This is a final reminder that the Lancashire Junior Merit is scheduled for Sunday, 9th June at the Bellingham Bowling Club, New Lodge, Wigan, WN1 2ND with a start time of 4pm and practice allowed from 3.30pm. This is a uniformed event so entrants should wear their Lancashire shirt and black or navy tailored school trousers (not jeans or track suit bottoms). If your child does not have a Lancashire shirt, Clive Fenn has a few white polo shirts with him they could use. The winner and runner-up of the Lancashire Junior Merit usually go to the National Junior BCGBA Merit Final. This year the National Final is being held at Mosborough, Welfare Miners in South Yorkshire on Saturday, 17th August. This competition is open to any bowler who was born on or after 1st January 2006.
If you have not already contacted Clive to let him know your son / daughter would like to take part in the Lancashire Merit Competition, please do so as soon as possible. Also, if you know of any other junior bowler who may be interested in bowling, please contact Clive.
The BCGBA is currently undertaking a period of significant transition to develop the sport to be “fit for the future.”
As a Governing body, they fully accept that there is a need for change, and want the input of the Crown Green Bowing Community to help facilitate this.
Throughout 2024, the BCGBA will be issuing a series of surveys to get feedback on what Clubs, and Bowlers, want and need.
Please support the surveys and be honest with your answers. The feedback will help drive change and the BCGBA intend to share this with you along the way.
Let’s start with where we’re at currently. This survey will remain open until the end of May. Click on the link below to answer the survey.
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As of 8th April Graham Royles has the following update for you.
20 April – Rivington BC – 6 entries
21 April – Padgate BC – 6 entries
27 April – Atherton Botanic Gardens – 5 entries
28 April – Hindley Platt Lane BC – 0 entries
4 May – Hesketh Arms BC – 9 entries
11 May – Edgeworth BC – 4 entries
12 May – Leigh BC – 3 entries
In this day and age, when Comps pop up by the hour, the Lancashire Senior Merit is forgotten. To make it more efficient, when your entry has been recorded would you please follow up with your entry fee (£10 per person). All entries are 10am practice, 10.30am start.
Contact Graham Royles for more details on 07488 266 477 and there is further information on our Competitions page.
On Sunday 28th April, in conjunction with the Bowls Development Alliance and the British Crown Green Bowling Association (Official), North Lancs and Fylde County Bowling Association will be hosting the first Crown Green ‘Bowls’ Big Weekend Roadshow’. The event will be held at Frenchwood Social Club, Strawberry Gardens, Bence Road, PR1 4NP Preston. It will last from 10am-12noon.
The day will consist of everything Bowls!!! There’s going to be lots of short, sharp learning sessions about ways to develop your Club, engaging volunteers, growing membership, becoming inclusive, simple safeguarding, raising funds….the list goes on….along with a host of activities and FREE coaching sessions being done on Frenchwood’s green. In addition to all of this, there’ll be opportunities to try out different weights and densities of bowls, along with trying a vast selection of disability and inclusion aids.
For the juniors (and families), there’s going to be lots of fun activities in the morning with the Bowls Buddies products. Finally, from 12 noon, the juniors take over and there’ll be a County Junior get-together for all u18 bowlers to come along for some FREE coaching.
Everything on the day is completely FREE, and is open to all bowlers, Clubs and Leagues from anywhere in the crown green world!!! All that we ask is for you to register your interest in attending by emailing the North Lancs & Fylde County Development Officer at:
steve.clamp.bowls@gmail.com
This is the first event of its kind, and it promises to be a fantastic day of learning for everyone that attends.
Please note that any Club running an Open Competition must have an Open Certificate to run the Competition which can be obtained from the Lancashire County Secretary & NOT BCGBA as before.
At the 2022 BCGBA Annual General Meeting the green light was given to the Governance Review.
This was completed on Thursday 7th March 2024 by the formation of the BCGBA Board following receipt of the Five Regional Representatives from the National Council.
The structure of the Board, which has the right to operate with full authority in the Governance of the Association is as follows;
Chairman – Alan Stephenson.
Chief Executive Officer – Paul Ashmore.
Financial Officer – Graeme Underhill.
National Safeguarding Officer – Denise Noble.
National Administrator – Jim McGurk.
Competitions Officer – Yvette Gregory.
Disciplinary Chair – Sue Todd.
Region 1 – Steve Clamp.
Region 2 – Vacant (Cheshire, Merseyside, Isle of Man and Wales)*
Region 3 – Steve Cochrane.
Region 4 – Calvin Jackson.
Region 5 – Phil Scott.
Independent – Graham Pickavance.
Independent – Dan Peach.
*Region 2 is currently being advertised and the closing date is Friday 22nd March 2024.
The seminar being held on Monday 18th at Astley & Tyldesley Miners Welfare Institute will be going ahead as numbers have picked up. You can register right up to the event or just turn up on the night.
However, only three people have registered for the event at Aughton Institute near Ormskirk on the 20th March so that event is CANCELLED.
Lancashire County Crown Green Bowling Association 