Congratulations to John McCourt who recently won the clubs Duncan Morisson memorial trophy.  Below are some photographs of the day.

Well the club 2 bowl triples competition took place recently and with the weather being kind the day ran like clockwork.  The eventual winners on the day were:

Lead -Jim Ferguson

Second – Martin Douglas

Skip – Tam Duffy [  aka Sam Duthie to the local newspaper hacks    ]

Can you spot Sam Duthie???

Well the Scottish Finals games were played recently at the Rock Bowling Club in Dumbarton with the finalists vetting for a chance to play at Northfield in the Scottish Championships.  The Argyle was represented in the Singles competition by Frank Quinn who had shown some excellent bowling throughout the initial rounds and through the district and inter-district finals played some exceptional shots.  So the scene was set for a great evenings entertainment with all the finals taking place on the green.

Frank started steady enough however his opponent took advantage of playing short ends.  With his opponent gaining the upper hand over a number of ends a comfortable lead had been established.  Frank refused to give up and upon winning the jack he lengthened the game and took advantage himself.  The game then became a bit more competitive with each of the players showing good skill in the execution and choice of shots.  Frank slowly pulled back shots however made a fundamental error when he mistakenly threw the jack too long and it ended up in the ditch.

This error gave his opponent the encouragement he needed and with the shortening of the jack took control again and concluded a win shortly afterwards.

Well done Frank on getting this far you did the club and yourself proud.

Senior Fours

Well the club had 3 representatives in the district finals this year with the Senior Fours the first to do battle with their game being played in the afternoon.  The game was played at Dumbarton Bowling Club against a team from Eastfield Bowling Club.  It appeared from the start that Eastfield were handling the green conditions better than Argyle and built up a lead that the Argyle rink were unable to claw back.  So unlucky to the Senior Fours rink.  You did very well getting there in the first place and we are proud that you represented us this far in the competition.

Singles – Represented by Frank Quinn

Frank was drawn to play at Renton Bowling Club  against Townend Bowling Club with the game taking place in the evening.  Several supporters from the club went along to cheer Frank on.  The game started with Frank playing the first few ends and meaning business.  End after end Frank continued to build a commanding lead and consistently producing the better bowls against his opponent.  With this mindset the end was inevitable with Frank winning convincingly 21 shots to 8. Well done Frank.  Keep it going.

Pairs – Rocket and Roadshow

(names changed to protect the innocent)

The Argyle pairing were drawn against a Dumbarton Bowling Club team consisting of Stewart Banks and Michael Connolly with the game being played on the Rock Bowling Club.  The Argyle team started strong and never really looked back taking 6 shots at the first end and with both players playing well slowly built up a commanding lead.  The Argyle skip , known here as “Roadshow”,  produced some exquisite shots on the evening to seal the win.  Final score Argyle 26 – Dumbarton 6

Thanks to the support from the club who came along to cheer the boys to victory and season 2010 marches on for the club.

Keep it going guys….

The photographs from the clubs 4 bowl pairs competition have been uploaded to the Photo Album section of the site.  It can be viewed by clicking HERE

The eventual winners (after a very long day) were Stephen Blair and Frank Lane.  Well done guys.

A small selection of the photos are shown below:

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.