Monday 17th – Hat Night Cancelled
As the second XVI game last night ,was rained off it will now be played on Monday 17th. This means there will be no hat night, which will now take place on Sunday 16th Instead
CBC – Events Week 8
Dear Members,
Please read the attached document which details the bowling events involving our Club during the week beginning Monday 10 June.
Firstly, big congratulations to Rebecca Rutherford who won the Bowls Scotland District Ladies’ Junior Singles last Saturday at Bainfield and will now represent the Club at the National Finals at Ayr in July. Well done, Rebecca.
The Ladies’ Captain’s Charity Pairs competition will take place on Sunday 16 June starting at 10.00am. We are sure everyone involved will have a great day.
On the Seniors’ front, three of our representatives in the ELBA competitions won last Friday and will now be in action next Friday afternoon. The Pairs will be at Sighthill, the Triples play at Postal and the Fours will be at Mayfield. All the best, guys.
Our Triples (Bernie Callaghan, Clint Cassidy and Mark Hewitt) will take on Mayfield B.C. at Carrickknowe in the semi-final of the Bowls Scotland Districts at 6.45pm on Tuesday 11 June. Please try to get along to Carrickknowe to support the team. Best of luck, boys.
Our Gents’ ELBA Pairs (Clint Cassidy and Mark Hewitt) will be in action against Brunstane B.C. at Trinity on Thursday evening at 7.00pm. Good luck, guys.
The final of the Bowls Scotland District Mixed Pairs will be held at Sighthill on Sunday 16 June at 6.00pm. Hopefully, our team (Pat Reid and Jimmy Sutherland) will be involved. If so, please try to get along to support them if you can.
We are hosting the semi-finals of the Bowls Scotland District Gents’ Junior Singles on Monday 10 June at 6.45pm and the other Gents’ competitions on Tuesday 11 June also at 6.45pm. Please come along to the Club to see some of the best bowlers in our District in action.
On Saturday 16 June, we will be competing in the EBL Charity Triples competition at Willowbrae starting at 9.45am. All the best to Ricky Stevens, John Greig and Andy Innes.
Finally, a few reminders :
CBC – Events Week 7
Dear Members,
Please read the attached document which details the bowling events involving our Club during the week beginning Monday 3 June.
Firstly, we are hosting the Bowls Scotland Ladies’ Senior Singles Qualifiers on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June starting at 10.30am on both days. Our two representatives, Chris Bentley and Theresa Blair, play each other in the first round on Saturday morning and one will have (hopefully) another two games on Sunday to qualify for the semi-finals later in June. Good luck, girls. In addition, we have two teams in the Bowls Scotland Ladies’ Senior Fours at Sighthill on Saturday and Sunday. One rink will take on Currie B.C. at 10.30am while the other is in action against Carrickknowe B.C. at 2.00pm on the Saturday and, if successful, they will have games on the Sunday. All the best, ladies.
Our Ladies are also involved in the semi-finals of their East of Scotland competitions with the Singles (Theresa Blair) and the Fours both at Juniper Green on Tuesday afternoon. Good luck, ladies.
The next round of the EWBA Top Ten will take place on Monday 3 June with our Ladies at Colinton at 2.00pm. All the best, girls.
On the Seniors’ front, our Singles (Jim Connor) will be taking part in the Quarter-Final of the Bowls Scotland Senior competition against Carrickknowe B.C. at Bainfield on Monday afternoon. All the best, Jim. In addition, our Fours will be in action against Sighthill B.C. at Colinton on Monday afternoon. Good luck, guys.
In the ELBA Seniors’ competitions, the Singles (Jim Connor) will play Slateford B.C. at Braid, the Pairs take on Summerside B.C. at Juniper Green, the Triples will be in action against Blackhall B.C. at Whitehouse & Grange and the Fours will be at Brunstane all on Friday afternoon. Also, the annual Bob Horsham Cup will be contested on Friday 7 June. We are sure that a good day will be had by all.
Our representatives in the Gents’ Bowls Scotland Pairs, Triples and Fours continue their campaigns with matches at West End and two at Parkside on Tuesday evening at 6.45pm.
Our Gents’ ELBA Pairs were unable to play their tie last Thursday evening because of the weather and will now replay this match at Ardmillan on Monday evening at 7.00pm. If successful, they will then play at Liberton on Thursday evening. In addition, our Triples and Fours are in action at Juniper Green and Colinton respectively on Thursday evening at 7.00pm. All the best, guys.
Our team in the Bowls Scotland Mixed Pairs (Pat Reid and Jimmy Sutherland) have been given a ‘walkover’ in their tie scheduled for Sunday 2 June and will now play in the semi-final on our green at 6.00pm on Sunday 9 June. All the best to Pat and Jimmy. Please try to get along to the Club to support them.
CBC – Events Week 6
Dear Members,
Please read the attached document which details the bowling events involving our Club during the week beginning Monday 27 May.
Our representative in the Ladies Bowls Scotland Singles (Chris Bentley) will take Sighthill B.C. at Bainfield on Saturday morning and, if successful, will progress to the next round also at Bainfield on Saturday afternoon. Good luck, Chris. On the same day, at the same venue, Rebecca Rutherford will take on Carrickknowe B.C. in the final of the Ladies’ Junior Singles at 2.00pm. All the best, Rebecca.
On the Seniors’ front, our remaining Bowls Scotland Singles representative (Jim Connor) will be involved in his next round tie on Monday afternoon at West End against Currie B.C. All the best, Jim. In addition, both of our Rinks are in action against Bainfield B.C. at Slateford and Sighthill B.C. at Whitehouse & Grange respectively also on Monday afternoon. Good luck, guys. We also have our Four competing in the Edinburgh & Leith B.A. (ELBA) Seniors next Friday afternoon at 2.00pm against Bainfield B.C. at Ardmillan. All the best, boys.
Our Gents’ Singles (Bobby Brown), Pairs, Triples and Fours are all in action in the next round of the Bowls Scotland competitions at Colinton against Carrickknowe B.C., at Slateford against Juniper Green B.C., at Colinton against Lutton Place B.C. and at Currie against Bainfield B.C. respectively on Tuesday evening at 6.45pm. In addition, our ELBA Pairs take on Braid B.C. at Ardmillan and our Fours are in action against Juniper Green B.C. at Slateford both on Thursday evening at 7.00pm. Please try to get along to support the teams if you can. All the best, guys.
Hopefully, our representatives in the Bowls Scotland Mixed Pairs (Pat Reid and Jimmy Sutherland) will be in action in their quarter-final tie at 6.00pm on Sunday 2 June at Carrickknowe.
Please note that we are hosting an Aero Bowls ‘roadshow’ led by the world-famous Alex Marshall on Sunday 2 June at 1.00pm. Alex will have bowls and bowling accessories to try out on the day. In addition, one lucky winner of the raffle will be able to have a few ends against him in a wee ‘challenge’ match. Come along next Sunday and get a chance to meet our multiple-times World Champion. Family, friends and neighbours also very welcome!!
CBC – Events Week 5
Dear Members,
Can we first of all remind everyone that unless specifically authorised, play is not allowed on the green, during the week, until 11am. Please respect the morning start times, clearly laid out in in Tie Booking sheets, which are there for a number of operational reasons relating to work on the green and certain health & safety issues.
Please read the attached document which details the bowling events involving our Club during the week beginning Monday 20 May.
On Saturday 25 May, our Ladies’ Bowls Scotland Triples take on Beechwood B.C. at Currie at 10.30 am and , if successful, will then have another game on the Sunday morning also at Currie. All the best, girls. In addition, our Ladies’ East of Scotland campaigns start this week with the Singles at Blackhall and the Fours at Balerno on Tuesday afternoon while the Pairs take on Carrickknowe B.C. at Juniper Green and the Triples have a match against Juniper Green B.C. at Currie on Thursday afternoon. Good luck, ladies. Finally, our Ladies’ Top Ten will be in action away to Wardie B.C. on Monday afternoon. All the best, girls.
Our Bowls Scotland Seniors’ representatives in the Singles (Bernie Callaghan and Jim Connor) will both be in action at Merchiston against Lutton Place B.C. and at Sighthill against Slateford B.C. respectively on Monday afternoon. All the best, guys. In addition, our Bowls Scotland Senior Fours representatives will be at Parkside and Coltbridge respectively on Monday afternoon with games against Braid B.C. and Slateford B.C. Good luck, boys. Finally, our representative in the North & West Senior Singles (Clint Cassidy) will take on Queensberry B.C. at home on Monday afternoon at 1.00pm. All the best, Clint.
Our Gents’ Bowls Scotland representatives in the Singles, Pairs and Fours start their District 15 competitions on Tuesday evening. The Singles (Bobby Brown) takes on Gorgie Mills B.C. at Carrickknowe and our two Pairs compete against Juniper Green B.C. and Parkside B.C. respectively at Mayfield and Whitehouse & Grange. The Fours also compete against Gorgie Mills B.C. at Lutton Place. All the best, guys.
Hopefully, both of our Mixed Pairs will continue in the Bowls Scotland competition on Sunday 26 May both with matches at Currie. All the best, guys and gals.
We are also hosting several ‘external’ ties on the green this week. We have three Seniors’ Bowls Scotland ties on Monday afternoon and four Gents’ Bowls Scotland games on Tuesday evening. Please try to get along to the Club on these occasions to see some very good ‘external’ players on the green.
Finally, a wee ‘heads-up’ on some upcoming competitions :
1. The Seniors have their annual Bob Horsham Trophy game at 2.00pm on Friday 7 June. There is a list on the Seniors’ Notice-board for those wishing to be involved.
2. The annual Gents’ Friendly with Carrickknowe B.C. will be held at 2.00pm on Saturday 15 June at home. We are looking for 6 rinks for this match. Please add your name to the list on the Gents’ Notice-board if you are available to play. This is always a very good afternoon.
3. We will be sending a team to the annual EBL Charity Triples competition to be held at Willowbrae B.C. on Saturday 15 June. If you would like to be involved on this day, please let Bernie Callaghan know. This is also a good day and a great opportunity to meet players from other Clubs. It is open to both Ladies and Gents.
The Management Committee.
CBC – Events Week 4
Dear Members,
Please read the attached document which details the bowling events involving our Club during the week beginning Monday 13 May.
Our Ladies Fours set off on their Bowls Scotland journey with a game against Parkside B.C. at Mayfield on Saturday 18 May afternoon. Good luck, girls. In addition, our first Heather League match of the season takes place on Monday 13 May at 2.00pm against Blackhall B.C. with one rink at home and one away. All the best, ladies. Also, our Ladies’ EBL team have their first League match away to Carrickknowe B.C. on Monday evening. Good luck, girls.
In addition, both of our Mixed Pairs will be in action on Sunday 19 May at 6.00pm against Gorgie Mills B.C. at Bainfield and Coltbridge B.C. at Slateford respectively in the first round of the Bowls Scotland District 15 qualifiers. Good luck, guys and gals.
The Gents have their first Friendly of the season on Saturday afternoon at home to Gala Abbotsford B.C. We are sure that everyone involved will have an enjoyable day.
The Management Committee.