Dollar Bowling Club News

The first two Balfour Trophy Quarter finals were played at Dollar Bowling Club between Orwell and Alva South and Alloa co-op and Tulliallan. Alva South won fairly convincingly over Owell, but it wen to the last end in the other game and Ian Drylie played a masterful bowl to win the game for Tulliallan Bowling Club by the narrowest of victories.

28 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning pair was Lew Diamond Phillips and Alan Geddes.

The top of the Weekly Points Table:

Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

Alva South travelled to Dollar for our annual friendly fixture and  a close match ended with a narrow win for Dollar, by a handful of points. An enjoyable time was had by all and we wish the Alva South Bowling Club members every success in their matches this season.

There was a dissapointing turnout of 24 members and guests, for the participation race night. However, the evening was a riot of laughter (and a lot of shouting!) and we raised £235 for club funds. Thanks go to Social Conveynor, Kai Young for staging the event. Thanks also to Kai's helpers on the night, Kennie Young, Dolly Young, Gordon Duncan, Lew Diamond Phillips, Adam Denney and Margaret Daniels -  and a mention to Matt McKay for explaining how to set up and run the race night. Thanks also to all members that bought horses and sponsored the races.

Dollar played well against pre-tournement Balfour Favourites, Clackmannan, but lost out by six points at the end of a hard-fought match. The team:

With Joe Young, Johnny "Ding-dong" Bell and Marko McCallum representing Scotland in the British Isles Championships in Belfast in two week's time, (and 30 Clackmannan members going to support them), they will be naming a different side for the semi-finals. We wish Joe, John and Mark every success in the British Isles and Clackmannan in the semi-final.

The Charlie Young Memorial Pairs has been cancelled due to a date clash with the Alva Games and another fixture clash. We will try to find a suitable date later in the season to hold the event.

25 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning pair was Gordon and Rosann Duncan who were 13 shots up.

The top of the Weekly Points Table currently looks like this:

As suggested last week, last year's winner, David Taylor, is making a comeback, with a good win this week, and is now on 7 points.

Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

Commiserations to Alan Geddes, who lost 21 - 12 to Alloa last night, despite playing some excellent bowls and also to the Triples, who were beaten by two shots by Clackmannan at Kinross. Kevin Jack was selected as skip for the Triples, but chose to play at lead, with Dennis Fitzgerald playing second and John Kerr playing skip.

The Results of the County Ties held this evening were:

Congratulations to Alloa, Cambus, Menstrie, the Co-op and East End.

Dollar made the trip to Orwell Bowling Club for a mixed-rink friendly and despite a good competitive, friendly game being played, Dollar were defeated by a side that knows their own green very well. The hospitality was, (as always at Orwell), first class and we look forward to playing next season at Dollar. We wish president Davie and his members every success with their matches this season.

Cabaret and Karaoke night was held at the club on Saturday night and despite a turnout of only 28, a fabulous night was had by one and all. We'd like to thank Jay Kay for putting on such an entertaining show, as well as all the singers that entertained us during the eveing. A special mention goes to the three members who performed to to the Full Monty song - funny, but not a pretty sight!

Congratulations to the Dollar Pairs and Dollar Fours who qualified for the National competition semi finals this evening. Commiserations to the Triples. Ian S Inglis and David Taylor beat Alva at Clackmannan, Kennie Young, Dennis Fitzgerald and Peter Duncan were beaten 18-14 by Alloa at Patons and Gordon Duncan, Kevin Jack, Adam Denney and Kai Young beat Alloa Co-op at Tulliallan.

There were a few old ladies in the crowd that felt that the slogans on the back of the three of the Fours' tops were in bad taste and put in unofficial complaints to the SBA representative. To those ladies and any other fellow bowlers that read anything into their slogans, all three members give their assuranceas that there was no intention to cause any offence. 

To most people, they are amusing slogans that can only offend anyone that reads something into the slogans that isn't actually there. I won't go as far as to say people with dirty minds, as that would probably offend the same people as well. It seems a shame that narrow minded people didn't concentrate more on the excellent bowls the lads played, rather than what they were wearing, but it seems that there are people that would rather look for something to moan about than to look for the positives in any situation. You only have one shot at life - Smile - be happy!

To those concerned, (and by all accounts, this seems to be a big talking point for a reason, that most people I spoke to can't understand), please rest assured, the tops will not be worn on the green in any National or County competitions again.

We wish the pairs and the fours every success in the Semi Finals.

The Dollar team for next Week's Balfour Trophy match against Clackmannan is:

We wish everyone involved every success in the competition. 

Dollar travel to Orwell on Sunday for our annual friendly match. The team:

Good luck chaps (and chapesses)!

This weeks Balfour Trophy ties, played at Dollar Bowling Club, saw Cambus beat Tillicoultry and Patons beat Alva.  

Thanks to David Beveridge for the excellent work done on preparing the green, (despite the umpires moving it off the head for some strange reason, only understood by them, everyone offered their complements on the quality of the green), Roy Lennon, Dennis Fitzgerald, Danny Ferguson, Kevin Jack, Adam Denney, Kai Young, Gordon Duncan, Peter Duncan, Robert Anderson and John Kerr for marking the boards. Thanks also to May Beveridge, Anne Bean, Mahrie Little and Eileen Isdale for their help with the raffle and the tea and pies - and finally to Margaret Daniels and Peter Duncan for running the bar.