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Helensburgh Bowling Club was established in 1861 and has a long and successful history. The club situated at the top end of Sinclair Street, boasts of two greens surrounded by ideal viewing areas, and a clubhouse, which gives a panoramic view of both greens. The membership hovers around the 200 mark with active Juniors, Ladies and Gents sections. We are always looking for members who would like to play the game, and offer a reduced first year fee, who has not played bowls before, should they join. Come along and see the facilities and talk to us if you are interested. |
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The annual mixed Triples event sponsored by Mrs Christine and Don Lilley took place at the club on Sunday 29th August commencing at 1.00pm. The teams of triples were again divided into two sections and played games against each other over 6 ends.
When the section games were complete the winners of the red section, who dropped only one point from their games, were Marge Mac Kenzie, Claire Macindoe and Duncan Mc Killop (Skip), who finished one point ahead of the triple skipped by Norman McLean. The blue section was astonishing in that all the teams were beating one another to the extent that the Triple of Rhona Jay, Liz Smith and Allan Howie qualified for the final with only four points, one ahead of other triples in the section.
The final started very well indeed for the Duncan McKillop skipped triple who scored 3 shots at the first end to give them the advantage. Try as they may the Allan  Howie skipped triple, who were playing good bowls, could not match the winning triple of Marge, Claire and Duncan the skip, who won the trophy for 2010 comfortably.
The Pictures show the winners and Runners Up in the Competition |
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 Our own, Iain Macleod, ended what has been a fantastic season in the club where he won three singles trophies, including the Championship and Senior Championship. Iain further added to his achievements this weekend when he added the GBA Champion of Champions where he defeated Lenny Prow of Rhu BC 21 shots to 18 in the Final, he then added the GBA Senior Champion of Champions to his tally when he defeated Joe Carr, again from Rhu BC, by 21 shots to 15. Well done to Iain a magnificent Ambassador for the club.
In the other Finals two Cardross Ladies also completed the double for their club when Jaqui Waltham won the Champion of Champions by defeating Sylva Waldie form Garelochhead 21 shots to 12, whilst Eleanor Graham added the Senior Champion of Champions title to the Cardross tally by defeating Nanette Hazlett from Cove & Kilcreggan by 21 shots to 9. The Junior Championships was won by Graham Cameron from Cove & Kilcreggan who defeated Natalie Sharp from Colgrain 21 shots to 20 in what was an excellent game. A great day for Bowling in the Gareloch area
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The Reid MacIntyre Trophy, seeded Mixed drawn Triples was played from Monday 17th to Thursday 19th August.The aim of the competition is to mix the new comers, ladies and gents, with the experienced players and hence give experience to all who played in the competition.
The competition attracted a very good entry of Triples and was played off in two sections, over the three days, playing 6 ends in each game.
After the section games the triples of Liz Smith, John Martin and Stephen Hepton Skip from the  Red Section who finished on 6 points from a possible 8, and from the blue section Dorothy Robertson, Mary Leech and Stewart Cattanach Skip who finished with maximum 8 points from their games, qualified to contest the final.
In the final played on Thursday the Stewart Cattanach triple got off to a tremendous start scoring a 4 at the first end, the Stephen Hepton triple then scored a 1, only for Stewart and his team to follow this scoring a 1 also. The Hepton led triple then fought their way back into game scoring a 3 to bring the score to 5 shots to 4, The Cattanach skipped triple added a further shot to go into the last end leading by 6 shots to 4. The last end saw the fortunes of the two team’s change almost every end, with the skips having only one bowl each to play, the Hepton Triple was lying 2 shots to force the  game into an extra end, Stewart Cattanach had different ideas reduced the shots against to 1 with his last bowl. Stephen Hepton played his last bowl which just failed to change the head and the Dorothy Robertson, Mary Leech and Stewart Cattanach Triple won the trophy by the narrowest of margins 6 shots to 5. An excellent final, nice to see new faces winning trophies. |
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