Widnes and District Seniors Bowling Association

Widnes and District Senior Bowls

General:
Constitution
Rules

Admin:
League
Players

The Widnes Seniors Bowling League  consists  of men or women over the age of 55 who play in teams of eight bowlers. Each team plays each other home and away during a season and the league is separated into two divisions.

Management - The league will be managed by an elected committee consisting of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. The officers will be elected by all members at the Annual General Meeting in February. A Fixtures Meeting will be held before the start of the seasn where clubs will register, will pay their seasons fees and will receive the fixtures for the season. A half Yearly Meeting will take place in October to award prizes to the winners and runners up in each division and the winners of any competitions played. 

Presidents cup and plate

Mike Hagan

Half Way Scores in the Presidents cup Thursday 7th May

Presidents Cup

Presidents Cip

League Fixtures

AGM United Services 12th February 19.15 start.

Half yearly meeting United Services Club Thursday October 23rd 19.15 start.

Presidents Cup and Plate finals results

Presidents Plate

Presidents Cup

Presidents Cup and Plate finals

Presidents cup and plate

The draw for the presidents plate took place today. The draw can be found by clicking on the tables tab and then the presidents plate. Handicaps have been added for teams and shown in brackets.  Venues for both competitions will be added when confirmed.

Mike Hagan

MIKE HAGAN

It's with great sadness that we have to announce the sad death of Mike Hagan. Mike passed away yesterday and will be sadly missed by us all. Mike was a very well known and liked player on both the Widnes and Runcorn bowls circuits with many years of competing in the local bowling leagues. On behalf of the league Id like to offer our most sincere sympathy to all of Mikes family and friends. Details of Mikes funeral arrangements will be made available when known.

Half Way Scores in the Presidents cup Thursday 7th May

The scores from the Presidents cup first leg matches have now been added to the system. Please send me your second leg scores next week.

Presidents Cup

Presidents Cip

I’ve now updated the Presidents cup to show the fixtures without any clubs clashing home games. The team listed first for the tie will play at home first on Thursday 7th May with the fixtures reversed the following week. I’ve also put the team’s handicap in brackets. Remember you will have the same handicap for both the home and away games.
The winners of the first two ties between Halewood 2 and Pavilions  and Houghgreen 1 and Victoria Park will then meet in a one off game on a neutral venue on Wednesday 27th Maywhich will be decided once we know the teams. The eight remaining  teams will continue in the Presidents Cup and the 10 losers will drop in the plate. The plate will be redrawn once we know the teams and will need  two preliminary ties. A date for these will be agreed later. 

As a reminder the cup draw can be viewed by clicking on the tables button and then the presidents cup.

League Fixtures

The league fixtures for the 2026 season are now live on the web. For those of you who don’t know how to access them please from the home page click on the tables tab. Then you can either just click on your team which will show your games or click either Division 1 or 2 which will show all the games for that league.
The cup will be played on the weeks left vacant. That is the first round of two legged ties will be played on the 7th/14th May with games taking place  home and away. The competitions will then revert to neutral grounds with the quarter finals played on 16th July. The semi final will be played 13th August with a combined finals day to close the season on 10th September.  Any preliminary games will be discussed at the fixture meeting. 
With the cup rounds being played a little earlier this season I’ve relaxed the rules slightly on the number of games you need to play to play in the cup. The first round you need to have played one league game and then the Quarter finals 3 league games with back to the full four for the semifinals and final. It’s covered in competition rule 2 in the constitution. 

AGM United Services 12th February 19.15 start.

The AGM will be held at the United Services on Thursday February 12th starting at 19.15. All teams have been sent the agenda. 

Half yearly meeting United Services Club Thursday October 23rd 19.15 start.

The half yearly meeting will take place at the United Services on Thursday 23rd October with a 19.15 start. The meeting will close out the season and the trophies and prize money will be awarded. All clubs are expected to attend. An email has been sent out to all club secretaries.

Presidents Cup and Plate finals results

In two tightly fought games both of the second division teams defeated their first division opponents.

In the Plate final Hough Green 2 triumphed by 9 chalks. USC 1 had wiped off all but 5 of the 30 start they had to give in the first four blocks, but Hough Green 2 put up a tremendous rearguard effort in the second four, which was enough to see them home.

The Cup final was the proverbial "game of two halves". Lane Ends got off to a flying start, increasing the 24 handicap they were receiving to lead by 41 chalks at the mid-point. However Widnes 1 staged an immense fightback to get within touching distance of the trophy, with Lane Ends' second four just doing enough to hold on for a slender 3 point victory. 

Congratulations to both winners and commiserations to the runners-up.

Thanks must go to Halewood BC for hosting the finals day; and also to all those who attended to spectate, making for a great atmosphere around the green throughout both matches. 

Presidents Plate

FINAL (played at 12.00 on Thursday, 18th September):

USC 1 (15) v Hough Green 2 (45) @ Halewood;  HOUGH GREEN 2 won by 9

Semi Finals (played on Thursday, 11/09/25):

Eagle Sports (18) v USC 1 (15) @ Lane Ends;  USC 1 won by 40

Hough Green 2 (45) v Victoria Park (42) @ Willow Brook;  Hough Green 2 won by 4

Quarter Finals (played on Thursday, 04/09/25 unless otherwise stated):

Hough Green 1 (51) v Eagle Sports (18) @ Subscription;  Eagle Sports won by 60

Rainhill (3) v USC 1 (15) @ Willow Brook;  USC 1 won by 33 

USC 2 (39) v Hough Green 2 (45) @ Subscription (played on Wednesday, 10/09/25);  Hough Green 2 won by 3 

Halewood 2 (33) v Victoria Park (42) @ Hough Green;  Victoria Park won by 79

Prelims (played on Wednesday, 20/08/25):

Hough Green 1 (51) v Pavilions (48) @ Eccleston;  Hough Green 1 won by walkover

Widnes BC 2 (8) v Eagle Sports (18) @ Victoria Park;  Eagle Sports won by 21

Presidents Cup

FINAL (played at 13.30 on Thursday, 18th September):

Widnes BC 1 (6) v Lane Ends (30) @ Halewood;  LANE ENDS won by 3

Semi Finals (played on Thursday 11/09/25):

Widnes BC 1 (6) v Halewood 1 (27) @ Eagle Sports;  Widnes BC 1 won by 22

Eccleston (9) v Lane Ends (30) @ Rainhill;  Lane Ends won by 19

Quarter Finals (played on Thursday, 04/09/25 unless otherwise stated):

Subscription 2 (36) v Widnes BC 1 (6) @ Lane Ends;  Widnes BC 1  won by 44

Runcorn War Memorial (21) v Halewood 1 (27) @ USC (played on Monday, 08/09/25);  Halewood 1 won by 28

Subscription 1 (0) v Eccleston (9) @ Eagle Sports;  Eccleston won by 69

Lane Ends (30) v Willow Brook (24) @ USC;  Lane Ends won by 43

First round (played on Thursday, 26/06/25):

Subscription 2 (36) v USC 1 (15) @ Widnes BC;  Subscription 2 won by 25

Widnes BC 1 (6) v Hough Green 2 (45) @ Subscription;  Widnes BC 1 won by 31

Rainhill (3) v Runcorn War Memorial (21) @ Eagle Sports;  Runcorn War Memorial won by 41

Pavilions (48) v Halewood 1 (27) @ USC;  Halewood 1 won by 52

Subscription 1 (0) v Victoria Park (42) @ Lane Ends;  Subscription 1 won by 43

Eagle Sports (18) v Eccleston (9) @ Hough Green;  Eccleston won by 22

Lane Ends (30) v Widnes BC 2 (4) @ Rainhill;  Lane Ends won by 32

Willow Brook (24) v USC 2 (35) @ Halewood;  Willow Brook won by 47

Prelims (played on Wednesday, 21/05/25):

Halewood 2 (33) v Subscription 2 (36) @ Victoria Park;  Subscription 2 won by walkover

USC 1 (15) v Hough Green 1 (51) @ Subscription;  USC 1 won by 27

Presidents Cup and Plate finals

The finals of both competitions are being played at Halewood on Thursday, 18th September; with the Plate starting at 12.00 followed by the Cup at 13.30.

The "league and cup double" is still on for first division champions Widnes BC 1; and for the winners of the second division, Lane Ends; in what promises to be a closely fought contest in the final of the Cup. The Plate final is also an intriguing "first versus second division" clash, between USC 1 and Hough Green 2.

The club will be open for refreeshments and supporters from throughout the league are welcome to come along and enjoy what promises to be a great day of bowling.

Good luck to all of the teams involved!