Wellington Club Competition Stephen Mc Lellen has sent in the following information regarding the Clubs Competitions. CHAMPIONSHIP:Final---Stephen Mclellan v Morri Oliver PRESIDENTS CUP:Final-- Andrew Buchan v John O'Neill NON-PRIZEWINNERS Final-: Jim Harkness v Billy Nicolson TWO-BOWL Final Stephen Mclellan v Morri Oliver RINK CUP:Final- Andrew Buchan v John O'Neill League Cup- Winner Alan Mc Ewan Balloted Pairs Winners- Stephen Mc Lellen and Billy Kerrigan (Skip) Runner-up Alex Ward and Tommy Faith (Skip) Scottish District Junior R/up: Stephen Mclellan Under 25's County Team r/up: Stephen Mclellan Fun Night! The Fun Night on the 16th August will no longer have Floodlight Bowling. A Floodlight game will be arranged for sometime in September. The Fun night will still go ahead on the 16th August though, so if you a fancy a night of good music, great chat and dancing, then drop in at the Club on the 16th August. Kids Bowling! This is an appeal for anyone who may have some unwanted or are able to loan the Club some small size bowls to help with the Kids coaching at Gourock Park on wednesday nights. If you can help please contact either myself or drop by the Club. I can be contacted either at my usual e-mail address or call me on 07950 201350. |
Bowling for the under 16's in the area is certainly going in the right direction these days thanks to a number of Clubs. The recent event at Lady Alice was a great success and there are other events planned this season and these are as follows- 2nd August. The Greenock & District Young Bowler event takes place at Grosvenor BC, play starts at 9.30 am. Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Sandy Reddy, the event is free of charge and is open to any bowler under the age of 18. Names must be submitted to the Club by 26th July. Contact John Freeburn for details. 31st August. The Thomas Auld Trophy will take place at Gourock Park, starting at 10am, entry is free of charge and is open to anyone 16 years or under by the 31st August 2003. Names must be submitted to the Club no later than the 31st July 13th September. Rankin Park have an event for under 16's which gets underway at 10am. Names to be in at the Club no later than the 1st September. The Tate and Lyle versus Gourock Park will take place at the Club on the evening of the 15th August, the players sheet is on the notice board, so please add yours to it asap. A Fun night as been arranged at Gourock Park for the 16th August, its a bring your own refreshments night,which will involve a singalong, dancing and floodlit bowling on the green til the wee small hours. The S.B.A. Mixed Pairs District 23 Final Saturday 12th July 2003 The Final between Kilmacolm's Tom Mc Lees and Isobel Gallagher against Rothesay's Donnie Mc Kellar and Cath Lobo took place today at Ardgowan BC. A healthy crowd of specators looked on as the Kilmacolm Pair were in great form to race into a 11 to 1 shot lead after just seven ends. Cath and Donnie bravely fought on and brought the score back to a more healthy looking 11 to 5 shot deficit at the 9th end. However it was all for nothing as Tom and especially Isobel were in outstanding form and powered on to win by 21 shots to 5 after 15 ends. Inverclyde now has its third Bowling Club Website. The Gourock Bowling Club, has joined Gourock Park and Kilmacolm Bowling Clubs on the World Wide Web The Site has been produced by Graham Paterick and although still in the early stages of development it is well worth a visit. Visit the site here The Gourock Bowling Club SBA National Finals 19th July 2003 Congratulations to Ardgowan's Senior Fours who narrowly lost out to Dumbarton in the Final down at Northfield on Saturday 19th July. The Golden Boys progressed to the finals with wins over Aberdeen Seafield (19 v 8), Lochgelly (17 v 15), Sandhead (21 v 11) and West End Perth (15 v 13) before going down by 11shots to 8 shots in the Final against Dumbarton. (After writing this report, i saw that the Glasgow Herald is reporting the score as 16 v 8 and not the score quoted on the SBA website!. I will try and find out which score is correct) Elsewhere in the Finals our District Winners all went out early doors, Andy Gilmour from Upper Cowal won his first round game 21 v 12 and then went down 21 v 8 to St Andrew's Darren Mc Kenny in the Junior Singles. Fort Matilda's Crawford lost in the first round to Peter Brown by a respectable 21 shots to 15 in his first ever time playing in the National Singles Finals. Grosvenor's Alan Bradley and John Freeburn also suffered an early exit, going down by 24 shots to 10 against Beechwood. Much fancied Triples team of Brian Mc Alees, Sandy Wotherspoon and Freddy Kimmons went down by 17 shots to 7, also in the first round and finally the Fours team from Upper Cowal went down narrowly by 15 shots to 14 in the second round against Kilmarnock after winning their first round game 18 shots to 17 against Alloa. The Full results from the National Finals can be found on the SBA Site. The Fort Matilda Open Pairs was won by Grosvenor's William and Colin Mc Eachnie, full report is on the Site and can be seen by clicking here! Greenock & District News from John Freeburn The Ardgowan Hospice Wapinshaw Final will be played on Thurs.24th.July at 6.45p.m. on the Greens of the Ardgowan Club. I would be obliged if you could bring your donations towards the Hospice fund with you. Also, the Greenock & District Directors will be playing their Annual Friendly against the Association Presidents on Friday1st. of August at 6.45p.m. on Wellington Park Greens. If your President is not available, a suitable representative should attend in his place. Fantasy Football!! The Glasgow Herald has created a Fantasy Football League for the new season which starts soon. So if there are any budding Managers out there who think you can do better than Ferguson, O Neil and co? Why dont you have a go? Its free to join and to make it a little bit more interesting I have created a Mini-League just for Bowlers. Its called "Bowlers United" and the password to join the league is W9ZW7. To join first of all go to the main sign up page by clicking on the banner below and once youve done that just look for the 'join a mini league' link and scroll down and select Bowlers United and join with the above password. |
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News in June |
Greenock & District Bowling Association Mixed Pairs Sponsored by Mr.& Mrs.J&L McGhee Final Mr.J.Metcalfe & Mrs.M.Metcalfe 18 (Lady Alice) Mr.A.Buchan & Mrs.J.Molloy 8 (Wellington Park / Ardgowan Club) 3rd./4th.Place play-off Mr.J.Crawford & Mrs.J.Crawford 19 (Gourock Park) Mr.W.Phillips & Mrs.L.Phillips 15 (Lady Alice) The Finals of the J&L McGhee Mixed Pairs were played on Port Glasgow' BC.Games were keenly contested. The standard of Bowling was excellent and it was a pity that there was not a bigger crowd to compliment the games. In the final, June Molloy from Ardgowan Club and Andy Buchan from Wellington Park came up against a couple of seasoned campaigners in Jim and Maureen Metcalfe from Lady Alice, who had won this Tournament before. The game was very evenly balanced up to the 10th. end at 8 shots a piece. Unfortunately, for the Wellington / Ardgowan pair, the Metcalfes won the next 7 ends to regain the trophy with a score of 18 - 8. The 3rd./4th. play-off was also a very keenly contested game with both ladies playing a very positive part in the game. The lead swung to and fro and was level at 14 shots each at the 13th.end. The Crawfords won the next 3 ends with 5 more shots and managed to keep the score down to 1 lost shot at the last end to win by 19 - 15. A beautiful supper was provided by the ladies of Port Glasgow B.C. and the evening was rounded off by G & D President Jim McEwan, who presented te prizes and thanked the sponsors Mr.& Mrs.J&L McGhee for their continued support of this popular tournament. 11th July 2003 The IBM Singles Championship results are now on site and I wish to thank Robert Harron for his help in submitting these. I am willing to create extra pages if there are any other Inverclyde Clubs who would like to your championship results here? Please mail them asap. Another Inverclyde Bowling Club is soon to be launched on the net! Its still in the early stages of development and from what I have saw so far it is a very good site. Watch this space for details!!!. Inverclyde Indoor Bowling Club are on the lookout for more members, if you fancy trying it, you can enjoy a 2 hour game for just £1.60. Memberships are available and details can be obtained by speaking to the Indoor Manager, Alan Bradley on 01475 743988. Gourock Park will be running an under 16's Competition later this year, details of this and of other young bowlers events will appear here later. The Largs Open starts on Monday 14th July and several local players will be taking part, will do my best to keep you up to date with how they all get on. 12th July 2003 Crown Bowls!!! The bottom green at Gourock Park hosted what was probably the first ever 'Crown Bowls' competiton ever to have been played at the club. Arranged by Vice-President, Kenny Mc Kinlay, as part of our on-going 75th Anniversary celebrations. The Honour of being Gourock Park's 1st ever 'Crown Bowls Pairs Champions' went to Terry Duffy and John Ellis who overcame Michael Stevenson and Carol Mc Monagle by 10 shots to 7 in a 13 end Final. The event was a great success and made for an interesting and enjoyable afternoon for the majority of people who took part and i think most of the competitors would love to see this as an annual event. |
John Freeburn
July 3rd 2003 |
History is made!!! The First ever winners of the Gourock Park Crown Bowl Pairs, Terry Duffy and John Ellis are presented with their trophies by Vice-President Kenny Mc Kinlay |
Corner to Corner! The 2 Semi-Finals take advantage of being able to play from just about anywhere on the green |
Lawn Bowls! Crown Bowls! Who cares! This group including,KennyMc Kinlay, Dougie Brown, Andy Kearns and Arthur Rennie look on with great interest. |
Runners up Michael Stevenson and Carol Mc Monagle |
John, Michael, Carol and Terry, who all made it an entertaining final to watch |
Bowling for the under 16's in the area is certainly going in the right direction these days thanks to a number of Clubs. The recent event at Lady Alice was a great success and there are other events planned this season and these are as follows- 2nd August. The Greenock & District Young Bowler event takes place at Grosvenor BC, play starts at 9.30 am. Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Sandy Reddy, the event is free of charge and is open to any bowler under the age of 18. Names must be submitted to the Club by 26th July. Contact John Freeburn for details. 31st August. The Thomas Auld Trophy will take place at Gourock Park, starting at 10am, entry is free of charge and is open to anyone 16 years or under by the 31st August 2003. Names must be submitted to the Club no later than the 31st July 13th September. Rankin Park have an event for under 16's which gets underway at 10am. Names to be in at the Club no later than the 1st September. The Tate and Lyle versus Gourock Park will take place at the Club on the evening of the 15th August, the players sheet is on the notice board, so please add yours to it asap. A Fun night as been arranged at Gourock Park for the 16th August, its a bring your own refreshments night,which will involve a singalong, dancing and floodlit bowling on the green til the wee small hours. The S.B.A. Mixed Pairs District 23 Final Saturday 12th July 2003 The Final between Kilmacolm's Tom Mc Lees and Isobel Gallagher against Rothesay's Donnie Mc Kellar and Cath Lobo took place today at Ardgowan BC. A healthy crowd of specators looked on as the Kilmacolm Pair were in great form to race into a 11 to 1 shot lead after just seven ends. Cath and Donnie bravely fought on and brought the score back to a more healthy looking 11 to 5 shot deficit at the 9th end. However it was all for nothing as Tom and especially Isobel were in outstanding form and powered on to win by 21 shots to 5 after 15 ends. Inverclyde now has its third Bowling Club Website. The Gourock Bowling Club, has joined Gourock Park and Kilmacolm Bowling Clubs on the World Wide Web The Site has been produced by Graham Paterick and although still in the early stages of development it is well worth a visit. Visit the site here The Gourock Bowling Club SBA National Finals 19th July 2003 Congratulations to Ardgowan's Senior Fours who narrowly lost out to Dumbarton in the Final down at Northfield on Saturday 19th July. The Golden Boys progressed to the finals with wins over Aberdeen Seafield (19 v 8), Lochgelly (17 v 15), Sandhead (21 v 11) and West End Perth (15 v 13) before going down by 11shots to 8 shots in the Final against Dumbarton. (After writing this report, i saw that the Glasgow Herald is reporting the score as 16 v 8 and not the score quoted on the SBA website!. I will try and find out which score is correct) Elsewhere in the Finals our District Winners all went out early doors, Andy Gilmour from Upper Cowal won his first round game 21 v 12 and then went down 21 v 8 to St Andrew's Darren Mc Kenny in the Junior Singles. Fort Matilda's Crawford lost in the first round to Peter Brown by a respectable 21 shots to 15 in his first ever time playing in the National Singles Finals. Grosvenor's Alan Bradley and John Freeburn also suffered an early exit, going down by 24 shots to 10 against Beechwood. Much fancied Triples team of Brian Mc Alees, Sandy Wotherspoon and Freddy Kimmons went down by 17 shots to 7, also in the first round and finally the Fours team from Upper Cowal went down narrowly by 15 shots to 14 in the second round against Kilmarnock after winning their first round game 18 shots to 17 against Alloa. The Full results from the National Finals can be found on the SBA Site. The Fort Matilda Open Pairs was won by Grosvenor's William and Colin Mc Eachnie, full report is on the Site and can be seen by clicking here! Greenock & District News from John Freeburn The Ardgowan Hospice Wapinshaw Final will be played on Thurs.24th.July at 6.45p.m. on the Greens of the Ardgowan Club. I would be obliged if you could bring your donations towards the Hospice fund with you. Also, the Greenock & District Directors will be playing their Annual Friendly against the Association Presidents on Friday1st. of August at 6.45p.m. on Wellington Park Greens. If your President is not available, a suitable representative should attend in his place. Fantasy Football!! The Glasgow Herald has created a Fantasy Football League for the new season which starts soon. So if there are any budding Managers out there who think you can do better than Ferguson, O Neil and co? Why dont you have a go? Its free to join and to make it a little bit more interesting I have created a Mini-League just for Bowlers. Its called "Bowlers United" and the password to join the league is W9ZW7. To join first of all go to the main sign up page by clicking on the banner below and once youve done that just look for the 'join a mini league' link and scroll down and select Bowlers United and join with the above password. |
Who said "its an old mans game"? |
SBA District 23 Mixed Pairs Champions Isobel Gallagher and Tom Mc Lees Kilmacolm BC |
SBA District 23 Mixed Pairs Finalists Cath Lobo and Donnie Mc Kellar Rothesay BC |
Gourock Park Ladies, Carol Mc Monagle and Maureen Mc Killop recently took part in the Scottish Ladies National Championships at Northfield and Maureen has kindly sent me some photos and an e-mail regarding the event. They won their first round game by 21 shots to 11 and didn't need to play the last end. That spurred them on to the next round, but this time were well beaten by the Pair who went onto win the 4 Bowl Pairs Championship. The Girls were not to disappointed and were glad that they got through to the last 16, they also mentioned that it was a tremendous experience and that they hope that one day they will get another bite of the cherry. |
Carol Mc Monagle and Maureen Mc Killop Scottish Ladies National Finals at the Northfield complex in Ayr 2003 |
A large gathering of spectators enjoy the warm sunshine as play gets underway |
Memories of Northfield |
Wellington Club Competition Stephen Mc Lellen has sent in the following information regarding the Clubs Competitions. CHAMPIONSHIP:Final---Stephen Mclellan v Morri Oliver PRESIDENTS CUP:Final-- Andrew Buchan v John O'Neill NON-PRIZEWINNERS Final-: Jim Harkness v Billy Nicolson TWO-BOWL Final Stephen Mclellan v Morri Oliver RINK CUP:Final- Andrew Buchan v John O'Neill League Cup- Winner Alan Mc Ewan Balloted Pairs Winners- Stephen Mc Lellen and Billy Kerrigan (Skip) Runner-up Alex Ward and Tommy Faith (Skip) Scottish District Junior R/up: Stephen Mclellan Under 25's County Team r/up: Stephen Mclellan Fun Night! The Fun Night on the 16th August will no longer have Floodlight Bowling. A Floodlight game will be arranged for sometime in September. The Fun night will still go ahead on the 16th August though, so if you a fancy a night of good music, great chat and dancing, then drop in at the Club on the 16th August. Kids Bowling! This is an appeal for anyone who may have some unwanted or are able to loan the Club some small size bowls to help with the Kids coaching at Gourock Park on wednesday nights. If you can help please contact either myself or drop by the Club. I can be contacted either at my usual e-mail address or call me on 07950 201350. |
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