Junior Members 2009

Dates for Diary

• 23/24  July - Fleetwood Bowling Festival

• 2 August - Federation Merit in Blackburn

• 9 August - Burscough League Junior Comp (London Hotel, Southport)

• 23 August - Junior Waterloo

• 30 August - Brooke Hotel Comp

Visit http://www.ormskirkjuniorbowls.btik.com/calendar/all.ikml for further details of comps.

Brooke Hotel, Crosby Comp Sunday 30th August

There will be a comp at the Brooke Hotel, Crosby on Sunday 30th August.  There will be Under 12s and Under 16s age categories with £150 in prize money.  £1 entry fee which includes a free burger and a drink

Competition Round Up

Junior Waterloo (23rd August)
Just Matthew Gill in this one, where he fell at the first hurdle, being beaten 21-17 by a good player from the other side of the Pennines in Yorkshire, after being in the lead for most of the match

Federation Merit, Blackburn (2nd August)
Two great wins for Mike Daley (21-18 and 21-20) after a Bye in the first round) took Mike through to the quarter finals.  After not having a break, and somewhat exhausted, Mike just went out 21-18 - this was a great performance though against some experienced players  Daniel Heaton narrowly went out 21-18 in his first match.  Liam managed to get in the under 12s (winning 21-10) before being properly placed in the over 12s, where he lost 21-12.  Good performances from the Windmill lads though.

Formby Legion Home Game

Full write up, scorecard and pictures now on Formby Home page.

Botanic Gardens - 12th July

The junior Millers all had a great day at the Botanic on 12 July - reports and pictures on the special Botanic Away page

Friendly game at Coppull

Score card and write up now at Coppull away page

Lancs Junior Merit

Matthew Gill narrowly went out of the Lancashire Junior Merit, losing by 21-17 against Gavin Love, a Lancashire County player from Shevington.  Matthew led for most of the match and played some great bowls.  However, experience told right at the end and Gavin just ran out winner.  Pictures and video clip to follow.

Formby Legion match (13^th June)

Score card and photographs now available on Formby Away page

Widnes Junior Masters

Click on Widnes Masters page for write up and pictures ...as well as video for the first ever time on this website!

First Session - 18 April

What a marvelous first session we had this Saturday.  We had a record number of youngsters turning up,  19 in all, with two coming for the first time.  Player of the week was Callum, who did really well as it was his first session, and Joe, the other new starter, also soon got the hang of things pretty quickly.  Thanks to Barry, Paul and Dave from Burscough CC who lent a hand, along with the other 'old hand' Jacky.  See photos below - click on thumbnails to enlarge.

Windmill Triumph at Lancs Junior Merit

Matthew and Tom both played some excellent bowls at the recent Lancashire Junior Merit qualifying tournament, which was played at Coppull Conservative Club on Sunday 5th April.  Tom won his first match, but unfortunately lost his second (although this was to someone who plays for the Lancashire Junior side and who was a lot older).  Matthew did really well to win both his matches and will now feature in the final 16 Merit Final which will be played on 21 June at Winstanley near Wigan.  Click on the thumbnails below to see the photos. Maybe some more of our players should enter next year - having seen the standard it would be worth a go.

Junior Sessions due to start Saturday 18th April 

The Windmill Academy will open its doors again on 18th April All young aspiring bowlers are welcome to come along and start practicing for the coming season.  Membership of the Club is free for those aged below 16, but there will be a small charge of £1 per session which will go to the Club to help pay for trophies and prizes for the children and for work on the green. Sessions will start at 10-30 and will finish around 11-45/12noon.  If the weather is poor and you want to check if a session is on please call Ian on 07813 577 328 or 01695 575 141.

Junior Competitions

Details of junior competitions are being added to the Calendar page of the Ormskirk Junior Bowling Website.  Click on the link for details.  Contact Ian to see if anyone from the Club is thinking of entering and for any further details you may want.

Friendly Matches for 2009

We have now met with the Botanic (Churchtown), Formby Legion and Brooke Hotel (Crosby) Bowling Clubs and will be playing friendly matches against these clubs over the coming 2009 season.  More details will be posted when they become available.  Hopefully this will lead to a more structured league in coming years

Bowling Tops

 The Club polo shirts are available in a range of sizes and we would encourage children to use these for any matches that are played.  They are good quality stitched tops and are available at only £6. These can be ordered from Premier Sport (Aughton Street, Ormskirk).  Hoodies and sweatshirts (and in fact almost anything you desire) can also all be ordered from Premier Sports with the Club logo on.  Please speak to Ian for details