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!!!! |