{"id":1398,"date":"2013-09-17T17:46:48","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T16:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2019-03-05T23:28:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:28:04","slug":"bowls-final-come-rain-come-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2013\/09\/17\/bowls-final-come-rain-come-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowls Final &#8211; come rain, come shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-Shirley-Smith-Crosby-captain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1405\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-Shirley-Smith-Crosby-captain.jpg\" alt=\"bowls final president liz with shirley smith crosby captain\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-Shirley-Smith-Crosby-captain.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-Shirley-Smith-Crosby-captain-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-Shirley-Smith-Crosby-captain-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The final of the SI South Lancashire bowls competition was once again full of incident, suspense and laughter.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">Four teams of Soroptimists had qualified for the final \u2013 SI Widnes, SI Southport, SI Leigh &amp; District and SI Crosby. The teams\u2019 knockout rounds needed a play-off before Crosby and Southport went through for the head-to-head. Finally, after six closely-watched games Crosby had scored more points, and so won the President\u2019s Rose Bowl for the second year in succession.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-President-Terry-Francis-and-Rosemary-Moore.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1408 alignright\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-President-Terry-Francis-and-Rosemary-Moore.jpg\" alt=\"bowls final president liz with president terry francis and rosemary moore\" width=\"240\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-President-Terry-Francis-and-Rosemary-Moore.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-President-Liz-with-President-Terry-Francis-and-Rosemary-Moore-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">Meanwhile, the individuals\u2019 competition saw a series of exciting qualifying games. The final three-way decider between Radha Narayana and Angela Rowles (Widnes) and Rosemary Moore (Southport) was tense, with Rosemary eventually winning the Tricia Fahey Cup. This commemorates Tricia of SI Crosby who, when regional president, devised the regional bowls competition.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1425 alignleft\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-wet-weather-gear1.jpg\" alt=\"bowls final wet weather gear\" width=\"140\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-wet-weather-gear1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-wet-weather-gear1-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 140px) 100vw, 140px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The weather \u2013 blustery and cool at the outset \u2013 turned very unpleasant, with squally showers that challenged players\u2019 and spectators\u2019 stamina alike. Windblown hair, ruddy cheeks and enveloping waterproofs were the fashion of the day. Eventually, <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">however, the sun came out in time for the presentations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">In handing over the trophy to Shirley Smith, captain of SI Crosby, Regional President Liz McConnell congratulated the club on retaining the President&#8217;s Rose Bowl against such stiff opposition. Then, in company with Terry Francis (President, SI Crosby) she was delighted to present Rosemary Moore with the Tricia Fahey Cup.<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-Dot-Massey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1426\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-Dot-Massey.jpg\" alt=\"bowls final dot massey\" width=\"158\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-Dot-Massey.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/09\/bowls-final-Dot-Massey-300x263.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 100vw, 158px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">President Liz praised everyone\u2019s staying-power in such difficult conditions. She\u00a0commended the Widnes members who\u00a0kept up the supply of hot drinks and snacks throughout the day; and Eileen Gilbert (SI Liverpool) who catered for\u00a0all the hungry Soroptimists at lunch. On behalf of the team captains, Margaret Molyneux (SI Leigh and District) thanked Dot Massey\u00a0of SI Widnes\u00a0who, once again, had co-ordinated\u00a0the whole season as well as finals day itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final of the SI South Lancashire bowls competition was once again full of incident,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":1428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bowls Final - come rain, come shine | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Bowls Final - come rain, come shine : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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