Bainfield Bowling and Social Club

Bowling Diary

by Co-ordinator Alex Cumming

Sep-Oct-Nov 2005

On 24th and 25th September at Bodelwyddan Castle Hotel in North Wales, the British International Senior Championship took place between all four home countries and our own Alex Ross was chosen as one of Scotland's skips.

I received a report from Team Manager Ian Stirling, who was delighted with the teams performance and his comments were "It was great to get back to winning ways after two years in the wilderness and the future for our seniors is very bright indeed".

Scotland has now  won the series four times out of seven.

Our successful team was as follows -

 ( * Newcomer)

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At this time of year our winners from last indoor season go out to represent Bainfield in Scottish ties and I will give you a report on how they fared.

Ladies National Singles           Heather Stoddart - Lost in First round

Ladies National Junior Singles Mandy O'Donnell - Won 1st game, Lost in 2nd round

Ladies National Triples - Sheila Fisher, Eileen Lauder, Muriel Old - Won 1st game, Lost in 2nd round

Ladies 2 Bowl National Pairs - Ann Watson & Anna Anderson  - Play on 20th November

Ladies National Fours - A Robertson, R Pettigrew, I Lindsay, S Smeal - Lost at Qtr Final stage

Ladies 4 Bowl National Pairs - To be played on 3rd-4th December at West Lothian IBC

The Bainfield men have been out at various venues around Scotland playing their Scottish Ties and below is a short report:- 

Gents National Singles           Craig Moss - Lost in First round at Aberdeen.

Gents National Junior Singles Craig Moss - Won 1st game, but beaten in 2nd round at Perth

Gents National Triples - Raymond Milne, Alan Brown and Barry Hill - Were beaten in Quarter Final .

Gents National Fours - Keith Mitchell, Chris Steven, David Poole and Alan Poole - were beaten in 1st round versus Glasgow at Headwell.

Gents 4 Bowl National Pairs - Chris Steven and Jamie Gracie will play their first game at Midlothian on 3rd December.

Gents 2 Bowl National Pairs - Gavin Smith and David Beeson Play on 20th November

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Two of Bainfield's most promising bowlers Mandy O'Donnell and Kathryn Crombie have been selected to take part in the Junior International Trial to be held at West Of Scotland I.B.C on Sunday 27th November (12 Noon to 4pm). Everyone at Bainfield wishes both girls the very best of luck on the day.

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A few weeks ago Bainfield entertained Prestwick and won by 94 shots to 48, in one of the best games seen at the stadium for years. The delight shown on the faces of the Team Manager, John Bell, and selector Derek O'Connor was there for all to see.

 The rink scores were as follows

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On Saturday 22nd October Bainfield travelled to East Lothian and, after a brave show, only lost be 8 shots in another very high quality game.

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On Saturday 12th November at Bainfield we entertained Paisley and after a tight game till the halfway stage we pulled away to a comfortable win by 102 shots to 70.

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In the gents evening leagues four friends from the Edinburgh club joined Bainfield a couple of years ago, formed a team in Division 10 and are currently top of division 6 with 16 points out of 18. They are Bob Linton (skip), Falconer Mitchell, Charlie Skerrett and Brian Lockhart. I wish them well for the future.

I must apologise to Willie McNair for omitting him from my last newsletter, naming all the bowlers who put in a power of work for the club. Willie who is a past president of the club and also a former singles champion, runs all the Sunday fun games throughout the summer season. He arrives about 10am to set everything up and does not get home until after the presentation of prizes about six o'clock in the evening. 

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The final of the men's two bowl pairs was played a few weeks ago and was won by Gavin smith & David Beeson who defeated Alan and Ian Mowat over 3 sets. The game was a cliff-hanger which went the full distance, as the Mowat twins were lying game when Gavin smith drew the winning shot. Congratulations to all four players for a brilliant game.

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Bainfield Gents Senior Team

Currently the over 60s seniors are third in the league below  both East Lothian and Balbardie. The last four games - they have lost to Tweedbank away from home, lost to East Lothian at home. Won against Portobello home and away and won at West Lothian away.

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The Scottish Team Championship at Headwell IBC Dunfermline

Bainfield win 6-2 against East Fife and go through to next round on 20th November.

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The following Bainfield bowlers have been selected for Junior International Trials on Sunday 27th November at West of Scotland I.B.C:-

Paul O'Donnell, Chris Stevens, Jamie Gracie, Colin Hutchison, Craig Moss

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Other great news that came through is that Colin Mitchell has been selected for the Commonwealth Games Team.

(Congratulations to all of the above).