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Bulletin October 24

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The Alf McDermott Memorial Invitational Bowls Competition will be held at Heswall RBL’s Bowling Green on Saturday 17th August 2024 10am Start and is expected to finish about 6pm. The Competition involves 32 of the Best Crown Green Bowlers in the UK including Greg Smith (Warwick & Worcester) who recently won the BCGBA Senior Merit featuring the best Bowlers from each County. The 32 also includes 8 Bowlers from Merseyside including Steve Glover who is the current Merseyside Champion. Total Prize Money is £2,000 including £600 to the Winner. Refreshments are available all day and Spectators will be welcome.

The Organiser of this event is David McDermott and it is in memory of his Father Alf who died on 19th November 2023 and was loved by everybody in the Bowls community.

Merseyside will play in the Supplementary Championship at Florence Bowling and Tennis Club, Stoke on Trent. ST3 4EB at 10.a.m. on Sunday 4th August 2024. They are in a group of 4 comprising Lancashire, Shropshire and Cheshire. They will be represented by the following players.
Dan Lofthouse
Chris Price
Louis Fazakerley
Andy Pearce
Jamie Isaac
Kevin Exell
Calvin Gratrix
Nick Burridge
Lee Downing
Danny Barwise

In their final County Championship game of the season Merseyside lost to Yorkshire 480 to 352.
Home leg – Merseyside 189 Yorkshire 248
Away Leg – Merseyside 163 Yorkshire 232

HOME – Brownmoor Brooke BC, 9-11 Brownmoor Park, L23 0TL
Phil Lee (Birchley St Mary’s) v Thomas Hanson (Pudsey)
Matty Gilmore (New Brighton Quarry Vikings) v Joseph Cranston (Crossgates)
Kevin Kearns (Eccleston Lane Ends) v Gareth Coates (Ackroyd Victoria)
Stephen Glover (Liverpool CC) v Wayne Moseley (Crosland Moor)
Chris Barton (New Brighton Quarry Vikings) v Josh Mordue (Pudsey)
Andy Hayes (Eccleston Lane Ends) v Jack Dyson (Thongsbridge)
Liam McEgan (Windle) v Craig Hopwood (Crossgates)
Mike Tunstall (Gladstone) v James Hanson (Pudsey)
Steve Johnson (Eagle & Child) v Ian Booth (Crosland Moor)
Carl Doyle (Windle) v Jack Bowes (Pudsey Littlemoor)
George Curran (Windle) v Marc Armitage (Pudsey Littlemoor)
Anthony Thompson (Manor Road) v James Davison (Thongsbridge)

AWAY – Elland WMC, Rosebery Street, XH5 0HT
Stuart King (Pudsey) v Wayne Ditchfield (Birchley St Mary’s)
Ashley Tattersley (Lower Hopton) v Ryan Semmens (Birchley St Mary’s)
Liam Fallas (Crosland Moor) v Danny Barwise (Birchley St Mary’s)
Craig Gant (Thongsbridge) v John Hignett (Gladstone)
Josh Brown (Crosland Moor) v Matty Gartside (Birchley St Mary’s)
Chris Mordue (Pudsey) v Owen Turner (New Brighton Quarry Vikings)
Liam Griffin (Crossgates) v Dave McDermott (Tixall)
Gareth Lally (Crossgates) v Robbie Fitzpatrick (Lever Club)
Jonathan Wood (Crossgates) v Nick Burridge (Gladstone)
Gary Wike (Pudsey) v Josh Bunting (New Brighton Quarry Vikings)
Kieran Smith (Crossgates) v Tex Allen (Windle)
Ashley Daykin (Thongsbridge) v Dan Lofthouse (Birchley St Mary’s)