The results service for the Southern Ladies Evening Bowling League |
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Welcome to the Southern Ladies Evening Bowling League which was originally formed at the Shell Bowling Club [Carrington] - now extinct. Prior to its formation, teams of ladies played on a friendly basis from Chorlton, Hale, Timperley, Northenden and Flixton, hence its title. December 1980 gave birth to this league with 6 teams - it now comprises 12. Competition and enthusiasm throughout the season is excellent - ie Matches, Knockout cups, Pairs and Merit etc. New members welcome to all teams. For more information, contact the secretary, Jackie Goodwin. |
AGMThe Annual General Meeting and Presentation will be held on Friday 25th October 2024 at Flixton Cricket Club, commencing at 7.30 p.m. | |
| (Sunday 8 September 2024) | |
AveragesThe last game in the Bowling Calender, the Averages Comp, was held at Davyhulme Social on Saturday 7th September. Not a particularly nice day, but no rain. The ladies of Davyhulme were the perfect hosts, helped by the lovely spread and numerous drinks (not alcoholic!!). And nof forgetting a very good raffle (all donated by team players). Excellent bowling all day and very, very long games as one would expect from the top players fighting for a place in the final. The two losing semi finalists who played brilliant all day were Brenda Olczyk (9) losing to Chris Merrell and Alison Sleigh (16) losing to Shirley Summerfield. A very good final with Shirley taking the lead but Chris remained undaunted and took over to beat Shirley to 14. Excellent bowling from both players. Irene Hardy, Competitions Secretary | |
| (Sunday 8 September 2024) | |
Knock Out Cup FinalThe final of the Knock Out Cup between Flixton Cons and Davyhulme Social was played on Saturday 17th August. Congratulations to Davyhulme Social who won 154 - 128 and many thanks to Flixton Cricket for hosting this event. Jackie Goodwin, Secretary | |
| (Sunday 18 August 2024) | |
PairsThe Pairs Competition was held on Saturday 20th July 2024 and hosted by Golden Hill. Norma and her team of willing workers put on an excellent and plentiful buffet - it's no mean feat catering for competitions, so well done ladies, and also for the variety of raffle prizes. The sun, not the rain as expected, caught everybody out!!! Beautiful day. And some good bowling - in fact some very good bowling. I have to mention the match of the day. This was between Brenda Olczyk/Grace McCallum and Abi Harris/Megan Scotchford (two very young bowlers) who were 14/19 down and got to 19/20. With Brenda and Grace lying game at the next end with an unbeatable wood (?) Abi came in with a wonder bowl to make it 20/20 across. They did however lose the next end to Brenda and Grace. This was as good as any final - brilliant bowling. In the semi finals Brenda Olczyk/Grace McCallum beat Jackie Goodwin/Julie Wellock 21/13 and Margaret Worsley/Jennie Shone beat Margaret Procter/Lyn Bradshow 21/11 making it an all Golden Hill final. Exciting final with all players having green knowledge but somebody unfortunately has to lose and Brenda and Grace came out victors beating Margaret and Jennie 21/17 after a tough game. A lovely day enjoyed by all. Irene Hardy, Competitions Secretary | |
| (Tuesday 30 July 2024) | |
MeritThe Merit Competition was hosted this year by SWM on 15th June 2024, who did an excellent job and it was nice to receive a very warm welcome on a very cold day (the kettle was on!!). The catering was second to none and quite a few calorie tempting offers to choose from. Equallly a good raffle. A lot of work goes into these Cup matches so thank you ladies. Julie wore me out just watching her!! The only thing which SWM didn't manage to organise was the weather. We had quite a few very heavy showers! But the players coped. The quality of the bowling throughout was excellent and in the third round three players lost 21/20 which showed the standard of bowling. Reaching the semi finals were Lyn Bradshaw (Bowling Green) beating Brenda Olzyck (Golden Hill) 21/4 and Trish Day (Urmston Sports) beating Sheila Reynolds (Bowling Green) 21/17. The final was another nail biting game between Lyn and Trish with Trish just getting the edge by beating Lyn 21/15. Brilliant game by both ladies.
Irene Hardy, Competitions Secretary | |
| (Monday 17 June 2024) | |