Runcorn & District Bowling League 2024
| President | Chairman Vice Chairman | Secretary Treasurer | |
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Mr Terry Clare Tel No: 574 894 |
Mr Bob Watson Mr Neal Ocego Tel No: 589 180 |
Mr Simon Jones Mr Pat Crowe Tel No: 07852 718530 Tel No : 574 689 Email : runcornleague@gmail.com Email : paddycrowe99@gmail.com |
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Tue 16th Apr 10 results from 11 Matches
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ALL New messages or league/competition dates/information is updated at the bottom of the page in the "Latest Information" & "Important Dates" Sections
RUNCORN/FRODSHAM FEDERATION TEAM
Any player in the Runcorn league who would like to be considered for selection to play for the federation team in 2024 season please contact the league secretary on the email or number above or any of the selection committee, Neal Ocego, Alan Briscoe, Mark Furber, Gary Spencer or Nigel Parker.
The games are played each year on the 2nd Sunday of the month starting in April until August 2024. More details can be found on the 'Federation Team News and Results' page.
Individual Competitions 2024
ENTRY FORMS FOR INDIVIDUAL PLAYER COMPETITIONS HAVE BEEN EMAILED OUT TO ALL SECRETARIES PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLUB SECRETARY TO ENTER.
Important Dates:
Sat 20th Apr 18.00
Champion of Champions Competition Finals date
Final 8 Saturday 20th April - Start @ 10:00
Venue Subscription BC
Mon 29th Apr 23.59Section Three Merit Competition (only section three teams players) - Closing date for entries is 29th April 2024. See your club secretary or club representative register your entry.
Mon 29th Apr 23.59Abel Cup Individual Handicap Competition (open to ALL divisons players) - Closing date for entries is 29th April 2024. See your club secretary or club representative register your entry.
Mon 1st Jul 23.59Jim Ainsworth Merit Competition (open to all divisions players) - Closing date for entries is 1st July 2024. See your club secretary or club representative register your entry.
Mon 1st Jul 23.59Section Two Merit Competition (only section two teams players) - Closing date for entries is 1st July 2024. See your club secretary or club representative register your entry.
Sun 11th Aug 23.592024 Runcorn & Frodsham Federation Team Match Dates
Sunday 14th April - verses Saddleworth. Home venue Helsby Sports Club.
Sunday 9th June - verses Bolton B. Home venue TBC
Sunday 14th July - verses East Lancs B. Home venue TBC
Sunday 11th August - verses Airedale B . Home venue TBC
Latest information:
Thu 11th Apr
CHESHIRE MERIT FRODSHAM/RUNCORN LEAGUE QUALIFYING ROUND: SAT. 4th MAY @ 1pm - Frodsham/Runcorn qualifying Venue Tbc.
FINALS DAY : SAT 15th JUNE @ Grange Club, Edgeley, STOCKPORT. Entry Fee: £8. Entry to be received by Gary Spencer, Comp Secretary on or before Sat 27th APRIL
Wed 10th Apr
Reminder that the league starts on Tuesday 16th April. Start time is 19:00 for all matches. The only exception is where the green does NOT have floodlights and those games will start at 18:30 UNLESS both captains agree otherwise.
Tue 9th AprRuncorn/Frodsham Federation team selection for this weekends game @ Helsby Sports is now in the 'Federation Team News and Results' link. The match starts @ 2pm. All spectators welcome to support our team in the game against Saddleworth.
Tue 2nd AprMurphy Cup Prelim Round Venues - Greens have now been allocated for the prelim rounds of the Murphy Cup. Details can be found in the '2024 Competitions Results' link.
Fri 22nd MarRuncorn league team/individual/doubles cup dates now on the '2024 Competition Dates' link.
Fri 22nd Mar2024 Murphy Cup Draw is now live in the competition results link. Team handicaps will be based on individual player handicaps who play in the game. Each player will receive a handicap based on their 2023 league results which are then put into the matrix that Mid Cheshire and Norley leagues have used to generate a players handicap. This is a fairer handicap system which reflects the players who actually play in the fixture and not a set team handicap based on the teams registered players. The team handicap will be all the players handicaps who play in the fixture added together.
Sat 2nd MarThere is now a Facebook group for the Runcorn and District Bowling Association. The group name is "Runcorn and District Bowling Forum 2024". There will be league and cup updates and general bowls news on it.
Sat 2nd Mar2024 Champion of Champions Invitational Handicap Competition. Qualifying Dates Saturday 13th April and Finals Day Saturday 20th April.
The venue for this year’s competition is Subscription BC. Only two clubs replied to say they were interested in hosting the competition, Owley Wood last year’s hosts were the other club. Based on Owley Wood hosting it last year, Subscription have been chosen to host the competition for this season.
I will be sending the secretaries of each club an email asking them to confirm the availability of their invited player from their club/teams. The competition format and rules are available on the Runcorn Constitution page under "Competition Rules".
The format has been amended to encourage participation of players from all the clubs/teams in the association. This year’s competition is seeded for the qualifying round only. I have also listened to comments at last year’s competition from the players who played. The day was very long and players were at times waiting for long periods between games. To address this, we have moved it form a one-day competition to a two-day format. Also there will be staggered starting times for the two seeded groups. To qualify for the last eight there is only a requirement to play two games to get through. The finals day will be played from quarter finals to the eventual winner, three games maximum.
Hopefully, by listening to and acting on players comments, also by introducing a seeding format which will see four players from outside the top division playing on the final’s day, we will have a successful and most importantly an enjoyable event to start the season off in style.
Further details of starting times and the players in the competition will be posted here once I have had confirmation of the players availability from the club secretaries.