Dollar Bowling Club News

The Dollar Bowling Club Top Ten team won 3-1 against Alloa East End to progress to the quarter finals. The Dollar Team:

The Singles, Pairs and Fours all won, with only the Triples failing to chalk up a victory. Good luck in the Quarter Finals gentlemen!

27 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning triple was made up of Alan Geddes, Dennis Fitzgerald and Lou Diamond Phillips who were 8 shots up.

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

Last Year's winner, David Taylor, is out of the race at the moment, on only 5 points, but there's a long way to go and I'm sure David will make a comeback!

Stephen Gardener and Peter Duncan lost out at the last end, with the last bowl of the game, in the two bowl pairs against Orwell, on a Kinross green that badly needs a haircut!

Ian S Inglis and David Taylor chalked up a comfortable victory over Alloa in the County 4 bowl pairs at Dollar tonight. We wish them both every success in the next round.

The Wee County welcomed Stirling County to Alloa Co-op today, determined to put an end to a run of 12 defeats in 12 years.

Clackmannan played well and were leading at the 11th end, but a series of excellent bowls by the Stirling County players saw them chalk up their 13th vistory over the Wee County in a row. Both Dollar representatives, Ian and Ian Inglis retain their starting places for next week's game and Danny Ferguson has been named as travelling reserve.

Alan Geddes, Ian G Inglis and the Senior Fours of Duncan Will, Donald Ferguson, Pat Bisset and Roy Bell, all failed to progress to the next round of the Nationals, in closely contested matches.

Ian S Inglis and David Taylor won the Pairs against Alloa Co-op, Kennie Young, Dennis Fitzgerald and Peter Duncan won their triples tie against Alva and Gordon Duncan, Kevin Jack, Adam Denney and Kai Young are trhough to the next round of the Fours.

We congratulate all three teams wish them every success in the next round.

Valleyfield pulled out of the National Fours tie against Dollar, at Orwell on Friday night, so Gordon Duncan, Kevin Jack, Adam Denney and Kai Young progress through to the Quarter Finals. All of the other National Ties are going ahead on Friday and we wish all of the Dollar representatives every success in the competition. They are:

This weeks Balfour Trophy ties, played at Dollar Bowling Club, saw Alloa Co-op beat Menstrie and Tulliallan beat Alloa East End. 

Thanks to David Beveridge for the excellent work done on preparing the green, Roy Lennon, Ian S Inglis, Dennis Fitzgerald, Danny Ferguson, Kevin Jack, Adam Denney, Kai Young, Gordon Duncan, Peter Duncan and John Kerr for marking the boards. Thanks also to May Beveridge and Morag Breingan for their help with the raffle and the tea and pies - and finally to Margaret Daniels and Peter Duncan for running the bar.

30 members turned out for the Rink night, giving us five rinks of triples. The winning rink was made up of Alec Crocket, Andrew Black and Kennie "Pinky" Young, who were 16 shots up.

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

A Cabaret and Karaoke evening has been arranged for Saturday, 13th June and features our very own Jay Kay. The evening is open to all members and their guests with a ticket price of only £2 per person.

Alva travelled to Dollar for our annual friendly event and despite a mixture of showers, clouds and a wee bit of sunshine, an enjoyable day was had by all. It was a really close game, but Dollar came out on top by four shots.

Dollar Team:

• Alan Geddes, Dennis Fitzgerald, David Gordon, Roy Bell
• Roy Lennon, Stephen Gardener, Peggy Young, Kai Young
• Gordon Duncan, Adam Denney, Matt MacKay, Rosann Duncan
• Peter Duncan, Donald Feguson, Tanya Denney, Lew Diamond Phillips

Another excellent win for the Saturday team!

The Wee County travelled to Ayr for our toughest test yet, to meet an Ayrshire team that beat us by a clear 35 shots last season and went on to win the league. With both clubs having won both of their previous games this season, there was everything to play for.

Clackmannan got off to an excellent start, being 14-1 up after the first end, but Ayr fought back and moved into a narrow lead by the 8th end - a lead they held onto until the final end.

The final score was 130 -120, so only 10 shots in it, but the result leaves the Wee County needing a victory over Stirling County this week at Alloa Co-op, to stay in with a chance of finishing in the top two. Both Dollar representatives, Ian and Ian Inglis retain their starting places for next week's game. C'mon the Wee Coonty!

The following players have been selected to represent Dollar Bowling Club in the forthcoming County Competitions:

We wish all of our County representatives every success in the forthcoming matches.

Kinross took on Alva South this evening at Dollar Bowling Club in the first round of the Balfour Trophy. Alva South took a strong lead and although Kinross came back well towards the final ends, Alva South won the match 47 to 38 and go on to play Orwell in the next round.

Thanks to to David Beveridge for the excellent work done on preparing the green, Roy Lennon, Ian S Inglis, Dennis Fitzgerald, Stephen Gardener, Adam Denney, Kai Young, Gordon Duncan and John Kerr for marking the boards. Thanks also to Rosann Duncan, Peggy Young, Ann Bean and Aileen Denney for their help with the raffle and the tea and pies - and finally to Peter Duncan for running the bar.

The draw for the Mixed Pairs Competition has been made and can be viewed by clicking on the link in the navigation, or if you are too lazy to do that, click here!