{"id":2915,"date":"2015-09-14T22:32:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=2915"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:39:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:39:09","slug":"bowled-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2015\/09\/14\/bowled-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Bowled Over!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-players.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2919\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-players-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bowls players\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-players-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-players.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Once again South Lancashire\u2019s bowls final meant an exciting day for Soroptimists from all over the Region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The team trophy was on display for the annual event, held this year at Pennington Hall Park, Leigh. Clubs had played matches over the summer season, accumulating points; the overall winner was SI Crosby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-spectators.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2920\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-spectators-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bowls spectators\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-spectators-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-spectators.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>On finals day, therefore, attention focussed on individual bowlers. Members from clubs in Widnes, Leigh, Crosby, Liverpool, St.Helens and Southport competed for the Tricia Fahey Trophy. This competition, named in memory of a former Federation President (and member of SI Crosby), is open to non-league bowlers who have won at least one game over the season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Eighteen Soroptimists lined up on the day. After several knock-out rounds \u2013 and some very close games \u2013 the final was a three-way tussle between Miriam Lucy, Joan Spencer (both SI Crosby) and Dorothy Bowker (SI Leigh &amp; District). After a hard-fought game Joan came out the winner.<a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-finalists.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2921\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-finalists-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bowls finalists\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-finalists-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-finalists.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Regional President Margaret Baker was on hand to present the silverware \u2013 the rosebowl to SI Crosby\u2019s team captain, Shirley Smith, and the trophy to Joan Spencer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cAs someone who has never seen bowls played before, I didn&#8217;t know what to expect.\u201d\u00a0said President Margaret. &#8220;In fact, I have thoroughly enjoyed watching the games and soaking up the atmosphere alongside the clubs\u2019 many supporters. The games attracted quite a bit of public interest, too. I extend my sincere congratulations to SI Crosby on \u2018doing the double\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-individual-trophy-President-Margaret-Joan-Spencer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2924\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-individual-trophy-President-Margaret-Joan-Spencer-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bowls individual trophy President Margaret, Joan Spencer\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-individual-trophy-President-Margaret-Joan-Spencer-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-individual-trophy-President-Margaret-Joan-Spencer.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\u201cI must thank Dot Massey (SI Widnes) for once more co-ordinating the season\u2019s sport. Plus, a big thank-you to Margaret Molyneux and her colleagues from SI Leigh &amp; District, who provided refreshments and enabled us to access the park\u2019s <a title=\"link to pennington hall park cafe facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Penningtonstearoom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">volunteer-run caf\u00e9<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u201cThis has been such an exciting day \u2013 friendly yet very, very\u00a0competitive. I might even consider taking up bowls next season!\u201d<a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-team-trophy-President-Margaret-Shirley-Smith.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2923\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-team-trophy-President-Margaret-Shirley-Smith-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Bowls team trophy President Margaret, Shirley Smith\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-team-trophy-President-Margaret-Shirley-Smith-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2015\/09\/Bowls-team-trophy-President-Margaret-Shirley-Smith.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again South Lancashire\u2019s bowls final meant an exciting day for Soroptimists from all over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":2934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2915","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>Bowled Over! | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Bowled Over! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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