Well the early morning rain cleared, the sun shone and with a good turnout of members the scene was set for the 2010 John McNaughton Trophy competition to take place.  The format of the day was the team you picked your disc for was the same team for all the games.  All each member had to do was remember their own number.  This task in itself seemed like answering questions on mastermind to some but the day progressed well.   The competitors were informed that the format would be 4 games of 5 ends with the top 2 teams meeting in the final.

Pat O'Reilly, Roddy Brown and Jim Beaton

After the initial nerves of the first few ends the members took the competition (and refreshments) to heart and had a most enjoyable day.  The rink banter was also flowing well with comment after comment being made with a view to “encouraging” your opponents or trying to gain the upper hand in the mind games.

Shot of the day must go to Liam Scullion. The scene was set….1 shot against him, 3 second shots and Liam had the final bowl.  His keen eye and skill (some say it is just LUCK) saw his bowl turn out the shot to leave his team lying 4 shots all within 3 inches of the jack and to rapturous applause from his fellow team mates although the time was 4:55pm and the competition started at 2pm this was the “First Good Bowl” Liam had apparently played ALL DAY.  Better late than never Liam.  Still – he went home a happy camper.

The overall victors on the day were a triple that consisted of Pat O’Reilly, Roddy Brown and Jim Beaton (super skip as he likes to be known).  Well done to everyone who turned up to play and supported the event and to the match secretary for making the day run as smooth as possible.

As for those who had a bad day – never mind you can always blame it on your skip!!!

Thanks also go to the ladies who provided the hot food for the members to enjoy.  Your assistance is appreciated.

More Photographs of the days events are in the Photo Album section of the site or clicking here.

Harry Ballantyne Trophy

Members are reminded that for this competition you name MUST be entered prior to the game taking place on Saturday 17th April.  It is anticipated a large number of entries will be received so please make sure you arrive for the game on-time.

The competition is due to start at 1pm however please check in the clubhouse for any changes to this should the number of entrants determine an earlier start time.

Thank you.

The Ladies section officially opened their 2010 season on Sunday 11th April.  Ladies Committee, Main Section President and Vice-President were invited onto the green as the Ladies President Michelle made her speech and invited her father John Deignan to officially throw the silver jack and the first 2 bowls of the season.

With the Jack successfully delivered John then threw the first bowl of season 2010 to the applause of all members and by-standers with it coming to rest a few inches from the jack.  The second bowl however was not as close……with a WRONG BIAS being thrown!!!!

Oh Well…..lets hope its not an omen for things to come for John….or there will be queues of people looking to play him in the seasons competitions ahead.

The club enjoyed its first win of season 2010 on Saturday 10th April with 6 teams competing against the Renton Bowling Club in the annual friendly match.  The game was held again at the Renton Bowling Club again this year due to our lack of an official “clubhouse” and their hospitality was again second to none.

The weather played its part in the days events as well with an almost “tropical” temperatures in place and no doubt a few drinks were sunk to quench the thirsts on the day as well.  The Argyle club recorded an overall victory of over 20+ shots over the 6 rinks with Andy “the road-show” Kane skipping the most successful rink for the Argyle on the day.

Full Team Selection and results:

Team (Score)

F.Quinn, W.McDonald, S.Martin, J.Fleming (-2)

J.Donnelly, D.Purdy, J.Beaton, M.Douglas (+10)

A.Kane, W.Stewart, J P.Brennan, R.Sommerville (+22)

A.O’Neill, J.Brennan, J.Molloy, T.Williamson (+1)

J.Dickson, T.Taylor, Wm.Scullion, J.Scullion (even)

C.McEwan, G.Whyte, W.Bell, J.Donnolly #2 (-2)

Well done to all concerned and lets build on this result throughout the season ahead.

Members are reminded that the Renton friendly game will take place on Saturday 10th April at the Renton Bowling Club.  If you wish to be considered for selection for this game you MUST add your name to the sheet in the cub house.

No name – No Game

Photos from the 2010 opening day that were sent by members have been posted to the Photo Albums page on the site.

The album can be viewed by clicking HERE