Following the change to this year's format,Bill Know would like to know your thoughts on the change. Did you prefer this new format?or would you rather it went back to the previous set-up? Discuss the SBA Change on this Site's |
S.B.A. District 23 Finals Day |
Lady Alice Bowling Club hosted The S.B.A. District 23 Finals on Sunday 17th June. A large number of spectators watched the finals in warm summer sunshine. All the winners went on to the National Finals at Northfield in Ayr in August. |
The Singles was won by Gourock Park's Dougie Twaddle.who recovered from a bad start to defeat Glenn Greenway of Gourock BC by 21 shots to 17 |
The Triples was won by James Kinsella,Freddie Kimmins and Sandy Wotherspoon of Port Glasgow,who despite Freddie throwing a wrong bias at one end( Hands up all those that still say "Ive never done that"!!) they managed to defeat Wellington's trio of Billy Nicolson,Jim Haw and Andy Buchan by 22 shots to 2 |
In The Junior Singles,Andy Gilmour of Upper Cowal (left)defeated Craig McDonagh from Innellan by 21 shots to 11 |
Ardgowan's Pair of George Gurney and Gilbert McCracken defeated Andy McGillivray and Neil Conroy of Bridge of Weir by 19 shots to 11 |
The Fours was won by John McCafferty,Kenneth McNeilly,Gordon McFarlane and David Quigley of IBM Bowling Club who defeated Bogleha by 25 shots to 18 in a close fought encounter. |
Port Glasgow's Senior Fours Rink of Donald Cameron,George Bryden,Eddie Docherty and Jim Quye defeated Robert Mason,Thomas Christie,Alex Campbell and Sam Wilson from Grosvenor by 14 shots to 11 |
Following the change to this year's format,Bill Know would like to know your thoughts on the change. Did you prefer this new format?or would you rather it went back to the previous set-up? Discuss the SBA Change on this Site's |
The Scottish Championship Finals at Northfield August 2nd - 4th 2001 |
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This year's Championships at Northfield in Ayr opened on Thursday 2nd August. Unfortunatley the weather of torrential rain,made conditions difficult for play in the morning.Despite this the Greens and the standard of Bowling was excellent. Best performance by any of our district's players was by Upper Cowals Andy Gilmour in the Junior Singles. Andy won four games to reach the Final,which he lost to Paul Brown of Northen BC. This was Andy's second appearance in a row at the "Finals" and his third time in four years. Gourock Park's Dougie Twaddle went down in the first round to George Prosser of Douglas Victoria BC,losing by 21 shots to 18. George went on to become Scottish Champion. Ardgowan's Pair of George Gurney & Gilbert McCracken lost in the second round against East Lothian. The Pairs Title was won by Willie Rankin & David Gregg of Kingswood BC. The District had high hopes of success from the Triples trio of Jim Kinsella,Freddie Kimmins & Sandy Wotherspoon from Port Glasgow BC. Freddie and Sandy had reached the previous year's Pairs Final,but they lost to Chirnside BC who went on to win the Triples Title. The Fours from IBM lost in the first round to Harlaw BC. The Fours Title was won by a rink from Haddington BC Port Glasgow's Senior Fours reached the Semi-Final and were very unlucky when they lost by one shot by a measure in the last end to Kirkconnel BC. The Seniors Title was won by Westerton BC |
