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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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