LATEST FROM THE BOWLING GREENS
Cambuslang
The annual Alex MacFarlane charity day took place in the sunshine on Sunday.
The club kickstarted the annual fundraising events in 1992 after a tragic road accident involving one of its young members, Alex MacFarlane.
Alex died on Boxing Day 1991, aged 28, and is sadly missed by those at Cambuslang BC. This was the event’s 27th year and to date it has raised more than £59,300.
The club’s charity day is one of sadness but also joy as everybody participating knows what it means to Alex’s family, the club and all the charities benefitting.
Past president Will McArthur said: “Local businesses and friends donate prizes for the raffle and we are overwhelmed by the generosity shown year after year. Our thanks go to everyone whose donations make this charity day so successful.
“The support we receive from bowling clubs within and outwith the area cannot go unmentioned. Every year we have bowlers and their friends supporting this event and making the day the great success that it is.”
The MacFarlane family kindly donated a quaich which is played for each year and presented to the winning rink.
This year the final was dramatically won 4-3 with the last bowl of the game by a mixed rink consisting of: John Murray, Jamie McInall, Philip McCombes and skip John McInall.
The runners-up were a mixed rink of: Ronnie Plunkett, John MacFarlane Snr, Frank Wilson and skip David Armstrong, who were also last year’s runners-up.
Club members thanked director Alan Johnston for running the day and Glenda Montgomery for all her hard work behind the scenes.
This resulted in £1,971.83 being split between local charities Bridgeton Community Learning Campus and The Scope Club, both of which support learning and respite care in the community.
Another special moment was the unfurling of the new flag by Mrs Thomson in memory of her son, past member Colin Thomson.
RDBA Gilliland League: On Tuesday, May 22 Cambuslang won at home against Kirkhill BC and players were scheduled to play their final league match away at Overtoun Park BC yesterday (Tuesday).
RDBA Championship: On Tuesday, May 22 the club’s triples team won against Burnside BC and the senior fours won against Overtoun Park BC to reach the semi-finals. The triples were to play Templeton BC and the senior fours against Halfway BC in games scheduled for last night at 6.30pm at Burnside BC.
Cambuslang & District Seniors League: On Wednesday, May 23 the club defeated Kirkhill BC away. The seniors were scheduled to play Mount Florida BC at home today at 10am.
Glasgow Bowling Association: On May 23 the club won the singles and senior fours, and will be in action again today.
Scottish Bowling Association: On May 24 the club had singles, triples and senior singles ties. Both singles players won and will play the next round tomorrow.
Cambuslang’s ladies section held their Lunch Bowl tournament on May 22 and on Saturday played their 2+1 tournament, which Overtoun Park won.
Rutherglen
In the North Eastern league Rutherglen has two home and two away wins against Riddrie BC.
Two internal tournaments were also played recently. The nominated fours was won by Alasdair Campbell, Alistair Vallance, Tom Pollock and Stuart McIntosh.
The 4-3-2-1 tournament, sponsored by Specsavers Rutherglen, was won by the same group, but swapping Les Warnock for Stuart McIntosh.
This Saturday the club are due to play a friendly at Milton of Campsie.
In the Cambuslang & District Seniors league Rutherglen shared the points with Overtoun. The next game is against Whitefield.
In the Bowls Scotland district games the singles, pairs, triples and fours all won through to the next round last Thursday. The games were are at Weirs, Wellcroft, Eaglesham and Croftfoot respectively.
Only Mark Kelsey still survives in the Glasgow Championships. He plays the next round at Croftfoot tonight.
Murray Paul has reached the semifinal of the R&D singles to be played this Tuesday at Burnside BC.
The Monday evening aggregate game was won by Murray Yule and Eddie Thompson.
Halfway
There were no tournaments at Halfway & District last weekend but there was still plenty of bowls played with the external ties in full swing.
In the Bowls Scotland ties both mixed pairs teams suffered narrow defeats.
Both gents senior singles also lost their first round ties.
In the ladies senior singles, Fiona Firth lost her game but Helen Torrance won and will play her quarter final at Eddlewood on Thursday afternoon.
Both ladies pairs lost their games but Sandra Keary won her singles and Sandra Hughes, Taylor Gray and Lillian O’Neil won their triples.
The quarter finals took place on Tuesday, with the fours also in action. Results to follow next week. Jack Wilson lost in his junior singles tie last Tuesday. The gents ties are to start this week.
The club fared well in the RDBA ties last week. The singles, triples and senior fours all made it through to the semifinals that took place at Burnside BC on Tuesday night.
The Gilliland League team were joint top going into their last game on Tuesday. The triples league starts next Tuesday with Croftfoot first up.
Mitchell Louden will play his under 16 semi-final at Kirkhill on Sunday.
In the gents LBA ties the triples and senior fours made it through to the district semi-finals. The triples play at Mount Vernon on Thursday night and the seniors are at Dalzell in the afternoon.
The WOSWBA singles and pairs were in action on Monday afternoon. The district 26 seniors started last week, with both teams winning at home and losing away.
The Clyde Refrigeration Invitation rinks take place this Saturday at 10am.
Burnside
Burnside’s first final of the season, the JVP Fours competition, was decided last Monday. The game was tight throughout but was finally won by Douglas Johnston, Jim Morrison, Martin Robertson and skipped by Chris Allan.
Tuesday saw mixed results in the Rutherglen and District competitions. Walter Matthews now faces a semifinal in the singles. Chris Allan and Iain Mackintosh will also go forward to the semi-finals in the pairs.
Progress has also been made in the Glasgow Bowling Association games, with the pairs and senior fours reaching the third round and the sponsored fours reaching the semi-finals.
The Bowls Scotland competition continues to be one where the club has considerable representation in the later stages. The club wishes its members good luck this week in the junior singles, adult singles, over-55’s singles, triples, fours and over-55’s fours, who have all reached their respective quarter-finals.
Sunday saw the club play in a new fixture when the Paisley and District Past President’s Association rolled into town to play against Burnside who came out eventual winners.
Templeton
Last week’s winner of the club aggregate were Jim Hislop, Chic Burke and Ken Walton.
It was a close result in the third round of the GBA’s fours, with Robert Bogan, Tommy Wilson, Chic Burke and Graham Mitchell beating Milton of Campsie 21-20. In the quarter-finals of the Bowls Scotland Pairs it was a 17-13 victory for Eddie Mellon and Robert Pye against Castlemilk, whilst Alistair Cameron and Graham Mitchell lost 21-9 to Kingswood.
In the fours it was a walk-over for Michael McAree, Jim Hislop, Alec Senior and Sam McCutcheon.
The RDBA Gilliland League Templeton lost their first game in Section A to Overton 18-14 but still remain top with six points and 27 shots.
In the pairs quarter-finals it was a 2112 victory to John Radcliffe and John Martin over Croftfoot. Triples players Ian Boyland, Eddie Mellon and Robert Pye now face Cambuslang in the semi-finals after a close 14-13 win over Kingswood.
The senior fours, Sam McCutcheon, Donnie Morrison, Chic Burke and Ian Morrison, defeated Kirkhill by the same result.
The annual parish game against Stamperland took place at Templeton on Saturday afternoon.
Those who attended raised £200 and presented the cash to Templeton Director Gordon Wilson, who was participating in a sponsored walk the following day to raise funds for pancreatic cancer research.
Overtoun Park
The greens have been quieter at Overton over the last couple of weeks, with members venturing out to other clubs for ties and friendlies.
In the Scottish Ladies’ Pairs competition, Christine Allison and May Stark defeated Templeton to reach the third round, which gets played on June 2 at Giffnock.
May and Christine notched up another success on Saturday when, along with Anna McLean, they went to Cambulang for a friendly triples game.
The three Overtoun ladies proved too strong and were delighted to pick up the winnings for the whole tournament.
On Friday, the club was closed as members and friends of the Overtoun Carpet Bowls section travelled to Prestwick for their annual jaunt.
It was a glorious day on all counts; the bowling was fun, the lunch delicious and the company was like the weather – sunny and warm.