The New Reporter
Alan & Marion Crighton are familar faces around Gourock Park these days and their Daughter, Zoe (aged 11 and a bit)
wrote her very own Gourock Park News which you can see below. Maybe I had better invite Zoe onto the 'Staff' at Gourock Park.com?
Greenock & District Mixed Pairs update 17th June
The Semi-Finals of this event took place on 16th June and the results were as follows-
Leslie/Bruce 16 v. Ramsay/Buchan 13
Johnstone/Cunninhgam 17 v. Creighton/Duffy 15
The Final and 3rd Place play-off will take place on 24th @ Grosvenor, 6.45.
The Bremmer Trophy was played on Saturday 4th June at Gourock Park and was won by John Ellis, Marion Crighton, Irene Gillies and Graham Hair. They finished 22 shots up over Dan Kelly, Alexis Boffey, Norma Ramsay and Andy Kearns
Graham, Marion, Irene and John. Bremner Trophy Winners 2011
The Nancy Rennie Trophy was played for recently and was won by Carol Mc Monagle, Connor Wilson & Terry Duffy. Runners up was Agnes Blaikie, John Reid & Sanny Ballantyne.
The latest report from Zoe Crighton (aged 11 and a bit)
27th June 2011
The Renfrewshire Championships took place over Saturday and Sunday. On the Saturday at Paisley Victoria, Wellington won the Sponsored Fours with an extra end victory over Kingswood. Wellington's Rink was C Nixon, J Fleming, M McAuley & R Glover. Also on the Saturday was the Under 45's Final and this was won by Paisley Vic with a single shot victory over Barrhead.
Then onto Sunday. Did not plan on attending as was booked on a photography course elsewhere, but bad weather lead to a cancellation, which allowed for me to head for Mount Florida. A more detailed report will be submitted by John Freeburn, but in the meantime the results where as follows. Singles- Martin Bain (Croftfoot) 21 v 8 David Houston (Ralston); Junior Singles-
Graeme Irvine (Barrhead) 21 v 18 John Fleming Jnr (Wellington Park); Pairs was won by S Grainger and W Buchan of Lady Alice, they defeated J Booth & A Watson of Croftfoot. Caledonia's Triples defeated Grosvenor's H Munro, Jim McKinnon and Frank Lyne by 15 v 6; JG Fleming beat Cardonald in the Seniors and finally GOUROCK PARK'S Iain O Neill, Alan Crighton, Iain MacSwan and Joda Reid were worthy winners of Paisley Victoria to claim the Fours.
Can you come up with a funny caption for this picture of Hamish? Join in with the comments on Facebook. No prizes! Just a bit of lighted hearted fun. Hamish you can join in too! I might just make this a regular feature, due to the amount of photos I manage to capture on my travels.
RBA Fours Champions 2011
Alan Crighton, Iain O Neill, Iain MacSwan & Joda Reid
30th June G&D Update
Yvonne Johnstone and Alex. Cunningham won the G&D Mixed Pairs on Friday 24th June. after defeating Wilma Leslie and Raymond Bruce by 18 v 17. Third place went to Norma Ramsay and William Buchan who beat Marion Crighton & Terry Duffy by 15 v 13
The G&D Top Ten was won by Gourock BC with a narrow victory over Grosvenor. The Score and shots were equal at 4 v 4 and 57shots all, but Gourock took the trophy thanks to Glen Greenway's Singles Victory over Alan Bradley by 21 v 8.
July 20th 2011
The Jimmy Riddell Juniors Open takes place in August and the application form can be downloaded below!
The G&D Young Bowlers 2011
This event sponsored by Mr & Mrs Sandy Reddy was played for at Gourock Park on 24th July. The bowling on display was excellent and the weather was brilliant for players and spectators. The latter stages results are listed below
Semi Finals
Tiffany McClure Gourock Park 5 shots v. Mark Boyle Lady Alice 8 shots
John Fleming Wellington Park 9 shots v. Shaun Griffen Lady Alice 8 shots
Final was between John Fleming and Mark Boyle which John Fleming won by 6 shots to 2.
Congratulations to John and well done to all the players on an enjoyable day.
Wellington Park's John Fleming is presented with the G&D Young Bowlers Trophy by Mr & Mrs Reddy
Runner-up Mark Boyle Lady Alice
Gourock Park's Tiffany McClure
Shaun Griffin Lady Alice
July 29th July
Ardgowan Hospice
This was played at Ardgowan BC on Thursday 28th July and was won by a Rink from Gourock Park, Terry Duffy, Alex McIlravey, Alex Cunningham and Michael Stevenson finished 19 shots up over a Rink from Lady Alice. Runners up were Gourock, their Rink finished 13 up over a Kilmacolm Rink.
I was informed that the the last time a Rink from Gourock Park won this was 21 years ago! So a very well done to the Rink.
Terry Duffy, Michael Stevenson, Alex Cunningham & Alex McIlravey
Congratulations to the Ladies of Gourock Park, who have won the Greenock & District League. I will try to capture a picture of the winning team when they are presented with the trophy at their Finals Day.
The Bowls Scotland Championships are ongoing this week, results can be found using the links on the 'home' page of this site.
The Gents G&D League will come to a conclusion next Tuesday and there are still four clubs in contention for the Title. Victoria are a point ahead of Gourock Park, but their last game is a tricky game against Port Glasgow who sit in third place. Grosvenor will be hoping that they can take all 12 points from Kilmacolm and that they can grab the title should other results go their way.
Scottish Association of Blind Bowlers Ladies Championships coming to Greenock.
Ardgowan Club are delighted to be holding the S.A.B.B. Ladies Championships from 2nd August to 4th August.
The playing times for the Ladies championships are:-
2nd August 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30pm - 3.30pm
3rd August 10am - 12noon, 1pm - 3pm, 3.20pm - 5.20pm
4th August 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30pm - 3.30pm.
Partially Sighted Mixed Championships
2nd August 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30pm - 3.30pm
3rd August 10am - 12noon, 1pm - 3pm, 3.20pm - 5.20pm
Totally Blind Championships:-
2nd August 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.30pm - 3.30pm
3rd August 10am - 12noon.
The Opening ceremony will be taking place at approximately 10am on the 2nd August. The S.A.B.B. and Ardgowan would like to welcome any spectators that are interested in coming along to watch a very high standard of bowling and the very interesting way in which the bowlers are able to adjust and adapt to their disabilities. Anyone interested in finding out more please feel free to contact Ardgowan Club on 01475 723418.
10th August 2011
Congratulations to Ryan Kearns on winning the Dunoon Open Junior Singles
The Wood Shield was played for recently and was won by Alan Crighton, Gary Bradley, Robert Harron and Sam Blaikie with a 10 shots victory over Tommy Monkhouse, John McCartney, Sanny Ballentyne and Jimmy Bradley. The Rink will now play in next year's Ardgowan Hospice Game.
31st August 2011
Jordan Crawford and Ian O Neil won the Rose Bowl Pairs after a convincing victory of John McMonagle and Graham Hair.
The Finals of the the Nominated Pairs and Non Prizewinners Singles will take place on Thursday evening. The Main event, the Club Championship takes place on Friday.
Jordan and Iain after their win!
5th September 2011
With the Season coming to a close for another year, the last remaining Finals are now being played at Gourock Park. Recently we have had the Finals of the Non Prizewinner Singles, Nominated Pairs and Mathie Pairs.
The Non Prizewinners was won by Phil Owens with a strong victory over Sanny Ballentyne. The Nominated Pairs was won by Gordon MacFarlane and Robert Harron with a hard fought victory over Joda and Rodger Lynn. The Mathie Pairs was won by Andy Kearns(Jnr) and Ian O Neil, who had also recently also won the Rose Bowl Pairs, to record a fine double.
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The Four Bowl Ladies Singles Final was also recently played and this saw Marion Crighton win a major title in her first full season at the Park. She fought hard to get the better of Nan Hair and won by 21 v 17
Nan & Marion
