17th May 2000 Gourock Park Rink Team of Gary Bradley,Andy Kearns,Jim Crawford and Robert Grant defeat a Rink from Victoria 22 shots to 13 shots to reach the semi-finals of The Scottish Bowling Association Championship. 24th May 2000 Gourock Park Seniors Defeat Gourock Bowling Club Seniors by 68 shots to 66 in the first Annual Friendly this season.played at Gourock Park 25th May 2000 Gourock Park "Fours" Lost to Fort Matilda at Port Glasgow.. in The SBA district 23 semi-final at Port Glasgow. 31st May 2000 The Davidson Trophy will take place at Gourock Park on Sat 22nd July. Forms can be picked up at the Clubhouse. There are only 18 left ! So if you want in this excellent Pairs Competition? You will have to be quick. Gourock Park still have 3 Teams in The Renfrewshire Bowling Association Championships. Junior Singles----Tommy Monkhouse (Junior) Triples--George Twaddle,Robert Hughes & John Hagen Fours--Dougie Brown,John Morrison,Jim Crawford & Roger Lynn The Next Round is on Fri 2nd June. Results will be posted here asap. 02/06/2000 The Above Teams all lost in the RBA 03/06/2000 The Bremner Trophy for Mixed Rinks was won by P Hendry.J O Neill,M Hunter & T Monkhouse 14/06/2000 Members of both Ladies and Gents Committee will be meeting with Inverclyde Council on Thursday the 15th to discuss the various options open to the Club following Inverclyde Councils decision to reduce Costs available to all the Council Owned Clubs.. I will bring you the outcome as soon as possible. It is not just Gourock Park that this concerns,There are genuine fears that this could spell the end for some of the Council Owned Clubs. 26th July 2000 BRING ME SUNSHINE!!!!!!!!!! Anyone who thinks that Bowling is the ultimate "Safe Sport" should think again after reading this little story! Roger Lynn ended up in Inverclyde Royal Hospital on Monday night following a "2 Bowl Pairs tie against Robert Grant and his partner. Apparently everytime that Robert gained a shot against Roger,he did a impersonation of the late Eric Morcambe doing this trademark little dance!!! Well this was beginning to get on Rogers nerves and when he drew the winning shot in the final end,Roger ran up the green doing his own version of Eric Morcambe!! After several hops,skips and jumps,Roger let out a rather large cry of pain clutching the back of his leg! Roger had taken one jump to many and had landed rather awkwardly and pulled a muscle in his leg!! ruling him out of Bowling for at least a week. After Robert had stopped laughing at his rather un-fortunate opponent,he took Roger up to casualty for some much needed treatment!!!!!! So beware! Doing impersonations of Eric and Ernie can seriously damage your Bowling Career!!!! If you see Roger around the greens? Sing "Bring me Sunshine" 29th July 2000 Former Gourock Park Champion,Jimmy Bradley has reached The Final of IBM Club Championship 1st August 2000 IBM defeated Gourock Park in our Annual Friendly at Gourock Park on Tues. The final score was 93 shots to 45 shots.The highest up IBM Rink were - Jim Mc Leod,Mick Devine,Ken McNeilly and Sam Blaikie.They finished 28 Shots up against Arthur Rennie,A Graham,Willie Reid and Robert Grant. Highlight of this game came in the 9th End when IBM gained a perfect 8 Shots,which earned Robert Grant many an earbashing from his fellow Club Members The Card that Robert hoped would be destroyed,showing the 8 shots his rink lost in the 9th end 3rd July 2000 Gourock Park's Robert Grant defeated Andy Buchan of Wellington to reach the Final of The Inverclyde Social Clubs Singles 3rd Sept 2000 Tommy Docherty,Archie Forbes and Dougie Twaddle (Skip) Win the Kilmacolm Triples Competition.They defeated a Team from Inchinnan in the Final. Well Done Lads!!!! |
Gourock Park Bowling Club was opened for play on Saturday 8th of April.The weather was fine and warm as Mrs Margaret Brown,wife of Club President Dougie Brown delivered the first bowl. President Brown welcomed everyone who attended the Club for opening day,with a special welcome to the representives present from -The Greenock & District Bowling Association,Inverclyde Council.Gourock Bowling Club,Grosvenor Bowling Club & IBM Bowling Club. The opening "Wapinshaw" was won by a strong Rink of -Robert Grant,Joe O Brian,George Twaddle (all Gourock P) and "Skip" Harry Gillan from IBM BC. They finished a healthy 15 shots up . After the game all the members retired to the Clubhouse for Tea and of course!! some refreshments of a stronger kind!! The Opening day was well attended and Vice President Douglas Twaddle made the closing speech by thanking everyone for attending and wished them all a successful Season. During the Season "Open Wapinshaws" are played on Weds at 7pm and Sats at 2.30pm. So if you are in Gourock and looking for a game? Then drop in at Gourock Park Club President Dougie Brown has informed me that GPBC are communicating with various Gourock Schools with the intention of encouraging Children to participate in the game of Bowls Would you like to submit anything for this site? I am always on the lookout for old Photos,Funny Stories of Bowling,News,Articles of interest.I am also looking for Pictures(Old and New) of Gourock Park and the Inverclyde area Are you a Member of another Bowling Club in the Inverclyde Area? Want your Club Results etc posted here? Well Just send the info to me and I will construct a" News from other Clubs Site" Gourock Park Ladies section had thier opening day on Weds 12th April Do you live in Inverclyde and have a Homepage? Send me details and I wll add it to my "Local Links Page" This Season Lady Alice Bowling Club are only putting out one Team into the G&D League! I dont have the information for the exact reasons for this,but I assume its due to lack of numbers. This should means that LABC can concentrate on their remaining Team and therefore I think that they will be strong challengers for this years Title. Ex-Gourock Park Champion (1987) James Bradley has joined IBM BC for this Season. Jimmy as he is called , has won Club Championships at Numerous Clubs Including IBM,Lady Alice,Gourock Park and Millport.. Gourock Bowling Club are intending to set up a Web-Site.As soon as I have the details I will add a link to this site 24/04/2000 Gourock Parks 1st Competive Match is The Presidents verus the Vice-Presidents . This game will be played on the 25th April at 7pm. Result and Teams will be posted here soon. The Greenock & District Leagues commence on Tues 2nd May. I will endeavour to keep you up to date with all the latest results and league positions The Draws for the opening Club Competitions have been made. Check out who plays who on "Club Results" page 25/04/2000 The Annual Presidents verus Vice-Presidents Match was played last night.The Weather was not suited for Bowling and this affected the turnout. 2 Rinks and a Triples braved the elements and after 11 ends the Vice-Presidents Team won by 33 Shots to 19 The highest up Rink were --Andy Kearns,J.O.Brian,Tommy Docherty & John Lamb (Skip) who were playing for the Vice-President. They finished 18 Shots up against ---Robert Grant,Hugh Wilson,Robert Huges & Archie Forbes(Skip) The other 2 Rinks Scores were as follows------------ Willie Reid,Gary Bradley & Jim Crawford (Vice Presidents) lost to Hamish Ramsay,George Twaddle & Ian Brown (Presidents) Arthur Rennie,Ted Mc Munn,John Kane & Dougie Brown(Presidents) lost to Dougie Twaddle,Joda Reid,John Hagen & Roger Lynn(Vice-Presidents) 03/05/2000 Gourock Park Seniors Played Grosvenor Seniors today at Gourock Park. The Results was Gourock P 70Shots Grosvenor 88Shots 10/5/2000 Gourock Park Vice President ,Dougie Twaddle has been selected for The Renfrewshire West County Team following a successful Trial earlier this month. I wish Dougie a successful Season with The County Team |
Club News & Gossip 2000 |
Gourock Park Bowling Club was opened for play on Saturday 8th of April.The weather was fine and warm as Mrs Margaret Brown,wife of Club President Dougie Brown delivered the first bowl. President Brown welcomed everyone who attended the Club for opening day,with a special welcome to the representives present from -The Greenock & District Bowling Association,Inverclyde Council.Gourock Bowling Club,Grosvenor Bowling Club & IBM Bowling Club. The opening "Wapinshaw" was won by a strong Rink of -Robert Grant,Joe O Brian,George Twaddle (all Gourock P) and "Skip" Harry Gillan from IBM BC. They finished a healthy 15 shots up . After the game all the members retired to the Clubhouse for Tea and of course!! some refreshments of a stronger kind!! The Opening day was well attended and Vice President Douglas Twaddle made the closing speech by thanking everyone for attending and wished them all a successful Season. During the Season "Open Wapinshaws" are played on Weds at 7pm and Sats at 2.30pm. So if you are in Gourock and looking for a game? Then drop in at Gourock Park Club President Dougie Brown has informed me that GPBC are communicating with various Gourock Schools with the intention of encouraging Children to participate in the game of Bowls Would you like to submit anything for this site? I am always on the lookout for old Photos,Funny Stories of Bowling,News,Articles of interest.I am also looking for Pictures(Old and New) of Gourock Park and the Inverclyde area Are you a Member of another Bowling Club in the Inverclyde Area? Want your Club Results etc posted here? Well Just send the info to me and I will construct a" News from other Clubs Site" Gourock Park Ladies section had thier opening day on Weds 12th April Do you live in Inverclyde and have a Homepage? Send me details and I wll add it to my "Local Links Page" This Season Lady Alice Bowling Club are only putting out one Team into the G&D League! I dont have the information for the exact reasons for this,but I assume its due to lack of numbers. This should means that LABC can concentrate on their remaining Team and therefore I think that they will be strong challengers for this years Title. Ex-Gourock Park Champion (1987) James Bradley has joined IBM BC for this Season. Jimmy as he is called , has won Club Championships at Numerous Clubs Including IBM,Lady Alice,Gourock Park and Millport.. Gourock Bowling Club are intending to set up a Web-Site.As soon as I have the details I will add a link to this site 24/04/2000 Gourock Parks 1st Competive Match is The Presidents verus the Vice-Presidents . This game will be played on the 25th April at 7pm. Result and Teams will be posted here soon. The Greenock & District Leagues commence on Tues 2nd May. I will endeavour to keep you up to date with all the latest results and league positions The Draws for the opening Club Competitions have been made. Check out who plays who on "Club Results" page 25/04/2000 The Annual Presidents verus Vice-Presidents Match was played last night.The Weather was not suited for Bowling and this affected the turnout. 2 Rinks and a Triples braved the elements and after 11 ends the Vice-Presidents Team won by 33 Shots to 19 The highest up Rink were --Andy Kearns,J.O.Brian,Tommy Docherty & John Lamb (Skip) who were playing for the Vice-President. They finished 18 Shots up against ---Robert Grant,Hugh Wilson,Robert Huges & Archie Forbes(Skip) The other 2 Rinks Scores were as follows------------ Willie Reid,Gary Bradley & Jim Crawford (Vice Presidents) lost to Hamish Ramsay,George Twaddle & Ian Brown (Presidents) Arthur Rennie,Ted Mc Munn,John Kane & Dougie Brown(Presidents) lost to Dougie Twaddle,Joda Reid,John Hagen & Roger Lynn(Vice-Presidents) 03/05/2000 Gourock Park Seniors Played Grosvenor Seniors today at Gourock Park. The Results was Gourock P 70Shots Grosvenor 88Shots 10/5/2000 Gourock Park Vice President ,Dougie Twaddle has been selected for The Renfrewshire West County Team following a successful Trial earlier this month. I wish Dougie a successful Season with The County Team |
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17th May 2000 Gourock Park Rink Team of Gary Bradley,Andy Kearns,Jim Crawford and Robert Grant defeat a Rink from Victoria 22 shots to 13 shots to reach the semi-finals of The Scottish Bowling Association Championship. 24th May 2000 Gourock Park Seniors Defeat Gourock Bowling Club Seniors by 68 shots to 66 in the first Annual Friendly this season.played at Gourock Park 25th May 2000 Gourock Park "Fours" Lost to Fort Matilda at Port Glasgow.. in The SBA district 23 semi-final at Port Glasgow. 31st May 2000 The Davidson Trophy will take place at Gourock Park on Sat 22nd July. Forms can be picked up at the Clubhouse. There are only 18 left ! So if you want in this excellent Pairs Competition? You will have to be quick. Gourock Park still have 3 Teams in The Renfrewshire Bowling Association Championships. Junior Singles----Tommy Monkhouse (Junior) Triples--George Twaddle,Robert Hughes & John Hagen Fours--Dougie Brown,John Morrison,Jim Crawford & Roger Lynn The Next Round is on Fri 2nd June. Results will be posted here asap. 02/06/2000 The Above Teams all lost in the RBA 03/06/2000 The Bremner Trophy for Mixed Rinks was won by P Hendry.J O Neill,M Hunter & T Monkhouse 14/06/2000 Members of both Ladies and Gents Committee will be meeting with Inverclyde Council on Thursday the 15th to discuss the various options open to the Club following Inverclyde Councils decision to reduce Costs available to all the Council Owned Clubs.. I will bring you the outcome as soon as possible. It is not just Gourock Park that this concerns,There are genuine fears that this could spell the end for some of the Council Owned Clubs. 26th July 2000 BRING ME SUNSHINE!!!!!!!!!! Anyone who thinks that Bowling is the ultimate "Safe Sport" should think again after reading this little story! Roger Lynn ended up in Inverclyde Royal Hospital on Monday night following a "2 Bowl Pairs tie against Robert Grant and his partner. Apparently everytime that Robert gained a shot against Roger,he did a impersonation of the late Eric Morcambe doing this trademark little dance!!! Well this was beginning to get on Rogers nerves and when he drew the winning shot in the final end,Roger ran up the green doing his own version of Eric Morcambe!! After several hops,skips and jumps,Roger let out a rather large cry of pain clutching the back of his leg! Roger had taken one jump to many and had landed rather awkwardly and pulled a muscle in his leg!! ruling him out of Bowling for at least a week. After Robert had stopped laughing at his rather un-fortunate opponent,he took Roger up to casualty for some much needed treatment!!!!!! So beware! Doing impersonations of Eric and Ernie can seriously damage your Bowling Career!!!! If you see Roger around the greens? Sing "Bring me Sunshine" 29th July 2000 Former Gourock Park Champion,Jimmy Bradley has reached The Final of IBM Club Championship 1st August 2000 IBM defeated Gourock Park in our Annual Friendly at Gourock Park on Tues. The final score was 93 shots to 45 shots.The highest up IBM Rink were - Jim Mc Leod,Mick Devine,Ken McNeilly and Sam Blaikie.They finished 28 Shots up against Arthur Rennie,A Graham,Willie Reid and Robert Grant. Highlight of this game came in the 9th End when IBM gained a perfect 8 Shots,which earned Robert Grant many an earbashing from his fellow Club Members The Card that Robert hoped would be destroyed,showing the 8 shots his rink lost in the 9th end 3rd July 2000 Gourock Park's Robert Grant defeated Andy Buchan of Wellington to reach the Final of The Inverclyde Social Clubs Singles 3rd Sept 2000 Tommy Docherty,Archie Forbes and Dougie Twaddle (Skip) Win the Kilmacolm Triples Competition.They defeated a Team from Inchinnan in the Final. Well Done Lads!!!! |
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