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The team had a good and happy season reports team captain Fred Douglas.
We finished 5th in a strong First Division with some very good individual and team results.
We also had a good cup run beating Mere Brow, Formby Park, Zetland along the way but losing in the final to Hoole - who also won the League.
Paul Crummey, in his first season, just pipped ...
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A big well done and thank you to a team that matured in stature throughout the season with an excellent run at the end of three wins on the trot and the final game producing 5 winners, which enabled us to secure 3rd from bottom place with 101 points, all this considering nearly half the team had little or no experience of league bowls.
Thanks also to my ...
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The team had a great season winning 12 of our 16 matches, finishing a comfortable second to a very strong London BC team. We lost to them in the Challenge Cup Final too.
NB We have asked the League if we could decline promotion so we can stay a Monday evening team.(Most of squad cannot make Thursdays). Watch this space.
The individual performance table ...
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To all VPBC members
2018 IS PROVING TO BE GREAT YEAR FOR VPBC.
WE ARE A COMMUNITY CLUB THAT IS DETERMINED TO BALANCE TEAM AND SOCIAL BOWLING AS WE TRY TO BECOME KNOWN AS THE FRIENDLIEST BOWLING CLUB IN SOUTHPORT.
Our last big bowling event of the year takes place on Saturday 29th September with a Random Mixed Pairs Competition starting at 10.30 ...
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What a fantastic season the team has had. We are promoted to the Premier division finishing 1 point behind Formby Our Lady’s. It has been tight at the top of the league all season and after a gallant effort we had to settle as runners up.
The whole team has contributed to our success and the team atmosphere has been great. Congratulations to Gary ...
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18 VPBC members welcomed 18 hardy souls from Southport Bowling Club on Saturday 8th September for the now annual FLAT v CROWN MATCH. Sadly it was raining heavily but we managed to get the 9 games of Crown Green pairs going using both greens at Victoria Park- 8 were won by home pairs.
We then moved over to Kings Gardens for a delicious lunch but their ...
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Southport Flower Show
The 2018 Southport Flower Show had a record attendance with over 50,000 visitors for the first time and the weather was largely good. VPBC had 4 very successful days of bowling with almost 200 bowlers playing in various friendly competitions. A huge thanks to all members who helped - greens, catering, tombola, scorers, teams and ...
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VPBC members are encouraged to take advantage of 4 tuition sessions at Victoria Park led by Fred Douglas and Paul Crummey. The sessions commence on Wednesday 3 October, then 10th, 17th, and 24th. Please arrive by 1.15 so we can start promptly at 1.30.
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Congratulations to Vic Gray from Staffordshire on beating defending champion Simon Thistlewaite from Lytham 21-20 in a thrilling final of the Southport flower show singles on Saturday. Well done also to local players Gary Burgess and Chris Lancaster for reaching the semi-finals. Also well done to Jason Wright who won the consolation final against Andy ...
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Congratulations to Will and Alex Harrison on beating defending champions Gary Burgess and Jean Mayor in the Southport flower show pairs final on Sunday. Also well done to Dave Gordon and Gayle Polglase and Pat Edwards and Peter Sinclair for reaching the semi finals. Also well done to Lyn Bennett and Frank Ball on winning the consolation final against Paul ...
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