A Warm Welcome to the Walnut Tree Bowling Club
IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE: The Walnut Tree pub is presently closed.
This does not in any way effect the bowling club or the running of it, as it has a seperate lease.
WALNUT TREE 'B' Win Civil Defence Championship !!
The Walnut Tree 'B' celebrated winning the 1st Division Championship for the 1st time at the recent presentation held at Seaforth & Litherland Constitution Club
Shown from Left to right are Back Row: Dave Tyrell, Tony Donogue, Brian Reilly, Danny Laven.
Front Row: Robbie Warbrick, Brian OConnor, Captain Billy Smart, Micky Denn & Kevin Reilly.
'WELL DONE TO THE LADS ON CLINCHING THE LEAGUE FOR THE 1st TIME'
For more Presentation Pictures please click on the link below !!
A short video about the game of crown green bowling
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CLUB NEWS !!
End of season once again !!
Well its that time of the year again !!!
Put the outdoor bowls away and get the indoor ones out, if you're that way inclined, or relax for the winter!!
Well what more can we say this season the WALNUT TREE has had excellent success all around with the highlight being the 'B' Team reversing the leagues placing of last season with the 'A' team in the Thurday evening Civil Defence Bowling League.
Congratulations to all the players from the 'B' team. Maybe thay wil want to change thier name to the 'A' team next season !!
The Wednesday night league under Carl Povey claimed the 'Double' in division 2 wiinning both the league and the Dave Butterworth Shield.
Whilst the Tuesday night team just got pipped in the final of the Lewis Cup by Rice lane in September.
Trisha Pritchard went on to take the Monday night team the furthest it has ever got by clinching a fourth placing just finishing ahead of the Brooke Hotel. A great position considering the strength of the league.
The Walnut Tree 'A' team lost in the final of the subsidiary cup to Sylvestrians after finding the handicap of 56 chalks to much to pull back.
Individually Paul Thorpe won the Civil Defence League Merit Tournament for the second tim. Congratulations to Paul on this excellent achievement.
Robbie Warbrick & Danny Laven took the league Pairs after being 18-9 down to Ray Rushton & Dave Milligan on a rain drenched Crescent green. This was Robbies first major achievement in bowls so congratulations to him in particular.
Well done to everybody at the club on a great season !!!
Have a relaxing winter
Walnut Tree 'A' defeated in Subsidiary Final
The Walnut Tree where defeated in the Subsidiary Cup Final on Sunday 13th September 2009 by Sylvestrians. Although the 'Nut' won by 8 shots the large handicap of 56 against them was always going to be a massive hurdle for them.
Ray Rushton & John O'Connor were the clubs best winners, each winning 21 - 10.
Walnut Duo 'Excel' in Civil Defence pairs final !!!
Robbie Warbrick and Daniel Laven made a dramatic comeback at a rain drenched Crecent Bowling Club in the final of the Litherland Civil Defence Bowling League Pairs Tournament on Sunday 30th September.
Competing against twice past winners Dave Milligan and Ray Rushton, Rob & Danny found themselves 18-9 down, yes 18 - 9 !! They then decided to switch around the lead bowlers. Danny took the lead and played tremendous lead woods onto the block at every end.
The rain lashed down as the pair slowly clawed their way back from beyond the grave.
Well done to both Rob (who wins his first tournament of his career) and Danny, and commisirations to Dave and Ray.
Ray Rushton loses in Bingley Show Chamionship Final
Ray Rushton was beaten in the Final of the Bingley Show Open Chamionship in Yorkshire on Sunday 9th August by Yorkshire County bowler Daniel Metcalfe. Ray had consistent wins in the last 64 of 21-15, 21-12, 21-08, 21-16, & 21-08 in the semi final.
The final however was a different matter with the game at 3 across Dan from nearby 'Shipley Club' found a 20mtr round peg mark at the far end of the green and ran out a convincing 21-4 winner.
Daniel recieves the trophy from 2009 President of the Airedale Agricultural Society Marion Walker
together with Bill Shackleton of Yorkshire County Bowling Association
Bill Shackleton of Yorkshire County BA, Marion Walker President of the Airedale Agricultural Society
with winner Daniel Metcalfe & runner up Ray Rushton
Walnut Tree win the Dave Butterworth Shield !!
The Walnut Tree claimed thier 1st scalp of the season at the hands of Formby RBL by winning the 'Dave Butterworth' Shield on Saturday 8th August at the Brooke Hotel, Crosby.
The 'Nut' won by 25 in the end with a strong 1st four securing significant gains. Paul Thorpe was the best winner on the day to claim the sweep.
Carl Povey (Captain) is presented with the Shield by League Secretary Ron Storey
Walnut Tree defeat St James in exciting semi final !!
The Walnut Tree beat St James in the Lewis Cup Semi final on Tuesday 4th August at the Olympic Bowling Club.
The match went down to the wire and eventually the 'Nut' won by 9 chalks. After an excellent start by Gordon Lees, 21 - 3, the 1st four ended up gaining by 11 chalks. The middle four did not fair too well and after 8 blocks St James had a lead of 11, with the last 3 blocks of Ray Rushton, Dave Hough and Rob Warbrick all securing vital wins to take the 'Nut' through to the final on 23rd August at the Farmers Arms, Clubmoor playing Rice Lane at 12.30pm. Both teams off scratch.
'HIGGY' Keeps his 100% Record !!
John Hignett kept his 100% record in the Monday night 1st division, the only player now to have a 100% record. 'Higgy' beat Dave Haskayne 21-4 on his little straight peg mark (What used to be Ray Rushton's, Haha).
At the same time the joint leader Phil Lee of Burscough was well and truly beaten by 'Bocca' after his winning the club championship on Sunday 2nd August (See below). Also for the record in case the writer gets into trouble 'Higgy' also remains unbeaten in the Wednesday night league, even after the Final of the the Dave Butterworth Sheild !!
Keep it up Higgy, we all wanna drink from you at the end of the season on your 40th !!
BOCCA wins the club Championship !!
Brian 'BOCCA' O'Connor (Left) won the Charlie Holsdworth memorial trophy after beating Rob Warbrick in the final on Sunday 2nd August at the Walnut Tree.
From a strong field of 12 players Brian played well all afternoon (We'll all have to get hangovers like Bocca had) and ended up playing the best bowls of the afternoon even though Rob didnt make it to easy after Bocca was cruising away in the early stages Rob fought back after being 14-5 to geting back to 16-19
The local weather for the next few days is as follows:
Bootle, England
Updated 25 November 2009 01:20
Fair | 10°C | High: 10°C
Low: 7°C
Wind: 15 kph
Humidity: 76%
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Thursday
8° / 6° |
Friday
9° / 3° | 
Saturday
6° / 1° | 
Sunday
5° / 5° |
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The Walnut Tree is based in Liverpool, England and has been a large part of the local community since 1929 when the public house was built.
We are affiliated to the Merseyside County Bowling Association who are in turn affiliated to our governing body the British Crown Green Bowling Association.
The bowling green is now a private concern and is seperate from the public house