BOWLS NEWS FROM AROUND THE GREENS
Halfway and District Last Saturday saw the twobowls pairs (sponsored by Curley Butchers) take place at Halfway and District.
Despite the mixed weather, the competition got played to a conclusion and of the 24 teams that took part, eventual winners were George Thomson and Hugh Gebbie. They defeated John Murray and Alan Lorimer in the final.
This Sunday sees the McPike 1+1 pairs take place and the greens will be full again in what is another popular day.
The gents LBA ties started last Thursday and Halfway were only involved in one prelim. Alan Barr and Stewart Conway lost to a strong Motherwell pair. The first round proper takes place tomorrow, Thursday, night with the singles playing against Wrangholm Hall at Bothwell, the triples playing Whitefield at Burnhead and the four playing against Uddingston at Burnhead.
The senior fours play against Murray at Bellshill and Mossend on Thursday afternoon. The under 45’s got a walkover last Saturday morning in their first round. They will now play Dalzell this Saturday morning at Uddingston.
The Gilliland League team continued their excellent start to their campaign with a resounding victory over Whitefield at home last Tuesday. This weeks opponents were St Leonards at home, next week Halfway are away to Croftfoot.
The RDBA knockout ties also started on Tuesday night. The singles were in action against Kingswood at Whitefield. The pairs played Tollcross at Templeton. The triples and senior fours got a bye and play next Tuesday. Jack Wilson will represent the club in the under-16 singles and will play his quarter final at Kirkhill on May 27 at 10am.
On the seniors front the District 26 league starts next Monday morning.
Drumsagard Academy 2001’s will be running a bus from the club this Saturday to their league cup final at Broadwood Stadium. The boys will take on Rossvale and the bus will leave the club at 2.30pm, cost is £4.
Rutherglen
The club had one home win and an away win in the North Eastern league last Friday against Foxley BC. This week’s game is against Whitevale.
Last Saturday’s Hutcheon Trophy competition (balloted fours) was abandoned after an hours play. The competition will be replayed at a later date.
Last Wednesday Alex Hutton and Alastair Dick won against Mearns BC in the prelim round of the GBA pairs and now play in the first round at Clarkston tonight, Wednesday. Also out in the GBA are the triples at Kirkhill and fours at Burnside with the senior fours at Bailleston in the afternoon.
In the Bowls Scotland championship prelims the triples are at Croftfoot and the A, B and C senior fours at Queens Park and the D team at Kingswood.
The Monday evening aggregate game was won by Jim Morton and Ronnie McDonald.
Whitefield
In the Lanarkshire Champion of Champions Michael Docherty had an excellent 21-20 victory against Quarter Bowling Club and now plays against Bellshill and Mossend.
The gents had another clean sweep in the League Cup against Mount Vernon and will play against Victoria Coatbridge in the semi-final on Sunday at Houldsworth.
The rink of Michael Morris, James Hefferland, Craig Knape and Tam Devenny had a resounding 36-8 win against Mount Vernon in the LBA fours. They now play Motherwell Miners Welfare on Thursday while the singles, pairs and triples start their campaigns.
The senior fours had a 17-9 win against Wrangholm Hall and will also play their next match on Thursday.
In the Gilliland League the team lost away to Halfway.
On Monday the winners of the gents aggregate were Ian Peden and Andy O’Hagan who finished 13 shots up.
Cambuslang
The Gilliland League game last Tuesday saw Cambuslang win at home 23-5 against Kingswood.
On Tuesday, May 16 the club play their league game away to Kirkhill.
In the Cambuslang District Seniors Rinks League, Cambuslang played two rinks at home to Rutherglen on May 10 but lost both games.
The club are set to play away against Kirkhill this morning at 10.30am.
Last Saturday saw Cambuslang play their traditional parish game at Burnside and won 47 shots to 37.
This Saturday, May 20, the club have an invitation to the Ryder Cup tournament, president v vice president at 11am.
On Tuesday, May 23, the ladies have their Lunch Bowl tournament at 12pm.
Monday points, May 15: No sweep was won.
Burnside
On the competition front, the last week was less than successful. It started with both teams in the seniors losing their games and was quickly followed by both the pairs and rink teams suffering defeats in the Glasgow Bowling Association games.
The one light in an otherwise dark week was in the Gilliland League where the Burnside team held off a spirited comeback by Kirkhill to taste victory. The club wish to congratulate the team consisting of Dougie Johnston, Scott Stevenson, Snudge Allan and Marc Stirratt (skip). President Kenneth Stirratt wishes all the teams out in the GBA, SBA and R&D games this week good luck.
On Saturday Burnside welcomed their old friends from Cambuslang for a traditional parish match. Vice president Walter Matthews led the Burnside team in the absence of Kenneth Stirratt.
The weather was less than fair but with a skilful change of schedule most of the games were played in fair conditions. Although the vice president managed to lead his rink to victory, the game resulted in a narrow win for Cambuslang. However, a great day was had by all and both teams look forward to the next time.
Monday night’s aggregate game was convincingly won by ten shots. The winning team consisted of Duncan Hughes, Alex Stupart, Dougie Johnston and skipped by Jim Gibson.
Burnside are set to host six rinks for the GBA competition today, Wednesday, and if anyone wants to see the cream of Glasgow bowling talent, they are encouraged to come along and watch. The games will start at 6.15pm.
The competition notices for the nominated pairs and invitation triples are now displayed on the club notice boards with draw dates of May 21 and 31 respectively. Please make sure members get their entries in quickly.
The Burnside Bowling Club page on Facebook is now active and all members are urged to keep up to date with important club events by following this page.