Fairhaven Bowling Academy

10/06/2026

With Relax St Annes on Sea – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

06/06/2026

Relax St Annes on Sea
I would like to thank you all for your comments concerning
Name

I apologise for the delay in getting back to you. I have Parkinson's Disease and find that i can only focus for short periods and basically one finger typing.

Firstly, I would like to clarify that I'm not trying to score points, my sole intention is to arrive at a definitive name to use for marketing material if we're lucky to go for Town of Culture 2028
; it's worth the effort; £3 million
neither am I failing to take on board your point of view or being stubborn. It's invaluable to hear/read what you say.

To get authority to spend money I will need to evidence findings.
Punctuation, spelling, rationale and chronology of changes to names are in the mix.

I've found a couple of interesting bits in my initial research.

St Annes was named after a Colonel's Aunty not the Saint.

The Victorians used the terms "On the Sea" use to indicate that it was near the sea,and "Ɓy the Sea" to identify towns with same name the same!
I can send you updates if you want,

19/04/2026

19/03/2026

William Hannigan Dawn Armistead Fylde Council
What is going on?

05/02/2026

With Fylde Rugby Community Foundation – Fylde Bowling Academy just got recognised as one of their top fans!
We are delighted to be associated with this great organisation, playing rugby has been part of St Annes culture and long may it continue! 🎉

22/11/2025

There's no defence that can be said for the appalling performance of the match referee🇿🇦 he is with out doubt the most card happy official i have seen. There wasn't a minute that I didn't hear his whistle How did he get appointed to officiate possibly the showcase of the autumn series .
In contrast the first woman to take charge of a NZ game. 60 minutes, 18 penalties 5 yellow cards and a red card.
Shocking!!

13/05/2025

With Fylde Coast K9 Behaviour & Training – I'm on a streak! I've been a top fan for 3 months in a row. 🎉

09/09/2024

It will be absolutely fantastic. Good luck to all competitors, and their support team.

We are looking forward to attending and supporting our partners this Thursday, 12th September, for Together We Can Do inaugural Fylde Coast Pan-Disability Games.

Please share their event far and wide and come along to support the participants.

You can read more about Together We Can Do and the Games on page 42 of the magazine. Available to read free online by following the link below.
https://online.fliphtml5.com/fodzc/hwwa/

We wish all the participants the very best and an enjoyable day!

08/03/2024

It's not long before Easter. I find that there is such a buzz around this time of year, spring flowers changing the darkness into a sea of colour. People smile more, animals come out of hibernation, migrant birds arrive on our shores. It usually coincides with the start of the out door bowling season.

I hope that this will be the time that the primary schools in Fylde start to see the green bowls as a way of bringing colours of excitement to their pupils faces as they start their life long association with the sport of Bowls.

06/03/2024

I must be getting old, I'm starting to remember the days of my youth as if it was yesterday. School Disco's, Football, Table Tennis, Cross Country.. all provided at school. Outside of school i was too busy delivering milk, newspaper rounds, a saturday job in the newsagents Monday nights Army Cadets, weekends learning military skills, winter and summer camps. No mobile phones, no ipads, no Internet .
No I wasn't bored. I didnt have time.

The things i did then shaped my whole life. I can't dance, i can't sing , i can't ask Juliet "hey it's Romeo, you and me babe how about it?" I'd be in dire straights, my pictures don't paint ten words, i can't construct a proper sentence or write an emotive poem. I don't have an umpha lumpha of an imagination. Unless you're exposed to the arts and nature you'll not earn enough to poppin and buy seed.
So it's important that we do something to encourage the youth to experience different activities, out of their comfort zone; inspire them to reach to the stars and challenge them to help build a youth club that meets their needs, and take the lead when deciding what directions their club goes .

SAYC invites all 11 to 16 year old living in St Annes to URBAN ART on 31st March 2024, Easter Sunday, at 4pm to lay the foundations of their club of the future.