Home match will be played atBispham Conservative Club, 70 Red Bank Road, Blackpool, FY2 9HY
Please come along and support our Senior Men’s team in their final county match of the season. Bar will be open and refreshments are available to purchase throughout the day. Entry is £1 by programme.
Teams at Bispham Conservative Club:
North Lancs & Fylde Away team
The Away team will be playing at Eagle & Child (Rainford), 6 Church Road, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8HE
Home match will be played at Greenhill Bowling Club, Manchester Rd, Burnley, BB11 4HR
Please come along and support our Senior Men’s team in their second county match of the season. Bar, hot, cold drinks and food is available to purchase throughout the day. Entry is £1 by programme.
Teams at Greenhill:
North Lancs & Fylde Away team
The Away team will be playing at Bradley Park Bowling Club, off Delamere Rd, Gwersyllt, Wrexham, LL11 4DA. Places are available to travel on the coach with the team. Cost of travel is £5 per person. Please contact Andy Cairns on 07766 731782 to book your seat. Coach pick up points are Marton Institute, Blackpool (FY4 4DR) at 10:30am and then Penwortham Sports Club, Preston (PR1 9QE) at approx. 11:00am
THE £6300 RIBBLESDALE CLASSIC FINAL 2023 Finals Day – Sunday 28th May 2023 Practice from 2:30pm and games start at 3:30pm
Played in memory of Mel Edmondson
Green Location: Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club, Church Meadow, Brownlow Street, Clitheroe,BB7 1DW (Please park on Ribblesdale High School Car Park 2, on the adjacent street (Turner Street))
Total Prize Money – £6300 Winner £1200 Runner Up £700 Semi Finalists £400 Quarter Finalists £250 Last 16 £150 Losing Qualifying Game £80 Highest Break on Finals Day £120
Main Competitors Sponsors: Greenacre Honda, Drakes Pride, Modern Mobility, APWireless, Fort Vale Engineering LTD & Bowland Brewery
Bookmaker – Duncan Reeves Referee – Jon Edmondson
BBQ available as well as pie and peas. Bar open all day with a fantastic choice of beers. Hot and cold refreshments available all day. A great raffle will also take place with some superb prizes.
Music playing during practice and any breaks in play. We are also inviting all our sponsors to come and enjoy the day too.
Well Bowled will have a ‘pop up’ shop on the day for anyone who wants to get any bowls or any accessories. Come and see them it’s well worth a look.
Greenacre Honda will have a car on show on finals day too. There garage is very local to the club.
What a fantastic line up we have for the finals day of The £6300 Ribblesdale Classic 2023.
Who’s your favourite? Who are you supporting? It’s going to be a superb day with some brilliant players on show and everyone is invited to the finals day.
A fantastic Raffle is also going to be happening on Sunday with some fantastic prizes on offer!
On the day as well as the brilliant bowling action, there will be music playing during practice and any breaks in play and we will have many of our amazing sponsors in attendance.
Plenty of hot and cold refreshments available including a BBQ and the Bar serving a various products such as Madri, Coors, Strongbow, Tetley and a guest beer on draught as well many other products.
We really hope you can join us for what is sure to be a superb day of action in the picturesque surrounds of Ribblesdale.
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Everyone is welcome and please let all your friends and team mates know. It would be great to see you!
Welcome to our first newsletter which will bring you news as to what is happening around the county as the new bowling season is now well underway. Please share.
Home match will be played at East End Bowling Club, Lorne Street, Lytham, FY8 5BT Please come along and support our Ladies team in their first home county match of the season.
Facilities: Plenty of seating and shelter. Tea, coffee sandwiches and cakes will also be available to purchase.
Car Parking: As the Club is situated in a residential area, we have secured parking for the away coach, all the home players, and spectators at Lytham Primary Care on Victoria Street, Lytham, FY8 5DZ. (5 mins walk to the bowling green)
Teams at East Bowling Club:
North Lancs & Fylde Ladies away team
The away team will be playing at Tilstock Bowling Club, Tilstock Lane, Tilstock, SY13 3JL
Alec sadly passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by his family, on Thursday 27th April, aged 78 years.
Alec was President of North Lancs & Fylde County Bowling Association in 2018/19, and a former Secretary of the Preston & District league. He had many friends across the bowling community.
Loving husband of Linda, much-loved dad of Deborah, Jacqueline & Mandy, a greatly-missed grandad to Amy, Alex, Jasmine & Olivia and a cherished great-grandad to Ellie, Delilah & Noah.
Alec’s funeral service will take place at Preston Crematorium on Wednesday 17th May at 10.30 am.
Family flowers only please and donations if so desired are to The Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Association (A rare form of Parkinson’s).
All enquiries to William Houghton Funeral Directors, Chapel Hill, Longridge. Tel: 01772 782291.
This is to advise that Neil Payne has taken over from Robert Walsh as North Lancs & Fylde County Financial Officer. All correspondence in relation to affiliation fees and other payments should now be sent to Neil at neil.payne926@gmail.com
The management committee would like to thank Robert for all his hard work in the past few years and we wish him well.
Registration of New Players
The lifetime BCGBA registration & membership fee for new bowlers has increased to £15 (from £12) with effect from 1st May 2023. New Player Registration forms can be downloaded by visiting the NLFCBA website at Registrations of New Players and Clubs Completed forms and payments are to be sent to the County Registrar, Geoff Foy. Geoff can be contacted at geffferi@gmail.com
Home match will be played at Brownedge Bowling Club (Bamber Bridge Catholic Club), Aspden Street, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 6TA
Please come along and support our Senior Men’s team in their first home county match of the season. Bar, hot and cold drinks will be available throughout the day. Car parking, entrance is free and match programme £1
Teams at Brownedge:
North Lancs & Fylde away team
The Away team will be playing at Alverston & Boulton Bowling Club in Derby. Places are available for spectators to travel on the coach with the team. Cost of travel is £5. The pick up points are Marton Institute (FY4 4DR) at 9:30am, followed by Oakenhurst Farm Brewers Fayre just off the M65 junction 4 (Off Riversway Drive), Eccleshill Rd, Lower Darwen, Darwen BB3 0SN, at approximately 10am.
Please contact Andy Cairns on 07766 731782 to book your seat on the coach.
North Lancs & Fylde County Bowling Association 