Dollar Bowling Club News

The weather was good for todays fixture against Menstrie, meaning a pleasant afternoon was had by everyone involved in the match. After President Kennie made his speech the game began and although Dollar got off to a good start the match ended up becoming a Menstrie victory ending the afternoon 10 points up. Congratulations to Menstrie President Callum Macleod who won the sweep after a convincing win over President Kennie's rink.

Thank you to everyone involved in helping with the meals and bar.

The teams for the match against Menstrie are as follows:

We wish all the participants the best of luck for the match.

Rink Night - 14 members turned out for the first Rink night of the 2010 season. The winning Triples was made up of Kennie Young, Peter Duncan and John Kerr who were 17 shots up. 

Todays match against Kinross was called off due to flooding of Kinross's green. We wish to thank everybody who entered to play the match and apologise for the short notice Kinross gave for the cancelation.

Saturday the 17th of April seen the opening of Dollar Bowling Clubs green. 29 members turned up for the opening and the afternoon play started at 14:30 with May Beveridge throwing the first bowl, as President Kennie Young's wife Peggy was stuck in Tenerife due to the Icelandic Volcano. The match was played over 14 ends with Vice President Peter Duncan emerging victorious.

In the evening there was a disco put together by the President and the Social Conveynor, Kai Young, to celebrate the Green reopening. Thank you to everybody who helped throughout the day and made the day enjoyable.

The Dollar AGM was held on Tuesday the 16th February 2010, at 7.30PM.

At the AGM a lot of important points were discussed but the main conversation of the night was the election of committee members. Kennie Young agreed to stay on as President for another year, with Peter Duncan remaining as Vice President. May Beveridge resumes her position of Club Secretary and Alan Geddes takes another year as Treasurer. Dennis Fitzgerald and Kai Young return as the Fabrics and Social Convener's respectively. The new elections of the committee were John Kerr is the new Match Secretary, taking over from Roy Lennon and Kai Young is the new Bar Convenor, taking over from Peter Duncan.

Full details of the minutes of the meeting will be available on the notice board.

16 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning Pair was made up of Gordon Duncan and Matt McKay who were 21 shots up. Here are the standings for the final Weekly Points Table:

Congratulations to Gordon who won the Rink night. It was a close one between Gordon and Alan who were both in the running for top spot, Unfortunatley for Alan, who was 17 shots up, Gordon had the better game on the night, winning by 21 shots.  Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

17 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning Pair was made up of Kennie Young and Kai Young who were 9 shots up. The top of the Weekly Points Table:

With one week left to go there are 3 people in the running for the title! The competition is getting more and more heated as the competition comes to its end. Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

18 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning Triples was made up of Adam Denney, May Beveridge and David Taylor who were 12 shots up. The top of the Weekly Points Table:

Well done to Gordon for retaining the top spot of the table! The competition is getting more and more heated as the competition comes to its end, with Gordon having his lead being shaved down to just one point! Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

14 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning pairs was made up of Ann Bean and Peter Duncan who were 14 shots up. The top of the Weekly Points Table:

Well done to Gordon for retaining the top spot of the table! The competition is getting more and more heated as the competition comes to its end, with Gordon slowly pulling away from the best of the group! Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

12 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning pairs was made up of Roseann Duncan and Ian G Inglis who were 8 shots up. The top of the Weekly Points Table:

Well done to Gordon for retaining the top spot of the table! The competition is getting more and more heated as the competition comes to its end, with Gordon slowly pulling away from the best of the group! Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

18 members turned out for the Rink night. The winning triples was made up of Magaret Daniels, Matt Mckay and David Taylor who were 10 shots up. The top of the Weekly Points Table:

Well done to Gordon for retaining the top spot of the table! The competition is getting more and more heated as the competition comes to its end, with no clear winner yet! Although there is no prize for the top Lady, as the rink night is a joint competition, here is the Ladies Weekly Points Table.

We would like to express our greatest thanks to everybody involved and who came to supoprt on Saturday. The day and night were both very successful and alot of money was raised for asthma UK. A full detailed report on all money raised will be posted shortly.