Kirkliston carry county Top 10 hopes

The Purdie Worldwide Scottish Inter County Top Ten Championship swings into action this weekend.

Kirkliston will be carrying the West Lothian banner as they aim for a fifth national crown.

Their quest gets off to a challenging start as they face their Stirling County counterparts in the preliminary round.

The KBC line-up features four-times West Lothian Master Grant Logan as the spearhead figure in the singles, while 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Neil Speirs skips Steven Forrest in the pairs.

Ray Logan , the 1998 Scottish Singles Champion, skips the triples with his son Scott at lead and Mark Allison at second while his other son Calum skips Jordan Pearce, Andi Gray and John Aitken in the fours.

Play in the Scottish Cities and Counties Championship for The Hamilton Trophy starts this Saturday and a West Lothian team hungry for its first success since 2009 faces a challenging away match against Border at Gordon BC.

Six faces have been changed from the team that lost last year’s semi-final against Lanarkshire South, with team manager Gordon Logan bringing in Jamie Edwards of Broxburn, Bryan Cooper of Bathgate, Andi Gray of Kirkliston, Barry Sword of Buchan Park, Calum Black of East Calder and Gary Orr of Linlithgow.

Alloa East End BC is the destination this Sunday for the under-25 brigade of West Lothian Bowling Association, going headto-head with Stirling County in the opening match of their League Cup section.

The six skips are: Roy Walker (Newbridge), Jamie Edwards (Broxburn), Darren Pearce (Kirkliston), Cameron Nicol (Pumpherston), Robbie Cuthill (Kirkliston) and Jack Murphy (Bellsburn).