Sunday 19th May 2024 at Parkfield Labour Club, Fulshaw Road, Preston, PR2 2LH
Match Starts at 2pm
Facilities: Refreshments, pie n peas, sandwiches and cakes. On Street car parking
Teams at Parkfield
Away team at Parkside Bowling Club, Cheshire
Please come and support our team, either home or away. Places are also available for spectators to travel on the away team coach. Please contact Kath Watkinson by email at kath157@hotmail.co.uk to book your seat.
Reminder to all North Lancs & Fylde Clubs and Leagues that the 2024 NLFCBA and BCGBA affiliation fees are due and the deadline for payment is the 31st May 2024. Fines maybe imposed for late payment. Affiliation forms can be downloaded from the NLFCBA website by clicking on the links below:
For any queries on payments please contact County Financial Officer, Neil Payne by email at financeofficer.nlfcba@gmail.com or by phone on 07899 898645
Thank you to all those clubs and leagues that have paid to date.
To All Members of British Crown Green Bowling Association.
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 we’ll share this with you along the way.
This survey will remain open until the end of May and please share with your club members and bowlers.
“New Movement Fund set to revolutionise funding applications. The transformational fund offers crowdfunding pledges, grants and resources to improve physical activity opportunities for the people and communities who need it the most. If your organisation and project are eligible for funding, and your project aligns with our goals, you could receive up to £15,000. We will especially welcome new projects that have not not applied to us before.”
Please visit our Grants and Fundraising webpage on NLFCBA.com where you will find lots of useful information and guides including the Bowls buddies ‘Guide to Successful Fundraising‘ Find out more at https://nlfcba.com/grants-and-fundraising/
Ladies County Individual Merit Qualifier– Saturday 11th May 2024 10.00 for 10.30am start. £8.00 entry fee. Venue: Frenchwood Social & Bowling Club, Bence Road, Preston, PR1 4NP Entries to Sarah Edmondson on 07855799389
Please note this is a Qualifier for the Ladies All England and Champions of Champions. There is tea and coffee available, food refreshments and a raffle. PLEASE support the venue. This competition is open to any lady bowlers who play for a team affiliated to NL & Fylde. Unfortunately ladies who are members of the Frenchwood Club will not be able to enter. Please share and encourage your team mates to come along and enjoy a game
The fifth running of The Ribblesdale Classic gets underway on Saturday 13th April at 11am with the first of eight qualifying sessions!
The 2024 edition sees 128 bowlers do battle for £7100 in prize money. 8 qualifying sessions take place across April & May with the Finals Day taking place on Sunday 26th May. Some of the best players in the sport from across the UK & IOM are battling it out to try qualify and have the chance to win the £1400 first prize and magnificent trophy!
Plus new for 2024, The £1000 Junior Ribblesdale Classic! Played over two qualifying sessions and a finals day, this brand new innovative junior event sees 32 boys & girls from across the country do battle for a £300 first prize!
Qualifying starts on Saturday 27th April at 2.45pm and concludes on Friday 10th May. The Finals day will take place on The Ribblesdale Classic Finals Day. With the QF & SF taking place in the morning and the actual Final taking place in front of a large crowd later that day! This give the juniors a unique opportunity to play in front of a large crowd! All handicaps are based on age!
What’s great is every junior will go home with something too as each player get a Drakes Pride Microfibre Towel and Cap and have an opportunity to win a Drakes Pride Practice Jack in a random draw on each qualifying session. Thanks to our sponsors and supporters Drakes Pride, Clitheroe Town Council & Taylor Wimpey, we can make sure every junior gets something and encourages them to continue to play the sport!
We hope that you can make it! Our events success is determined by supporters! We are delighted to welcome you to watch as some of the very best players in our sport do battle at Ribblesdale Wanderers. We hope that you can make it and whether you’ve been before or never been at all why not make a visit during the qualifying sessions and to our finals day on Sunday 26th May!
It’s completely free too to attend our qualifying sessions! We have hot and cold refreshments available. Great selection of food and of course the bar is open throughout!
Don’t forget we start The £7100 Ribblesdale Classic with a quality opening qualifying session on Saturday 13th April. Practice is from 10.30am and Matchplay is at 11.00am. Below are all the qualifying dates and finals day for both competitions and we hope to see you! EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
The £7100 Ribblesdale Classic 2024
Qualifying Dates: Q1 – Saturday 13th April 10.30/11.00 Q2 – Saturday 20th April 5.30/6.00 Q3 – Sunday 21st April 5.30/6.00 Q4 – Saturday 27th April 5.30/6.00 Q5 – Friday 3rd May 6.00/6.30 Q6 – Saturday 4th May 5.30/6.00 Q7 – Friday 17th May 6.00/6.30 Q8 – Saturday 18th May 10.30/11.00
Finals Day – Sunday 26th May 2.00/3.00
Total Prize Money £7100 Winner £1400 Runner Up £800 Semi Finalists £500 Quarter Finalists £300 Last 16 £160 Losing Qualifying Game £85 Highest Break on Finals Day £60
The £1000 Junior Ribblesdale Classic 2024
Q1 – Saturday 27th April 2.15/2.45 Q2 – Friday 10th May 6.00/6.30
Finals Day – Sunday 26th May 11.45/12.15
Total Prize Money £1000 Winner £300 Runner Up £180 Semi Finalists £100 Quarter Finalists £50 Last 16 £15
Do you want to keep up to date with everything going on? Find us on Facebook @The Ribblesdale Classic or on Instagram. We also put our results on the new BWLS app and Beighton Bowler. Look out for live streaming and live coverage on YouTube on Finals Day! We hope that you can make it in person during the event.
We have some fantastic sponsors, partners and supporters and we are proud to promote them online, as well as in our 36 page competition programme and on advertising boards around the green.
We hope that you will take interest in our event as we try to showcase our sport to a wider audience and continue to promote our sport to all!
Many Thanks Josh Mordue The Ribblesdale Classic Organiser
Josh Mordue 07780361147 josh.mordue21@icloud.com
Green Location: Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket & Bowling Club, Church Meadow, Brownlow Street, Clitheroe, BB7 1HQ
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 our 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.
North Lancs & Fylde County Bowling Association 