Widnes and District Seniors Bowling Association

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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. 

Widnes Pensioners League Bowling results.

Secretary Resignation

Sad news Dennis Rigby

Isherwood cup update

Isherwood Cup Plate draw dates and Preliminary round info. Handicaps in brackets.

Isherwood Cup quarter final draw . Handicaps in brackets.

Isherwood Cup venues and results (Team handicaps are shown in brackets)

Player registrations.

Halewood 1.

Preliminary Round Results Houghgreen V Rainhill Sub1 v Subs 2

Jack and Jean Isherwood Veterans qualifier.

Fixture Meeting update

AGM 1st February at the United Service Club

Annual General Meeting 2024

Half yearly meeting October 19th United Services Club.

Isherwood Cup plate result.

Isherwood Cup Final result

Isherwood cup RESULT

Widnes Pensioners League Bowling results.

Please send all bowling results to Ken Hill the league Chairman. If you don't have Ken's contact details please let me know and I will send them on to you

Secretary Resignation

Fellow bowlers I would like to inform you all that I've resigned the role of secretary with immediate effect. I would like to thank you all for your support during my tenure as secretary and wish you well as we move towards the end of the season.

Sad news Dennis Rigby

It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Dennis Rigby the Chairman of Runcorn Subscription Bowling Club. Dennis has been a loyal friend and keen competitor to the Widnes and District Seniors Bowling Association for over Twenty years. I will post an update when I have further details on Dennis's funeral arrangements.

Isherwood cup update

All teams are reminded that players must have taken part in 4 league games this season to qualify to play in either trophies (cup & plate).

Isherwood Cup Plate draw dates and Preliminary round info. Handicaps in brackets.

Preliminary Round Game 1 Wednesday 21st August

JLR1 (18) v Halewood 2 (36) at USC.  

Preliminary Round Game 2 Wednesday 14th August

Victoria Park(33)  v Subscription 2 (42) at USC

Quarter Final draw Thursday 29th August.

Winner prelim1 v  Winner prelim 2

USC1 (21) v Lane Ends (9) at Rainhill

Houghgreen(54) v JLR 2(45) at USC

Willow Brook (24) v Subs 1 (3) at Halewood

Isherwood Cup quarter final draw . Handicaps in brackets.

Ties to be played August 29th

Rainhill (6) v Runcorn War Memorial (15) at Victoria Park

Widnes  Bowler1 (8) v Widnes Bowler  2 (27) at Houghgreen 

Eccleston (-8) v JLR 3 (48)  at the Widnes Bowler

United Services 2 (39) v Pavilions (51) at Willow Brook

Isherwood Cup venues and results (Team handicaps are shown in brackets)

All games played Thursday 20th June.

Subscription 1 (3) v Rainhill (6) Rainhill won by walkover. 

Runcorn War Memorial (15) v JLR2 (45) At Houghgreen. Runcorn War Memorial won by 36

Lane Ends (9) v Widnes Bowler 1 (8)    At Halewood. Widnes Bowler1 won by 69

United Services 1 (21) v Widnes Bowler 2 (27) at JLR Widnes Bowler 2 won by 38

Willow Brook (24) v Eccleston (-8) at United Services Eccleston won by 9

Halewood 2 (36)  v JLR3 (48) at Rainhill JLR 3 won by 5

JLR1 (18) v Pavilions (51) at Runcorn War Memorial. Pavilions won by 14

United Services 2  (39) v Victoria Park (33)  at Widnes Bowler. United Services 2  won by 67

Player registrations.

Just a reminder to all secretaries and team captains that all players must have completed their registration with the league before the Isherwood cup on June 20th. I've sent details to each team of missing numbers. If a players BCGBA is still not registered by this date then they will no longer be able to play until such times as they provide the correct details. 

Halewood 1.

Unfortunately Halewood 1 have had to withdraw from the second division.Their record and matches have now been deleted. please ensure that all second division teams check the fixture list carefully.

Runcorn War Memorial will now progress to the first round of the Isherwood cup on June20th and they will play JLR2. 
I will speak with all the second division secretaries over the next few days to update you.

Preliminary Round Results Houghgreen V Rainhill Sub1 v Subs 2

Subscription 1 (3) 155 v Subscription 2 (42) 132 Venue Subscription 

Houghgreen (54) 159 v Rainhill (6) 160  Venue JLR.  

Jack and Jean Isherwood Veterans qualifier.

Entries are now open for people over the age of 60 for the above competition in Merseyside. Details can be found on the Merseyside bowls page in the competition section. I've sent out details to club contacts. 

Fixture Meeting update

The fixture meeting will be held on Thursday 21st March at the United Services club at 19.00h. The league fixtures are now available to view and each club should now have received an invoice. The draw for the Isherwood Cup will be made at the end of the meeting by the management committee. Handicaps for each team will be given on the night.

Teams can now send a list of players for registration to the secretary.

AGM 1st February at the United Service Club

Pensioners bowls meeting Thursday 1st February United Services Club 19.00hrs.

1. The Chairman opened the meeting by remembering deceased colleagues. A special mention was made for Alf Steven’s as Alf had been a loyal servant to running bowls in the Widnes district for many years
2. The minutes of the half yearly meeting on 19th October were agreed as correct.
3. No new matters were raised
4. The Secretary reported that the league had an excellent season with good weather and good competitive games. He also reported that all teams had done really well in getting the scores in a lot quicker mainly by What’s Ap. He then announced that he would not be standing for re-election. The Chairman thanked Arthur for his loyal service and for stepping in at a really difficult time and guiding the league through a difficult period. Arthur guided and kept the league together throughout the Covid season. Arthur also agreed to help the new secretary set up next seasons fixtures.Appreciation was shown by all .
5. The Treasurer reported that following the introduction of the plate trophy the league had made a small loss of £315. Because the balance sheet was relatively strong no concerns were raised  however he recommended a small increase of fees by £10 to £50 per team. The proposal was accepted. The treasurer also announced that he would not be seeking re-election. The Chairman thanked Harry for doing the job from 2016 to the present day and again guiding us through the Covid Season. He agreed to guide a new treasurer through the handover period. Appreciation was shown by all .
6. All teams announced that they would be entering the same teams as the previous season and Lane Ends application was unanimously approved.
7. The following people were duly elected as officers for the coming season.

      President  Arthur Holdroyd

      Chairman Ken Hill

      Vice Chairman Steve Spence

      Secretary Steve Spence

      Treasurer  Dave Rushton.

      Auditor Ken Hill 

      Management Committee positions. Runcorn Subscription and Halewood.

      Steve Spence requested that clubs ask their members if someone would like to become Vice 

      Chairman. If possible they could pick up the position at the fixture meeting.

8) Fees have been raised to £50.

9) The following rule changes have been approved and are now on the rules website.

Constitutional rule 5 now states that the Auditor will be elected annually.

Match rule 9 states that if a team cannot provide any players they will forfeit the game 168/0. The winners will receive a 168/0 win plus two match points.

Match rule 10. Visiting players will not be allowed on the green 24 hours before a game.

Competition Rule 2 All players must have played two games prior to the round of 16 in the Isherwood Cup and four games prior to the quarter finals at the end of the season. For the plate players must have played 2 games before the preliminaries and 4 games before the Quarter Finals.

10) The fixture and registration meeting was set for Thursday 21st 1900hrs at the United services.

The first round of league fixtures will commence on Thursday 18/04/ 2024 with the last round on 22/8/2024. The Isherwood Cup round of 16 will take place on 20/06/2024 with the quarter final of both cups taking place on 29/08/2024 and both finals on 12/09/2024.

Annual General Meeting 2024

The 2024 AGM will be held on Thursday 1st February at the United Services Club commencing at 19.00hrs.

The Agenda is as follows.

1) Deceased Colleagues Remembered

2) Minutes of the half yearly AGM held on 19/10/2023  ( copies of the minutes will be available on the night)

3) Matters arising 

4) Secretary's report

5) Treasures report

6) Team Registration 2024 Season

7) Election of Officers 

President, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor and 2 positions on the Management Committee 

8) Fees 2024 season

9) Rule changes ( reminder that all potential rule changes must be submitted to the secretary by 18th Jan.)

10 Date for the fixtures meeting. 

Half yearly meeting October 19th United Services Club.

The half yearly meeting will take place at the United Services club on Thursday October 19th at 19.00. Agenda.

1 Roll Call

2 Minutes of 2023 AGM from 16.2.2023

3  Matters arising

4 Chairman's Report 

5 Secretary's Report

6 Treasures Report

7.Honoraria 2023.  Secretary £250 Treasurer £150 Auditor £25

Trophies and Prize Presentation

Division 1 Winners.Eccleston  Runners up Runcorn Subscription.  Averages Derek Roylance Eccleston 

Division 2 Winners. Widnes Bowler 2  Runners Up Victoria Park. Averages Paul Nicklin USC2

Isherwood Cup Winners. Eccleston Runners Up Widnes Bowler 1

Isherwood Plate Winners.  Widnes Bowler 2  Runners Up Victoria Park.

Isherwood Cup plate result.

The final match of the season was played today over at Runcorn Subscription and many congratulations to Widnes Bowler 2 who defeated Victoria Park in the final of the Isherwood Plate. Both teams had played well to reach the final but it was the Bowler who won a tight match by 12 to add the Plate trophy to the Second Division Title which they have also won.

Many thanks to Runcorn Subscription for the use of the green and facilities today and indeed thank you to all the teams who have made their greens available to allow both cups to be completed. Special thanks to all those people who have opened and closed greens to enable all of the games to be played on neutral venues.

Isherwood Cup Final result

Congratulations to Eccleston who won the Isherwood Cup final today against the Widnes Bowler 1 at Halewood. Both teams have played well throughout the tournament to earn their place in the final but it was Eccleston who were the stronger team on the day winning out by 61 to earn themselves a league and cup double. Many thanks to Halewood for hosting the final.

Isherwood cup RESULT

 Final   Thursday 29th  September

The winners of the Isherwood Cup are ECCLESTON who narrowly beat Runcorn War Memorial at Halewood

Congratulations to the winning team