Merseyside Crown Green Bowling Association

For Crown Green bowls in the Merseyside area.
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Welcome to the home of crown bowls in Merseyside. We are based around the historic city of Liverpool and its surrounding areas from Southport to the Wirral Peninsula and as far as St Helens and Widnes bordering the historic River Mersey and the picturesque Dee estuary.  
Crown green bowls has been popular in this region for over 100 years and we are the voice for the bowlers in a catchment area of nearly 1.5 million people covering an area of nearly 250 sq miles. We and all other Crown Green Bowls players welcome anyone interested in taking up the sport, you will be surprised at how much fun it can be. Playing bowls will be what you want it to be, a sport that provides gentle exercise whilst developing hand / eye coordination, a wonderful way to spend an afternoon in a pleasant garden setting, a challenge that develops your competitive insticts, it's up to you. Why not give it a try. For more information click here 
Latest info
 
Friday 3rd July
Merseyside play their next county fixture this Sunday. The opponents are Yorkshire and if you want to see some top quality bowling please come along to the Wheatsheaf, Mill Lane, St Helens, WA9 4HN
The match starts at 2pm.
Sunday 7th June
Merseyside senior team lost a close game against the Lancashire senior team today. The scores are on the news page.
Hopefully our junior team will have better luck next Sunday when they play at the Gladstone club in Birkenhead.
 
Monday 18th May
Kevin Kearns a member of the Brownedge club in St Helens won the Merseyside merit on Sunday. Further details on the news page.
 
Wirral Ladies lost their game against North Lancashire & Fylde Ladies yesterday. An improved performance at home at New Brighton Ladies bowling club was not enough as the away team struggled to contain an impressive North Lancashir team.
 
Monday 11th May
Merseyside juniors lost their first fixture against Warwick & Worcs. Please check the news page.
 
Tuesday 28th April
I am pleased to say that West Kirby Vics (pictured above) represented us with pride at the recent national club competitions. At the Irlam Steel competition they narrowly lost to the eventual winners, Tonge from Greater Manchester.  
 
Saturday 21st February
We are very pleased to announce that "The Northern Club" in Crosby will be the venue for our National Championships this season. This will be held on Saturday 25th July starting at 10:00am. A large crowd is expected to watch one of the best days bowling of the year. More news on this will be on the National news page.
 
  
Thursday 27th November
We are delighted to announce a special offer open to bowlers, clubs, leagues and associations on Merseyside. If you apply by the end of December you can receive a 20% reduction in the annual subscription to Bowlers World (click here).
 
 
  
This page was last modified on Friday, July 03, 2009 08:02:29 AM

Links to websites

 

These are the links to either members websites or other websites with local bowls news:

Northern Club, Formby League, Wirral Bowls, Walnut Tree, Wallasey League, Liverpool Pensioners, Tixall

Great Meols, Birkenhead League

 

 

Bowls memberships start at just a few pounds each year, it depends on the facilities each club has to offer. If you like to register your club or league with us you will find us the most competitively priced county association in the bowls world.

The fees are: 

 TypeAdultPensioners
League or Association£5 £2.50 
Club£25 £3.50
 

All affiliations are dependent on membership of the British Crown Green Bowling Association (website) and valid Public Liability insurance.
For further details please contact me the email address is:
steve@merseysidebowls.co.uk or use the contact us page.
 
 
 
Further information on the region can be found on a number of other websites, notably Wikipedia