Announcements

ECCLESTON'S St Helens Ales & Beers bowls competition, with a winner's prize of £800, starts this weekend.

Admission is free to the event, which is to be played over the next four weekends on the Knowsley Road green.

Draw for Sunday, 1pm start (St Helens bowler unless stated): P Winrow (Wigan) v A Rolls, A Teeling v A France (Stoke), J Parry v A Hayes (Prescot), L Wells (Warrington) v M Sims (Poynton), A Hill v N Whittaker (Stoke), M Adkins (Manchester) v A Johnstone, R Jones v M Gartside, S Brown (Warrington) V C Cooke (Wigan).

Sunday, 6pm start: P Jones ( Liverpool) v B Whalley, K Kearns v J Hignett Snr (Liverpool), J Hanson (Chipping) v J Leadbetter (Prescot), N Bithell (Wigan) v A Moss (Prescot), A Horton (Wigan) v K Ellis (Prescot), J Hignett Jnr (Liverpool) v D Miller (Wigan), P Hammond (Liverpool) v S Lea (Warrington), T O’Dowd (Whiston) v G Birch.