It is with great sadness that we pass on the news that Barbara Waring of Marine Park BC passed way on Wednesday 30th September following her tough battle against cancer. Barbara played for Marine for 8 years and has been a teammate, friend and captain to many and will be sadly missed. We send our condolences to her family. Her funeral is at 11.30am at Lytham Park Crematorium on Thursday 22 October.

FUNERAL DETAILS

For those who would like to pay their respects to Ciceley, who passed away recently, her funeral is on Monday 5th October at Lytham Crematorium at 1.15pm, then afterwards at the Bedford Hotel.

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Ciceley Nicholas.

Ciceley played for the ladies teams during her time at East End and has for many years been unwell.

On behalf of the league, our sincere condolences go to Ciceley's family.

Seminars are being held for people to learn the laws of Crown Green Bowling. These are being offered by Stuart Andrews who will be running them.

The Seminars are to be held at Hope Street Bowling Club, St. Annes, FY8 3SL.

The first meeting is on Monday 5th October 2026 at 7.15pm.

Then it will be the first Monday of each month until 1st March 2027.

The March Seminar will only be for people who wish to take the referee exam.

The Seminars are limited to 16 applicants, so it is first come, first served.

Please contact Stuart Andrews 07811 819053 or Tracy Mitchell 07749 911523 with any enquiries.

Today saw the last competition of our season, the League Team Knockout. The semis and the final were played at Mythop BC and a massive thank you to them for hosting the day and providing us with measurers and wonderful refreshments. Also thanks to our two referees today Chris and John who kept everyone in order.

The winners of the competition were Lowther Gardens 'A' team who overcame their fellow club members Lowther Gardens 'B' in the final. Many congratulations to both teams on reaching the final by knocking out Freckleton 'B' and Marine Park 'A' in the semis. Thanks to all the players, markers and supporters for making it a fun day. The results can be seen under Club Matches in the menu.

What a great weekend we had, it stayed mostly dry and some fantastic bowls with closely fought semis and final.

The shield was won by Lowther Gardens '1' who beat Marine Park '1' by just 8 points.

A massive thank you to Lowther Gardens BC for their hospitality and to all the markers, measurers and our referee Stuart. Thanks also to everyone who gives up their time to play and support the teams.

To view the results Please Click Here.

Huge congratulations to the winners of our 2026 league season.

LOWTHER GARDENS 'A' captained by Christine Stringfellow have triumphed in the 1st Division.

MARINE PARK 'A' led by Jane Taylor have won the 2nd Division and are promoted to Division 1.

Well done everyone in making this a competitive and friendly league.

Another fun finals day for the Quicksave Motorist Centre Ladies Doubles. The winners were Kath Lee of Lowther Gardens and Marjorie Lord from Hope Street, who beat Pat Denny of East End and Debbie Whiteside from Hope Street in the final. Huge thanks to Hope Street Community BC for hosting the event and to all those who played, supported, marked, measured and refereed.

To view all the results Please Click Here

The results of the Terry Blakeley Memorial Trophy are now available. The winners were Fliss Dombrowski and Jim Horsfield from Freckleton who beat Mary Harrison and Les Brown in a close run final. Thank you to everyone who took part, marked, measured, supported and helped with everything and special thanks to East End BC for hosting this weekend. We all send our love and best wishes to Peter Blakeley, our generous sponsor, who sadly couldn;t be with us this weekend following a fall. We wish him a speedy recovery.

To view all the results Please Click Here.

Due to the extreme weather forecast for tomorrow evening and to keep everyone safe it has been decided to postpone all 4 matches planned for Thursday evening. These fixtures have been rescheduled for Thursday 27 August. A message has been sent to the captains involved and the league reps but if you know anyone affected please pass the message on. Thank you.

A great finals day for the Mayoress' Trophy with no rain.

The winner was Kath Lee from Lowther Gardens and runner-up was Christine Toft from Hope Street after a very closely run 21-19 game. Well done to both ladies for a great final.

Thank you for everyone who played, supported and generally helped out this week and thank you to East End for hosting and keeping everyone fed and watered.

To see the results Please Click Here.