Urmston & District Veterans Bowling League

General:
Green rota
Honours board
Rules
Minutes and accounts
Direct entry of match results

Forms:
Match result sheet

The Urmston Vets Bowling League operates two divisions in an area mainly consisting of Urmston, Stretford and south-west Salford. We operate two divisions, playing on Wednesday afternoons. Teams are of eight players, over 55 years of age.

The league is run from day to day by its management committee:

  • Chairman: Ian Blythe
  • Vice-chairman: Jack Taylor
  • Secretary: Mike Mulchrone
  • Treasurer:
  • Fixture secretary: Ross Kavanagh

AGM

Presentation Day 2024

Delegates' meetings

League winners

Direct entry of match results

Archives

AGM

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 20 November, starting at 1pm at Urmston Men's Club.

Agenda:

  1. Roll call
  2. Obituary
  3. Minutes from last meeting
  4. Secretary's report report
  5. Fixture secretary's report
  6. Treasurer's report
  7. Auditors' report
  8. Proposal for rule change:
    "Change the handicap assessment [for the team knockouts] from average chalks at the beginning of the competition, to average chalks at each stage of the competition."
    Notes: This will stop this season's ridiculous situation in the cup semi final where the team that finished 4th in the league table had to give the team that finished 2nd 13 points start  which is not a fair handicapping system.
    Proposed by Winton Social
    Seconded by Newtown Park
  9. Fixing of honorariums
  10. Election of officers
    Existing officers:
    Chairman Ian Blythe
    Secretary Mike Mulchrone
    Fixture secretary Ross Kavanagh
    Management committee member Jack Taylor

(Monday 18 November 2024)

Presentation Day 2024

The annual memorial match between Trafford and Salford will be held this year on Wednesday 2 October at Metro Sports Club, starting at 12.30pm.

The format is an eight-a-side match. Representatives from Salford teams are paired with players from Trafford teams, with each pair coming from the same division. Games are 21-up, off 6. The league’s dress code applies for this event.

After the match, prize money, trophies and raffle prizes will be presented.

Teams for the match:

Gary Walker Sale Excel
   v Rob Cummings Winton Social A
Steve Crowder Roebuck
   v Brian Johnson Chandos
Colin Crook Flixton CC
   v Mike Gainer Winton Social A
Lew Palmer Linden
   v Ray Hughes Monton B
Tony Flanagan Metro Sports
   v Sue Berry Winton Social B
    v Eddie Walker Monton A
Geoff Russell Urmston Vets
   v Stuart Metcalf Newtown Park
Carole Nicklin Lloyds   v Eddie Mann Irlam Vets
Totals      

(Thursday 26 September 2024)

Delegates' meetings

Advance information on the next meetings, both at Urmston Men's Club (1pm start)...

  • Wednesday 17 January: distribution of provisional registration lists
  • Wednesday 13 March: distribution of fixture cards, entry forms, match sheets etc;
    registration of players and payment of team fees

(Friday 12 January 2024)

League winners

The 2023 league season finished on 13 September, with the winners of both divisions dependent on the last round of matches.

Congratulations to newcomers Sale Excelsior: the A team won Division 1 and the B team won Division 2. This ends a run of ten successive wins of Division 1 for Winton Social A.

(Thursday 14 September 2023)

Direct entry of match results

For the 2014 season we are trying out a new system where team captains can enter match results directly on the web site. This will produce instant updates of the league tables.

See the user guide for full details.

(Tuesday 1 April 2014)

Archives

The 2012 to 2014 seasons have now been copied to the archives. There is a link at the top of every page to take you there.

In the archives you can search for records of leagues, teams and players, across all the leagues on this site.

The 2011 season is now included as well, although we don't have detailed match scores.

(Wednesday 19 December 2012)