Widnes and District Seniors Bowling Association

Widnes and District Senior Bowls

The Widnes Seniors Bowling League consists of men or women over the age of 55 who play in teams of eight bowlers. Each team plays each other home and away during a season and the league is separated into two divisions.

Management - The league will be managed by an elected committee consisting of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. The officers will be elected by all members at the Annual General Meeting in February. A Fixtures Meeting will be held before the start of the seasn where clubs will register, will pay their seasons fees and will receive the fixtures for the season. A half Yearly Meeting will take place in October to award prizes to the winners and runners up in each division and the winners of any competitions played.

End of season meeting and Trophy presentation night.

This week games 25th June POSTPONED

Presidents cup and plate

Presidents Cup

Presidents Cip

League Fixtures

AGM United Services 12th February 19.15 start.

Presidents Cup and Plate finals results

End of season meeting and Trophy presentation night.

This seasons end of year meeting and presentation night will be held at the United Services club on Thursday 15th October with a 19.15 start. An agenda will be sent out nearer the time.

(Monday 29 June 2026)

This week games 25th June POSTPONED

FIXTURES POSTPONED

Given the extreme heat forecast for Thursday the decision has been made to postpone all of this weeks fixtures. Captains and secretaries have all been contacted. Details for new dates will be agreed shortly.

(Tuesday 23 June 2026)

Presidents cup and plate

The draw for the presidents plate took place today. The draw can be found by clicking on the tables tab and then the presidents plate. Handicaps have been added for teams and shown in brackets. Venues for both competitions will be added when confirmed.

(Tuesday 2 June 2026)

Presidents Cup

Next week Thursday 7th May sees the start of the presidents cup and for the first time we will be playing all of the fixtures on a two leg home and away basis. All of the games are on the league website and can be found by clicking on the Tables tab followed by the presidents cup tab. The top team is the home team for the first week and the number in brackets is your handicap. You will have the same handicap for both games which you need to add on to your match result after each game. You will not be able to input the match result so the home team needs to send me a what’s ap photo signed by both captains. I will put all of the scores from the first legs on the home page so you can see how the games are looking at the half way point. Can secretaries whose clubs have two teams in the league please ensure both teams know.

REMEMBER YOU CAN ONLY SELECT PLAYERS WHO HAVE PLAYED IN AT LEAST ONE LEAGUE GAME AS PER THE COMPETITION RULES.

(Friday 1 May 2026)

Presidents Cip

I’ve now updated the Presidents cup to show the fixtures without any clubs clashing home games. The team listed first for the tie will play at home first on Thursday 7th May with the fixtures reversed the following week. I’ve also put the team’s handicap in brackets. Remember you will have the same handicap for both the home and away games.
The winners of the first two ties between Halewood 2 and Pavilions and Houghgreen 1 and Victoria Park will then meet in a one off game on a neutral venue on Wednesday 27th Maywhich will be decided once we know the teams. The eight remaining teams will continue in the Presidents Cup and the 10 losers will drop in the plate. The plate will be redrawn once we know the teams and will need two preliminary ties. A date for these will be agreed later.

As a reminder the cup draw can be viewed by clicking on the tables button and then the presidents cup.

(Monday 16 March 2026)

League Fixtures

The league fixtures for the 2026 season are now live on the web. For those of you who don’t know how to access them please from the home page click on the tables tab. Then you can either just click on your team which will show your games or click either Division 1 or 2 which will show all the games for that league.
The cup will be played on the weeks left vacant. That is the first round of two legged ties will be played on the 7th/14th May with games taking place home and away. The competitions will then revert to neutral grounds with the quarter finals played on 16th July. The semi final will be played 13th August with a combined finals day to close the season on 10th September. Any preliminary games will be discussed at the fixture meeting.
With the cup rounds being played a little earlier this season I’ve relaxed the rules slightly on the number of games you need to play to play in the cup. The first round you need to have played one league game and then the Quarter finals 3 league games with back to the full four for the semifinals and final. It’s covered in competition rule 2 in the constitution.

(Friday 20 February 2026)

AGM United Services 12th February 19.15 start.

The AGM will be held at the United Services on Thursday February 12th starting at 19.15. All teams have been sent the agenda.

(Thursday 5 February 2026)

Presidents Cup and Plate finals results

In two tightly fought games both of the second division teams defeated their first division opponents.

In the Plate final Hough Green 2 triumphed by 9 chalks. USC 1 had wiped off all but 5 of the 30 start they had to give in the first four blocks, but Hough Green 2 put up a tremendous rearguard effort in the second four, which was enough to see them home.

The Cup final was the proverbial "game of two halves". Lane Ends got off to a flying start, increasing the 24 handicap they were receiving to lead by 41 chalks at the mid-point. However Widnes 1 staged an immense fightback to get within touching distance of the trophy, with Lane Ends' second four just doing enough to hold on for a slender 3 point victory.

Congratulations to both winners and commiserations to the runners-up.

Thanks must go to Halewood BC for hosting the finals day; and also to all those who attended to spectate, making for a great atmosphere around the green throughout both matches.

(Friday 19 September 2025)