The Greenock & District Championship Finals were held on Wellington Park Bowling Club on Saturday 18th of August.. A large crowd of spectators watching enjoyed the warm sunshine and even more so they must have enjoyed the excellent standard of bowling on display. The Singles game between Gourock's Jim Twaddle and I.B.M's John Hampsey went right to the wire as John fought back from 18 shots to 8 down to win by 21 shots to 20. The game looked as if it was slipping from John's reach when he lost a "four" which left him trailing at 18 to 8 down.A lot of players would have let their heads go down but not John, he fought back with a excellent display of bowling and reduced Jim's lead to only"2" shots at 20 shots to 19. Jim Twaddle looked to have the final shot he required to win the game when he was lying shot and John only had one bowl remaining to save the game. John was showing no signs of nerves as he stood on the Mat to play the ultimate "pressure shot" and promply delivered a breathtaking weighted bowl which connected with Jim's shot and pushed the "Jack" clear of the "Rink" and therefore "burning" the end and keeping the game alive. In the next end, John gained the "2" shots that he needed and become Greenock & District Champion 2001. The Pairs was won by Kilmacolm's David Brown and Tom McAlees by 21 shots to 12 against Alex Lee and Robert Harron of IBM.This game was close for most of the 17 ends,but the heavy rain that fell during the last 4 or 5 ends completely changed the game. The Triples Final between Ardgowan and Grosvenor was a close fought encounter, with Ian McSwan,George Gurney and Peter Johnstone defeating Grosvenor's T Wilson,George Felgate and John Freeburn by 16 shots to 13. The Fours was won by Grosvenor who defeated Gourock Park by one shot,winning 12 shots to 11. The Senior Fours was another close game which game with Kilmacolm defeating Port Glasgow by 14 shots to 11 The Junior Singles went to IBM's Paul Craig who defeated Brian Gorry of Grosvenor 21 shots to 15. |
Greenock & District Champion 2001 John Hampsey I.B.M. Bowling Club |
Pairs Winners Tom McAlees & David Brown-Kilmacolm BC |
Junior Champion Paul Craig I.B.M. |
Triples Winners George Gurney,Ian McSwan & Peter Johnstone Ardgowan BC |
Fours Winners R Hatrick,J Strachan,R Wilson & S Reddy |
Senior Fours Kilmacolm BC W Ross,E McKechnie, J Tayor & B Palombo |
New "Young Player" Champion John Pollock of Grosvenor BC |
The Greenock & District BA also presented all this Season's other "honours" including the presentation off The League Flag and Trophy to Brian McAlees,President of Port Glasgow BC Champions 2001 |
Proud as Punch!! Port Glasgow's President with The League Flag, Trophy and "Shots Trophy" |
"We are the Champions" |
President Sam Hunter & Vice President Willie Phillips from Lady Alice BC with The Reid Cup |
Gourock Park's President,Dougie Twaddle with The Fletcher Trophy |
The Honours List Singles Winner-J Hampsey IBM R/up-J Twaddle Gourock BC Pairs D Brown & T McAlees Kilmacolm BC R/up A Lee & R Harron IBM BC Triples I McSwan,G Gurney P Johnstone Ardgowan BC R/up T Wilson G Felgate & J Freeburn Fours R Hatrick,R Wilson, J Strachan & S Reddy Grosvenor BC R/up- G Twaddle,J Cameron, R Hughes & A Forbes Gourock Park BC Senior Fours W Ross,E McKechnie, J Taylor & B Palombo Kilmacolm BC R/up J Quayle,E Docherty, G Brydon & D Cameron Port Glasgow BC Junior Singles Paul Craig IBM BC R/up B Gorry Grosvenor BC |
Greenock & District Honours List Reid Cup- Lady Alice BC Fletcher Trophy Gourock Park BC Top Ten Trophy Wellington Park BC County Flag Wellington Park BC League Champions Port Glasgow Runner up- Gourock BC League Div 2 Champions Victoria BC R/up Lady Alice Mixed Pairs M Hoey & D Capon Lady Alice Young Bowlers John Pollock Grosvenor BC |
I wish to thank John Freeburn and Willie Quigley of The G & D for supplying me with all the league results etc this Season and to everyone else who has helped to make this site a success Thank you all very much Gary Bradley |
Greenock & District Finals 2001 |
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