Congratulations to Duncan Watkins for winning the Lancashire C.C.G.B.A. Veterans Competition for 2022 at The Rivington Bowling Club.

The Champion of Champions competition is to be held at Monk Sports & Social Club, Warrington, next Saturday. Play starts at 10am. The draw and address are shown on the flyer below. It promises to be a great day’s bowling.

The latest BDA newsletter, containing all the latest bowls news from across the country, can be viewed by clicking on the button below.

The latest BDA Safeguarding Bulletin for August 2022 can now be found on our Safeguarding page, near the bottom.

Lancashire will shortly be playing Shropshire in the semi finals of the County Championship. Good luck to the team, See the attached flyer for details.

The Lancashire Mixed Pairs will be played on Saturday 13th August 2022 at Bay Horse Bowling Club. Start 10-30am.
Entries to Keith Andrews, 01204 846716 or 07743 051307, OR Mr Graham Royles, 01942 266477 or 07488 266477.
You can also enter on the day but no later than 10-15 am.
Entry Fee £10 per pair, all entry  monies paid in prize money.
Winners names will be entered in the B.C.G.B.A. Mixed Pairs Competition in October. 

A summary of the latest BCGBA Management Meeting, held on 2nd July, is attached below for information.

The Lancashire County Team has qualified for the Semi-Final of the B.C.G.B.A. Senior County Championship – well done all. More details will be posted when they are known.

The full draw for the Senior Individual Merit, to be held on Saturday 30th July starting at 10am, has been published and is attached below. The competition will be held at Hawcoat Park Sports Club, Hawcoat Lane, Barrow-in-Furness LA14 4HF and should be a great day of bowling. Good luck to our two entries – Billy Speed and Chris Cooke.

The draw has also been published (below) for the Jack & Jean Isherwood Veterans Championship. This is to be held on Wednesday 20th July starting at 10am at Prees Cricket & Recreation Club, Brades Road, Prees, Whitchurch SY13 2DX. Once again good luck to our two entries, Duncan Watkins and Phil Boydell.

It is nice to see bowls being featured in this video from Parasport. If you have people with disabilities in your club then you can get help and information from the Disability Bowls England website on the various products available. This isn’t just about people in wheelchairs, but also aids for people who are unsteady or who have trouble bending down to bowl or have difficulty getting on and off the green.

See https://www.disabilitybowlsengland.org.uk/ for more information. Disability Bowls England is a charity and it is actually free to join as a club or an individual. It has traditionally dealt with clubs and players from the flat green game but is open to any bowls clubs of whatever code.

If you have had any positive experiences at your club on catering for disabled bowlers in Lancashire let us know and we can spread the word.