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Club News


Welcome to the Club news page, here the various sections of the club can post news of forthcoming events and the stories of our Players successes in the various competitions.

OPENING DAY

Friday 11th April 2008 opens the season 2008 for Kingswood, The president's good lady with throw the traditional bowls to signal the start of the playing season.

All members and their partners are most welcome - please note club uniform for all members!

The opening dance will be on the 12th and again all members and their partners are welcome.

FEE NIGHTS

Its time once again for the collection of the fees, Tuesday 11th and Thursday 13th March are the designated evenings between 7.30 and 9.30.

THE START OF THE NEW SEASON

On the 18th February, Kingswood held its AGM for full members, the new President John Reilly was presented with his badge and Alex Bell was elected Vice President for the 2008/2009 season.

There was also the new committee was elected and we were sorry to see Gordon Elwood, George Baxter, Rod Harvey and David Grieg leave the committee. They were replaced by Eddie Davies. Stuart McLaren and Arthur O'Kane.

Davy Paterson, who had was the Property Convenor decided to give up this position and Andy Johnson was proposed as the new Convenor, plus Alistair Kyle who has been the Honorary Match Secretary also stood down and Charlie Boyle was confirmed as the new Match Secretary.

The saddest loss of the night was the decision by Graham Clark to resign as the Honorary Secretary, a position he'd held for the past ten years. Mike George was elected as the new Honorary Secretary and he will have a hard act to follow.

Two new honorary members were elected to the club, Jim Reece and Graham Clark, both of these members have given great service to the Club.

We are currently short of three committee members, so if you'd like to become part of the team that manages the club, speak to one of the Trustees

THE END OF 2007

Shortly the new year will be with us, and we'll all say good bye to 2007 and welcome in 2008.

What will 2008 bring for us, a new President and Vice President, new Committee members and hopefully another successful year for the Club.

The New Years Dance will be held on the 31st in the Club, and only ticket holders will be in the main hall. Please note your reserved seats are only kept until 8.30pm and no admittance to the club after 10.00pm.

NEWS...NEWS...CHRISTMAS PARTY

The 2007 Xmas dance was held in the club on the 22nd, with Back Street providing great entertainment a fantastic night was has by the luck ticket holders.

NEWS...NEWS...SPONSORED SUB CRAWL

The sub-crawl in aid of Crohn's Disease was a great success, the money raised through sponsorship, nearest the time taken competition and donations has raised about £1,200 so far with more to be collected.

We also got a great write-up in the "Rutherglen Reformer" with pictures of most of those who took part.

So thanks to all those to took part, who sponsored or donated.

NEWS...NEWS...SPONSORED SUB-CRAWL

About 12 members of the club are planning a Sub-Crawl on the Glasgow Underground on the 29th October. Its in aid of Crohn's Disease which a number of members or relatives of members suffer from.

You can help in 2 ways, complete the sponsor sheets at the Bar or complete your entry from the "GUESS THE TIME" competition. All monies will go to the charity.

NEWS...NEWS...CLOSING DAY

Its hard to believe, but Closing Day is upon us once more. The season is finished, the trophies have been won and lost. One Saturday 6th October, President Jerry will bring the 2007 season to its climax.

Then we are into the closed season, with an empty clubhouse Monday to Thursday as most of the bowlers are away to the indoor.

NEWS...NEWS...The Bye-Bye Final

Sunday 30th Septembers, the final of the Bye-Bye Cup was fought out today between A Farrell and A McLeod, Adam was the eventual winner.

NEWS...NEWS...Bill Sim Trophy

The 2007 Bill Sim Trophy was won today Saturday 29th Sept by J Wood and A Burton after beating B Docherty and A Graham in the final.

NEWS...NEWS...Kingswood Finals Start

The 2007 Season finals started today 25th August, with the Championship, Vice Presidents and the Under 45's being contested. David Greig beat Willie Watson in the Championship, Kenny Kyle beat Malky Mayer in the Vice Presidents and John Redmond beat Davy Hutchinson in the Under 45's.

NEWS....NEWS....Kingswood Ladies Invitation Triples

The ladies of kingswood held their Annual Invitation Triples on Sunday 19th, which from the reports was a great day, though after the almost constant downpour in the previous 24 hours, its a credit to the Greenkeeper and the Contractors that the greens were playable.

NEWS...NEWS...Kingswood Win the Glasgow Cup

Kingswood has won the 2007 Glasgow Cup. There will be a Special Match of 11 ends between the Kingswood Team (A Bellshaw, A Burton, C Duncan, O English, J Erskine, A Fulton, T Gemmell, B Gilroy, W Graham, B Holland, D Hutchinson, W Hutchinson, M McManaman, W McMillan, W Philp, R Purvis, W Rankin, J Redmond, J Reilly, C Robertson, R Waddell, W Watson and T Wyper) versus a GBA Select.

The game starts at 6.30pm. This will be followed by a snack and the presentation of the winners medals and the Cup to President Gerry Docherty.

There is guaranteed to be drink flowing all night.

NEWS...NEWS...Fairs Pairs a great success.

The "Fairs Pairs" were held a the club today (14th July) and with 72 members taking part the day was insured to be a great competition.

36 teams, including 31 mixed and 5 all male, played 5 ends per game from 10am in windy conditions, thankfully the rain held off.

The winners of each section plus the two highest up teams went into a knockout round with the eventual winners winners being Mrs P Smith and Gordon Whitehill were presented with the trophy.

The highest up male team of G Docherty and K Kyle were presented with a bottle each.

NEWS...NEWS...Ladies pipped at the post

The Ladies Triples of, June Fearon, Sheila Cumming and Cathe Reid lost in the Semi Finals on Sunday morning, the other Ladies lost their matches on Friday. But we still made the S.W.B.A. National Championships again. So Ladies the rest of the Kingswood member's are extremely proud of your fantastic achievements..

NEWS...NEWS...Book your bus for Northfield on 6th July

The ladies are organising a bus for Friday 6th July to bring a large support from the Club. The cost is approx £8.50, see the notice in the Clubhouse.

NEWS...NEWS...Ladies at Northfield - Sunday 10th June

The Ladies Fours, Pairs and 2 ball Pairs are in action at Croftfoot today in the Glasgow District Finals. The Ladies 4 bowl Pairs of Cath Gemmel and Angela Boyle, the Ladies Fours, Barbara Wills, Liz Wood, Margaret McIlveen and Chris Holland were successful in reaching Northfield while the 2 bowl pairs of Anne Johnson and Betty Charleson were the runners up in the SWBA Glasgow Finals.

The celebrations equaled those on Wednesday but the hangovers were worth it!

NEWS...NEWS...Open Four Competition - Saturday 9th June

On a beautiful Saturday, 28 teams commenced the 2007 Kingswood Open Four Competition, this annual competition, sponsored by Scottish Brewers, draws teams from far and wide including teams from Edinburgh, Lanark and East Kilbride. The four sections of seven teams played six games of five ends each.

The first semi-finals was between Halfway and Daziel with the second between Busby and Garrowhill. Each Semi Final was over 6 ends. Daziel and Garrowhill met in the final with Garrowhill winning. Busby was third and Halfway were fourth.

NEWS...NEWS...Ladies Triples Successful - Wednesday 6th June 2007

The Ladies Triples of June Fearon, Sheila Cumming and Cathe Reid were successful today in reaching the Scottish Championships at Northfield. Much celebrating was heard from the clubhouse

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