The committee has approved Age UK (Lancashire) as our charity. They were very helpful to the Sackville family in Margaret's final months. We have sent our first donation.
We have sent a final donation to HCPT and Cancer Research.
We have also sent a small donation to charities nominated by Charlie McAuley, George Lucy, Brian Ball and Andy Francis.
Posted by David Hodgson
05/03/2021
Ormskirk teams occupy the top three places in the table after three rounds of matches. Unison lead Greyhound on points difference by one, both with 100% records. Colly Wobblers are in third, two points behind. All three teams won this week on a very hard quiz. Unison beat Oxton Combined (Wirral) 36-29. Greyhound beat Bishop Eton (Liverpool) 37-22 including 20 points from John Wilson. Colly Wobblers beat Wings (S&F) 47-31 including 19 points from Pat Gibson.
Posted by David Hodgson
04/03/2021
Whippet remain top after their win over Ormskirk Tennis Club; they overcame an 8 point deficit to win by 17, thanks to good scores from Peter Duffy (18), Gordon Richards (17) and Debbie Davidson (15). Despite 23 points and a full house from Pat Gibson, Colly Wobblers lost to Unison, for whom Charles Johnson scored 17 and Allan Gibbs 16. Robin Hood had a two point deficit on Gang of Four but finished 17 points ahead thanks to 18 from Paul Coffey. Despite 20 points from Eric Lupton, Rugby Hounds were unable to overcome Ormskirk Theatre Company’s 11 point start, who as result recorded their first win
Posted by Mike Unsworth
02/03/2021
Whippet reclaimed top spot after their win over Gang of Four who had a 9 point start; Brian Yates scored 17 for the winners and Ann Frank contributed 16 to Gang of Four’s score. An impressive 24 points from Pat Gibson, 17 from Gary Grant and 15 from Mike Unsworth enabled Colly Wobblers to pull back Ormskirk Theatre Company’s 23 point start. An equally impressive 23 points form Janet Crompton helped Squigglers overcome Ormskirk Tennis Club’s 2 point start; Paul Prior scoring 18 for the losing team. Rugby Hounds, for whom Eric Lupton scored 20, overturned Robin Hood’s 3 point start winning by four; Iain Smith scored 15 for Robin Hood.
Posted by Mike Unsworth
22/02/2021
Greyhound team secretary Andy Francis passed away overnight on Friday after a short stay in Southport Hospital. Condolences to his family and friends.
An obituary can be found here.
Posted by David Hodgson
21/02/2021