Dollar Bowling Club News
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Balfour Trophy Quarter Finals - posted on Thursday 18th of June, 2009
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.
Rink Night - posted on Tuesday 16th of June, 200928 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning pair was Lew Diamond Phillips and Alan Geddes.
The top of the Weekly Points Table:
| Kennie Young | 17 |
| Gordon Duncan | 15 |
| Dennis Fitzgerald | 13 |
| Alan Geddes | 12 |
| Roy Bell | 11 |
Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.
| Morag Briengan | 8 |
| Margaret Daniels | 6 |
| Rosann Duncan | 5 |
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.
Participation Race Night - posted on Saturday 13th of June, 2009There 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.
Balfour Trophy Dollar v Clackmannan - posted on Thursday 11th of June, 2009Dollar played well against pre-tournement Balfour Favourites, Clackmannan, but lost out by six points at the end of a hard-fought match. The team:
| Rink One: |
Ian S Inglis |
| Rink Two: | Ian G Inglis Alan Geddes Kevin Jack Roy Lennon |
| Rink Three: |
David Taylor |
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.
Charlie Young Memorial Pairs - posted on Tuesday 9th of June, 2009The 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.
Rink Night - posted on Tuesday 9th of June, 200925 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:
| Kennie Young | 15 |
| Gordon Duncan | 13 |
| Roy Bell | 11 |
| Dennis Fitzgerald | 11 |
| David Gordon | 10 |
| Kai Young | 10 |
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.
| Morag Briengan | 8 |
| Margaret Daniels | 6 |
| Rosann Duncan | 5 |
| Tanya Denney | 4 |
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.
County Matches at Dollar Bowling Club - posted on Monday 8th of June, 2009The Results of the County Ties held this evening were:
| Dollar Singles 12 | Alloa Singles 21 |
| Alva Singles 19 | Cambus Singles 21 |
| East End 4 bowl Pairs 12 | Menstrie 4 bowl Pairs 19 |
| Alva South 4 bowl Pairs 09 | Co-op 4 bowl Pairs 15 |
| Clackmannan Fours 14 | Menstrie Fours 18 |
| Alloa Fours 14 | East End Fours 15 |
Congratulations to Alloa, Cambus, Menstrie, the Co-op and East End.
Friendly Match v Orwell - posted on Sunday 7th of June, 2009Dollar 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.
Jay Kay Caberet and Karaoke - posted on Saturday 6th of June, 2009Cabaret 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!
National Competitions - posted on Friday 5th of June, 2009Congratulations 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.
Balfour Team Announced - posted on Thursday 4th of June, 2009The Dollar team for next Week's Balfour Trophy match against Clackmannan is:
| Rink One: |
Ian S Inglis |
| Rink Two: | Ian G Inglis Alan Geddes Kevin Jack Roy Lennon |
| Rink Three: |
David Taylor |
| Reserves | Dennis Fitzgerald Roy Bell |
We wish everyone involved every success in the competition.
Upcoming Event - Friendly Match v Orwell - posted on Thursday 4th of June, 2009Dollar travel to Orwell on Sunday for our annual friendly match. The team:
| Rink One: |
Roy Lennon |
| Rink Two: | Jim Brown Peter Duncan Margaret Daniels Christine McKay |
| Rink Three: |
Kennie Young |
| Rink Four: | John Kerr May Beveridge Morag Breingan David Gordon |
Good luck chaps (and chapesses)!
Balfour Trophy Results - posted on Thursday 4th of June, 2009This 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.
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