Outdoor season ends with prizes

Oct 17 2008 by Andy Galloway, Lennox Herald (main ed)

DUMBARTON Associated Bowling Clubs held their annual dinner and presentation of Prizes recently in the Dixon Bowling Club.

Associated clubs president Jim Payne’s top table guests included Robert Collins, vice president of DABC, club president Robert McFarlane, DABC secretary George Duncan, SBA councillor Ernest Johnson, DBA director Stewart Shields, umpire Jim Irwin MBE and Colin Lawrie, representing Dumbarton Senior Citizens Committee.

Jim Payne and George Duncan then presented the prizes as follows:

Burgh Cup: Dumbarton BC; Kirkwood Bowl: Renton BC; Strathleven Rose Bowl: Townend BC; Norrie Stephen Memorial Trophy: Renton BC; Centenary Trophy: Dumbuck BC; Syd Walters Triples: Vale of Leven BC.

Ballantine Shield: Rock BC; William Denny Shield: Dumbuck BC; David Muir Silver Salver: Rock BC; Wooden Spoon: Brock BC; McLeod League Pennant: Eastfield BC; McFarlane Two-bowl Triples: Rock BC.

Peter Denny Shield: Scott Hardie, Eastfield BC, runner-up John Gillies, Dumbarton BC; Junior Champion of Champions: Kevin Anderson, Dumbarton BC, runner-up Graeme Sloan, Rock BC; Champion of Champions: Graeme Sloan, Rock BC, runner-up Ian Robb, Vale of Leven BC

VALE of Leven BC held its annual supper and presentation of prizes in the clubhouse last Friday evening.

President David Nicholson’s top table guests included club member Bob Wylie, honorary president Jon Wood, past president Jack Bruce and DBA director John Gillies. John Wood handed over the following prizes (runners-up names in brackets):

Championship: I Robb (J Crichton); Brock Cup: J G Anderson (J MacDonald); President/vice-presidents: J Crichton (J Bruce); Brock Shield: J MacDonald (H Ledgerwood); Two-bowl singles: G Baxter Jr (A Keiller).

Nominated pairs: J MacDonald and P Rodger (J Cameron and B Sloss); Classified pairs: S Johnston and H Brown (H Ledgerwood and C Wallace); Two-bowl pairs: I Robb and I McDonald (J Anderson and D Lunan).

Club triples: J Crichton, K Crichton and A Crichton (B Weir, J MacDonald and G Nelson); Qualifying triples: J Anderson, P Brechin, D Lunan (Jim MacDonald, D Cochrane, D Winslow); Two-bowl triples: J Readhead, S Readhead, C Cosham (T Dennett, D McRae, D McGregor).

Wednesday rinks: H Ledgerwood (T McKinnon); Club fours: C McIntyre, S Devine, E Kane, I Barnes Sr (J Hughes, I Mulholland, J Smith, G Baxter Jr); Mixed pairs: Ken Ritchie and Betty Ritchie (C Duncan and M McKenzie); Millennium Cup I McDonald, A McGowan, G Ward, D Waltham.

Senior Champion: R Millar (Jim MacDonald); Senior classified pairs: T Dennett and W Robb; Senior nominated pairs: E Dow and A Thomson.

Junior Champion (under-25): C Sinclair (P Brechin); Junior Champion (under-18): R McKenzie (A Davidson); Junior Round Robin: A McKenzie; Alex Muir Award: A Davidson; Friday afternoon rinks: R Millar (T Kerr); Wooden spoon: G Nelson

MEANWHILE indoors, the Senior Gents team was at home to East Kilbride.

After their fine performance last week in defeating Lanarkshire, the seniors were looking forward to facing East Kilbride.

The game turned out to be a close encounter with the lead continually changing hands, but the home team produced the stronger finish and scored vital shots across the board to run out worthy winners by 68-54. Individual rink scores (Dumbarton skips first):

Stewart Shields 16, T Crawford 11; David Cole 20, T Taylor 9; Robert Kennedy 13, G Smith 22; Jim Marsland 19, J Miller 12

Next Saturday the senior gents travel down the Ayrshire coast to play league leaders Ardrossan.

THE local ladies played host to their near neighbours from Whiteinch on Saturday. The visitors took an early lead but never managed to hang on to it.

The game was close and went to the wire, with Dumbarton scoring late across the board to win by 12 shots, 83-71. This was another good win for the local team. Individual rink scores, Dumbarton skips first

Mary Morrison 13, Nancy Martin 22; Annette Christie 23, Liz Brown 17; Margaret Stickings 22, Audrey Cameron 19; Rita Murray 25, Ellen Kidd 13

Next Saturday the ladies travel to West of Scotland IBC where, like the seniors, they will face the league leaders.

THE National Gents two- bowl pairs competition was played at various venues throughout the country last weekend.

Dumbarton and District IBC. were represented by John McCarry and Stewart Shields who were drawn to play against Whiteinch IBC at Lanarkshire.

This was always going to be a hard game for the local pair as they were pitted against the former national singles champion in Stuart Sloan and his partner Allan Bell.

Although the local pair played well throughout the game the Whiteinch duo were too strong and ran out worthy winners by two sets to nil. (7-5, 7-2).

The Ladies two-bowl pairs was also staged at various venues throughout Scotland last weekend, and the local representatives were Ann Jardine and Mary Morrison who were drawn to play against Clydebank IBC, represented by Ann Milne and Margaret Weir.

The game was played at Coatbridge IBC and went to three sets, both teams having won a set each. In the deciding set, the Dumbarton duo proved the stronger to win the tie by two sets to one.

In the next round their opponents were West of Scotland, represented by Helen McGregor and Ena Lawrie. Unfortunately they proved too strong for the local girls and won in two straight sets.