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BOLTON MILLS BOWLING COMPETITION

2025 SEASON

The Mills Individual and Pairs Competitions can be found here and in each Section's Fixtures on the date of the competition.

I will be updating the Content and Links on the website in the coming weeks before the start of the season. Please contact me if you find links are not working.

BCGBA & Lancashire Information on Competitions, Safe Guarding, Fundraising and many other topics can be found here.

The League is open to all ages and is non discriminatory. New Bowlers are always welcome.

The Bolton Mills Bowling Competition is made up of three sections with a maximum of 12 teams in each section. Each team consists of 8 players. Each Team has a 'Home' night of play and play Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays in the evenings.

We hold our quarterly League meetings at Over Hulton Conservative Club generally on the 4th Wednesday of March, June and September, our Presentation Evening on the 2nd Wednesday in November and our AGM on the 4th Wednesday in January. We thank the management of Over Hulton Conservative Club for the support of our meetings. Meetings start at 8pm except when in the bowling season when they start at 8.30pm.

Please click the post holder to contact the League Secretary - Pat Wrigley or for Competitions or Fixtures Secretary and Website Manager - Clive Fenn

Please use the left hand tabs for all team information.

The Committee would like to wish all our teams and players a pleasant and successful season.

Lancs and BCGBA Notices

League Meetings

Lancs and BCGBA Notices

The following are important emails sent from Lancashire, BCGBA and Bowls England.

If you have come to this page from the BPVABA League or the Bolton & District League - to return to your league after reading please select the Bolton Leagues tab at the top of this page and click the appropriate league.

Lancs - Inter County Lancashire v Cheshire Mens' teams, home leg at Burscough Cricket & Bowling Club on Sunday, 6th July (2pm start) Click here for poster - spectators welcome

Lancs- Junior Merit - 12th July from 3.30pm @ Great Lever Park Vetrans and Bowling Club - spectators welcome

Lancs-MensMeritFinalLineUp-Last 32-12th July from 10:00am @ Chorley Subscription - spectators welcome

Lancs - Inter-County Lancashire v Potteries & District Merseyside Mens' teams - 1st June Home leg at Garswood Hall from 1.30pm

Lancs - Inter-County Lancashire v Merseyside Mens' teams - 4th May from 1.30pm

BCGBA - Safeguarding April Bulletin and Fundraising Pack - Big Bowls Weekend Poster - posted 6th April 2025

Lancs - Club Safeguarding Officers - please be reminded that all Clubs should have a safeguarding officer in place for when their greens open - please contact sandiewhitt@yahoo.co.uk

Lancs - County Registrar - Jimmy Glover has stepped down as County Registrar (thanks Jim for all your efforts over the years and we wish you well). The new County Registrar is Phil Coventry - please use the new BCGBA Registration Form

BCGBA - applicants for a Club and Community Development Officer (Part time) - North West England sort - posted 20th March 2025

Lancs - Big Bowls Weekend - reminder - posted 17th March 2025

Lancs - Big Bowls Weekend - 23rd to 26th May - announced - this is the 5th year this event has been supported - posted 24th January 2025

Lancs - Level 1 Coaching Course - only £37.50 after grants from BCGBA and LLCGBA - posted 21st January 2025

Lancs - Summary of BCGBA Rule changes for 2025 - posted 19th January 2025

Lancs - Free Online Courses from the BDA - posted 19th January 2025

Bowling Club Insurance Notice - Insurance policies which were with Endsleigh in 2024 run out on 31st December - if you don't want to be un-insured into the new year you need to renew as soon as possible. The BCGBA have partnered with Howden's - a Summary of the Policy can be found by clicking. Details on the cost of £55 and 'How to Pay?' are in this letter from the BCGBA- please click. A summary of insurance cover with the policy is here. - posted December 2024

BCGBA - Draft of Development Strategy to be considered at the BCGBA AGM alongside the £1 a player proposal to fund it - The development plan is here. - posted December 2024

Lancs - Notice of the LCCGBA AGM at Leigh Miners on 25th January 2025 @ 2pm - posted December 2024

Lancs - Level 1 Coaching Courses - posted December 2024 Lancs - Coaching Course Funding available - reposted December 2024

Lancs - Senior Merit 2025 - posted December 2024

BCGBA - Email fron Jim McGurk on Development Plan - 2025 - 2030. The development plan can be found here. - posted November 2024

Lancs - Safeguarding Officers - are asked to check when their DBS's are due to expire.

BCGBA-Easy Fundraising Newsletter - October 2024

BCGBA - EasyFundraisingPack - September 2024

BCGBA - Safeguarding Bulletin - August 2024

Lancs & BCGBA Clubs who still have not paid their Affiation Fees - named and shamed.

Lancs - Lancashire Mixed Pairs - Sunday 28th July at Golborne Parkside B.C. WA3 3HG. 10 am start.

Lancs - Lancashire Mens County Team Versus Derbishire County - Sunday 7th July 2024

Lancs - BCGBA - Survey Results - 10th June 2024

Lancs - Vets Merit Competition - Change of Date - 5th June 2024

Lancs - Junior Merit Competition - 4th June 2024

Lancs - BDA - Free Online Courses - 1st May 2024

Lancs - New Sport England Funding Announced - 29th April 2024

Lancs - Open Competitions - 25th March 2024

Lancs - Free Club Development Seminars offered - 4th March 2024

Lancs - Competitions update

Lancs - Safeguarding Training Course and DBS Checks - Coppull Conservative Club - 2nd March 2024

Lancs - County Team Players Meeting Dates - Please see Ammended Dates here

BCGBA-Funding Advice on Grant Applications from Bowls Buddies Guide in pdf

BCGBA - If your club has any facilities that have been damaged by the recent floods / storms - Grants Available

BCGBA-Proposed Rule Changes for 2024 Season

BCGBA-Safeguarding Bulletin - Dec. 2023

BCGBA-Champion of Champion Results

BDA Vacancy in the North West

Level 1 Coaching - Last few places

Level 1 Coaching Course Poster

Lancashire Competition Winners Listing for the last 10 years

Latest Safeguarding Information - July 2023

Bolton Schools Tournament - at Darbishire Park

Lancashire Senior Merit Champion - Billy Speed and Duncan Watkins the Lancashire Veterans Merit Champion

Lancashire Junior Merit Champion - Alfie Caterall - June 2023

Safeguarding Spot Checks - May 2023

Easy Fundraising News - March 2023

Free Online Courses to help you develop your Clubs - March 2023

Development Presentation - report and slides of meeting of 14th March 2023

Further Safeguarding Course The cost for the Safeguarding Training is £15 - please let Sandie Whittaker know you are planning to attend.

Lancashire Funding Guide

BigBowls Weekend

Easy Fundraising

Ian Gill - Lancashire Development Officer

BDA - Development Workshops

Level 2 Coaching

Bowls England Newsletter

Lancashire Email requesting support for the Manchester Indoor Bowling Project

(Friday 27 June 2025)

League Meetings

The next Meeting of the League will be on Thursday, 26th June 2025 at Over Hulton Conservative Club 8.30pm. This is the mid-season League Meeting but was put back one day due to the venue having a paid hire for the room.

The Agenda for the meeting of 26th June can be found here

AOB - Email from Mike Wilkinson putting his case to allow Post 31st May Registration of players.

Team Registration Form 2025

Current list of Mills Officers, Mills Team Secretaries/Captains and Mills 2nd Team Contacts for the 2025 season.

Proposed dates of future meetings (to be confirmed and subject to the availability of the venue). Meetings are usually held at Over Hulton Conservative Club at 8.00pm (tbc)

League Meeting – Thursday, 26th June – OHCC @ 8.30 pm

League Meeting – 24th September – OHCC @ 8pm – tbc

Presentation – 26th November - OHCC @ 8pm – tbc

Annual General Meeting – 28th January 2026 – OHCC @ 8pm - tbc

Previous Meetings

Draft Minutes of the AGM held on 30th January 2025

Secretary's Report for 2024

List of Prize Winners - 2024

Draft Minutes of the League Meeting held on 25th September

Minutes of the League Meeting held on 24th July 2024

Minutes of the League Meeting held on 22nd May 2024

Mills Competitions for 2024

Minutes of the AGM held on 24th January 2024

Secretary's Report for the 2023 Season

The number of teams in each Section should be restricted to 10 teams. This proposal was changed to 12 teams in a section and passed by members present. This will mean we go back to 3 Sections in the League Competition.

That two weeks are allocated for the first two rounds of the team knock-out competitions. This proposal was also passed and weeks will be allocated for cup competions within the fixtures.

Trophy and Prize Winners for the 2023 season

Minutes of the League Meeting of 27th September 2023

Minutes of the League Meeting of 26th July 2023

Minutes of the League Meeting of 24th May 2023

Minutes of the League Meeting of 28th September 2022

AGM - 2023 Minutes

Secretary's Report

Treasurer's Report - not being published

Proposal to reduce the size of a team from 10 players to 8 players.

Proposal to play the knockout Cup Competitions through the season.

Mills Prize Winners in 2022