TEMPORARY GREEN CLOSURE

TEMPORARY GREEN CLOSURE Would all members please take notice that, due to the current spell of extreme weather causing considerable flooding, the Green manager has instructed that, in order to prevent damage to the newly restored areas, the green is closed to all members for the next few days. There will be a green ... More

GREEN OPENING & COACHING

GREEN OPENING Thank you to all those members who braved the cold yesterday for the official opening, the green is now fully open for much needed practice. However, I am advised that, since some local greens will be delaying their opening until after Easter, for the time being Ainsdale must be restricted to members only ... More

2024 GREEN OPENING.

The Green will be opened to all members from 1pm on Saturday 23rd March. However, beautiful bowling greens do not just happen, they are the result of a lot of hard work by a lot of people. Apart from the professional contractors who do the heavy machine works and carry out the various essential treatment processes ... More

COFEE MORNING & GREEN OPENING

The donations from the coffee morning have now reached a magnificent £550 and Tony Battle and the family will soon be presenting a cheque to Queenscourt Hospice in memory of Lucy. The green will be opened to members at 1pm Saturday next 23rd March. There will be a simple round robin event for those folk wishing to bowl ... More

GREEN UPDATE

A very nice dry Monday allowed us to cut the green in preparation for Saturdays 1pm opening. Would be great to have a relatively dry week. We will cut again on Friday morning and then the bowling season at Ainsdale starts. Haydn Preece Green Manager More

GREEN UPDATE

Lots of prep going on at the green. A traditional pen knife and repairing little areas was the main morning task. Big thank you to Andrew Church ( Lancashire Turf) for applying our lawn sand this afternoon. We are aiming to cut at 8mm on Monday and 6mm on Friday. All in readiness for Saturday’s green opening Haydn ... More

CHARITY COFFEE MORNING

CHARITY COFFEE MORNING The Coffee Morning held in the main club lounge yesterday, 14th March, was well attended and raised a grand total of £545 which is to be donated to Queenscourt Hospice in memory of Lucy Battle. Grateful thanks to everyone who came along to support the event and also to the many others who kindly ... More

GREEN UP DATE

We reduced the cut to 8mm today. Aiming to cut at 6mm next week. The green is looking good but remains quite soft. The green has been aerated regularly with our sorrel cartridge to get air into the green and improve drainage. Hoping for more dry weather. So on target for opening on Saturday March 23rd at 1pm. We have put ... More

MIKE BYRNE FUNERAL

MIKE BYRNE It is with great sadness I have to report that Mike Byrne sadly passed away last week. Mike was a popular member of the club playing for many years with the Parks ‘C’ team and he will be sorely missed by all his team mates and friends in the club. I have been informed that the funeral service for Mike ... More

GREEN OPENING

We have cut the green at 10mm this afternoon. The green is in very good condition. However due to the record winter rainfall the green is still very soft in places especially the crown. Hopefully we will have a dry spell now. We are aiming to open the green on Saturday March 23rd weather permitting. The green will be ... More