West Kirby Victoria Bowling Club

The 88th Annual General Meeting of West Kirby Victoria Bowling Club, will be held in the Hilda Shore Room, West Kirby Methodist Church, Westbourne Road, West Kirby on Thursday November 6th starting at 7-30pm.

The Vics afternoon “B” team, ably captained by Derek Thomas, won the Birkenhead Afternoon League, Division 3 Title for 2008 after their defeat of Thingwall, home and away in their final league fixtures. This is a tremendous acheivement by Derek and his team as 1st team call ups, and sickness meant that Derek had to call on 19 players during the successful campaign. The vital 5 away victories, more than any other team in the Division, were to prove crucial in the Vics collecting 42 points, 2 more than nearest rivals Bromborough Pool. Derek has decided to call it a day as Captain after the Title triumph and Keith Etches has been proposed as the new captain for next year. Ken Bidwell, with an average of 1.30 just pipped Keith Etches (1.29) and Ernie Peers (1.28) to the averages prize. Congratulations to every player who turned out for the “B” team during the season and hopefully next season will see the team challenging at the top of Division Two.