Oswestry Bowling League 2025
| Scorecard Sponsor | Chairperson |
League & Competition Secretary |
Fixture Secretary | Treasurer | President |
| Mike Flanagan SECOND HAND BOWLS | Mel Jones | Roger Candlin | Trevor Roberts | Gerry Owen | John Hughes |
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email: secondhandbowls@gmail.com Tel: 01691 886444 Mob: 07474 274935 FB / Insta @mfbowls Based in Four Crosses, Llanymynech
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The Oswestry & District Bowling League AGM will be held at Chirk AAA on Monday 9th February 2026 commencing at 7.30pm.
Any rules proposals or items for discussion to be with the League Secretary by 31st December 2025
Oswestry Federation team
Rhys Griffiths is trying to organise a team for next season, to compete in the Federation bowls league competion.
Games are played once a month on a Sunday, with home and away teams of 12 players.
There are only 4 or 5 teams in each division so there are only 3 or 4 games to be played
Rhys has already had quite a few positive responses from Oswestry league bowlers and is looking for more players.
Just like the Oswestry league, its open to any player, regardless of age or gender.
If you're interested or want more information, please contact Rhys on 07988 757717
You can access the "Federation of Crown Green Bowls" web site, from the bowling results home page where it lists all leagues, it is under the "National/County" heading.
RESULTS FROM LEAGUE COMPETITIONS 2025
Division 4 5 Singles Winner Alan Young Runner Up Andrew Hill
The Tote " Dave Bond " Elliot Mochan
Mixed Pairs " Trevor & Sharon Roberts " Jack Williams & Steph Evans
Jubilee Pairs " Gareth Davies & Mark Kirkham " Andrew Jones & Gary Wilkie
Ladies " Kelly Richardson " Joan Jones
Juniors " Connor Edwards " Dylan Pritchard
Division 4 5 Pairs " Ricky & Kathryn Davies " Mike Flanagan & Mark Davies
Vets Singles " Trevor Roberts " Andy Knott
The Merit " Megis Phillips " Rhys Griffiths
COMPETITIONS 2025 - All 10am Start
Comp Date Venue Entry
Division 4 & 5 Singles 1st June Llangynog £5
TOTE 8th June Llanymynech £10
Jubilee Pairs 22nd June Bersham £20 per pair
Mixed Pairs 29th June Cynwyd £10 per pair
Ladies / Youth 20th July Ponciau Park £5
Division 4 & 5 Pairs 3rd August Criftins £10 per pair
Vets Singles 17th August The Rhyn £5
MERIT 31st August Johnstown £10
Important Dates:
Latest information:
Mon 23rd Jun
Oswestry Federation team
Rhys Griffiths is trying to organise a team for next season, to compete in the Federation bowls league competion.
Games are played once a month on a Sunday, with home and away teams of 12 players.
There are only 4 or 5 teams in each division so there are only 3 or 4 games to be played
Rhys has already had quite a few positive responses from Oswestry league bowelrs and is looking for more players.
Just like the Oswestry league, its open to any player, regardless of age or gender.
If you're interested or want more information, please contact Rhys on 07988 757717
You can access the "Federation of Crown Green Bowls" web site, from the bowling results home page where it lists all leagues, it is under te "National/County" heading.
Sat 19th Apr
For those teams / players that aren't already aware - Ellesmere A, in division 2, play their home games on their bottom green. Ellesmere B, in division 3, play their home games on their top green.
Fri 11th Apr
We are pleased to announce
The Oswestry & District Bowling League Veterans Team Knockout now has a sponsor :
Ableworld (The leading Mobility & Stairlift retailer)
www.ableworld.co.uk
The sponsorship allows teams free entry into either
The Peter Kendal Shield or Gwynfor Hughes Cup
and will provide prize money too.
A big thank you to Ableworld.
Thu 3rd Apr
Early starts For the first 2 weeks of the season, matches at greens with no floodlights start at 6:30
Please check the "Flood light" list on the home page menu.
Mon 17th Mar
In the Vets Divisions, Overton have withdrawn their B team from Division 2. It was agreed at last night's committee meeting that Whittington, who finished 2nd to bottom in division 1 last season, will drop down a division to take their place. This results in both divisions having 9 teams, with 1 bye in each division every week.
In effect, Whittington have taken over Overton B's div 2 fixtures, and Whittington's old division 1 fixtures now become byes.
The previous published fixtures for all other teams will remain the same.
Tue 25th FebFixtures for the Oswestry Midweek League and Oswestry Veterans League are now available for you all to see.
Regarding the early starts for the first 2 weeks and last 4 weeks of the season.
For venues without floodlights, weeks 1 and 2, 19 and 20, matches start at 6:30. Weeks 21 and 22, the start time is 6:15.
Not all clubs have the benefit of floodlights at their venues, it is not a requirement of clubs joining the league. With a 7pm start, there are only 16 weeks in the year, that allows for games to be played in a good naural light, This moves around by a few days every year, and by local weather conditions, but it is always 16 weeks maximum.
As a league, we play with 12 teams in a division, that's 22 weeks of fixtures. At greens where there are no floodlights, matches have to start earlier than 7pm.
We can't change the daylight hours available, so we do our best to create the fixtures with regard to travelling to venues without lights, especially the last 2 matches that have to start at 6:15. Despite this, it's not always possible to get the best result that suits every team.
A computer programme generates the fixtures by allocating letters to each team in each division. It is user freindly (when you get to understand how it works), and there are a number of ways of altering things to see if there is better look to the fixtures, though it doesn't cover everything. You have to balance things out and try to be fair to all teams.
If clubs/teams feel that certain fixtures will cause problems, for what ever reasons, there is an opportunity to change that fixture. Captains need to discuss these issues with each other, if you can come to an amicable agreement, the fixtures can be reversed or even rescheduled to an earlier date. All you need to do is OK the change with the fixture secretary.
What ever you do, don't leave it until the last moment. There are 6 weeks before the season starts and 5 months before the earlier starts at the end of the season begin.