunday 15th	British Parks Senior County Championship
Thursday 19th	Junior Merit Finals Night 5-30pm
Saturday 21st	Wallasey News Cup Final 5-30pm
Sunday 22nd	Wallasey Festival 11-00am (One Day Competition)
Thursday 26th	Five a Side Cup Preliminary Round
Tuesday 31st	Five a Side Cup 1st Round
September
Thursday 2nd	Five a Side Cup 2nd Round
Friday 3rd	Five a Side Cup 3rd Round
Saturday 11th	Five A Side Cup Semi Finals and Final
Sunday 12th	British Parks Inter Club Team Knockout (North Staffordshire)

Wirral Ladies		Result		Wallasey
1	Margaret Browning & Betty Pringle	11	21	Chris Barton & Steve Scott	1
2	Val Bolton & Jean Pepper	11	21	Les Henderson & Colin Saville	2
3	Barbara McBurney & Naureen Bunting	21	04	Geoff Lynch & Craig Saville	3
4	Carole Dunne & Mary Fishwick	09	21	Bill Astles & Curtis Tornerup	4
5	Sandy Fleet & Grace Mason	19	21	Peter Dodd & Keith Etches	5
6	Ann Brown & Sally Povall	15	21	Eddie Dutton & Tommy Walker	6
7	Ruth Christian & Maureen Saville	13	21	Karl Sherbrooke & Phil Vaughan	7
8	Jean Clark & Joan Walker	21	18	Allan Bainbridge & Mark Bainbridge	8
9	Linda Jones & Gill Sheen	14	21	Mike Nelson & Paul Saville	9
10	Pat Crowther & Kath Davies	05	21	Brian Leonard & Anthony Thompson	10
11	Margaret Gard & Lynsey Gorman	21	09	Bill Atkinson & George Stead	11
12	Val Crighton & Joyce Stead	12	21	John Devlin & John Lloyd	12
13	Gaynor Greenfield & Karen Smith	21	07	Mathew Cunliffe & Frank O’Neill	13
	Final Score	193	227	Final Score

Sansom Cup Preliminary Round Wednesday 28^th April
Tixall	v	Bromborough Pool
West Kirby Victoria	v	Quarry Vikings
Oxton Conservative Club	v	Heswall R.B.L.
First Round Wednesday 19^th May
Winner Prelim 1	v	Winner Prelim 2
Winner Prelim 3	v	Harrison Park
Upton Victory Hall	v	Lever Club
Gladstone	v	Manor Road