District league final for former winners

Bannockburn and Spittalmyre to fight it out

Bannockburn and Spittalmyre bowlers will face each other at the Dunblane green in Friday’s Stirling District League final.

That was the outcome of last week’s hard fought semi-finals at Airthrey Spa with Bannockburn carding a 12-shot victory over Borestone while Spittalmyre saw off Causewayhead by 11 shots.

Both finalists are former winners with Spittalmyre’s only success coming back in 2008 while one has to go back to the last millennium for Bannockburn’s solitary win in 1993.

Scores from the semi-finals were: Bannockburn v Borestone (B’burn first): Dick Kennedy 21-8 Willie Black; Liam Kelly 12-13 Kevan Frogley. Totals: Bannockburn 2 (33), Borestone 2 (21). Spittalmyre v Causewayhead (S’myre first): D Stewart 26-12 Brem Morrison; Fraser Gray 16-19 Jason Williams. Totals: Spittalmyre 2 (42), Causewayhead 2 (31). Scottish district finals Results from Bowls Scotland District Nine finals played at Doune Castle and Alloa greens were as follows.

Singles – Kevin Wallace (Clackmannan) 21-11 Paul Monteith (Doune Castle); under 25 singles – Lee McCormack (Stirling) 21-4 Ryan Craig (Alloa East End); senior singles – John Bryson (Livilands) 21-14 John McCallister (Tillicoultry).

Pairs – Polmaise (Donald Dalgleish, Danny McCormick) 1714 Clackmannan (Stuart Wallace, Robert Allan); triples – Polmaise (Garry Brown, James Brown, Gary Malcolmson) 16-13 Alloa East End (Andrew Blake, Jim Hunter, Colin Blake).

Fours – Alloa East End (Chris Duncan, Ryan Craig, Sandy Wallace, Colin Craig) 19-14 Bannockburn (Joe Traynor, Drew Laird, Jim McDonald, Dick Kennedy).

Senior fours – Borestone (Andy Allan, Neil Lafferty, Neil Boyle, Larry Green) 23-17 Alloa Co-op (David Hynd, Willie Scobbie, John Score, William Tallis); mixed pairs – Polmaise (Rita Smith, Gary Malcolmson) 17-16 Alloa East End (Eilidh Weir, Colin Craig). Pullar Trophy Riverside BC have won the Pullar Trophy - amassing a total of eight points and 45 shots. Runners up were Bridge of Allan. County finals The championship finals of Stirling County Bowling Association are on Saturday at the Burnhead green.

Singles – Polmaise (G Malcolmson) v Adrian (D Orr); junior singles – Polmaise (J Wray) v Borestone (D McCann); pairs – Adrian v Grahamston; triples – Denny v Burnhead; fours – Stenhousemuir v Bonnybridge, senior fours – Grangemouth v Carron/Denny; two-bowl pairs – Stirling v Borestone. Polmaise Winners of Saturday’s open triples tournament at Polmaise green were David McEwan (Polmaise), Martin McCalley (Adrian) and Darren Couper (Denny). Runners-up were James McAteer, Michael Aimes and John McAteer (Denny). Stirling Bannockburn bowlers visited Stirling green last Saturday when the hosts won by 21 shots. Scores were (Stirling skips first): D Ross 16-8 A Dolan; J Miller 15-14 T Chapple; S Kerr 15-15 D Laird; S Hope 19-7 K Shaw. Totals: Stirling 65, Bannockburn 44. Weast of Scotland WBA Results of the West of Scotland Women’s BA District 14 finals at Bannockburn were: singles Seona Black (Larbert) 21-11 June Dowell (Spittalmyre); two-bowl pairs – Denny (Avril Cook, Shirley Fitzsimmons) 19-14 Bannockburn (Heather Dick, Margaret Jenkins).

Pairs – Larbert (Allison Ellis, Heather Harris) 22-13 Denny (Kim Bullard, Val Sneddon) 13; triples – Tulliallan (Rachel Fairbairn, Emma Simpson, Maureen Wallace) 26-5 Bonnybridge (Theresa Harris, Eleanor Baxter, Janie Taylor).

Fours – Denny (Betty Waller, Nan Ness, Betty McQuire, Morag Petrie) 15-12 Dunblane (Joan Russell, Carol Thomson, Pat Philpot, Mary Davidson).