Dear Members,

Please read the attached document which details the bowling events involving our Club during the week beginning Monday 21 July.

The Ladies’ Championship Final between Evelyn Lowe and Chris Bentley will take place at 11.00am on Friday 25 July. Please try to get along to the Club to support both players in this very important match. All the best, ladies.

Our Ladies’ Top Ten team will take on Liberton B.C. at home at 2.00pm on Monday 21 July in the semi-final of the competition. Again, please try to get along to the Club on Monday afternoon to support the ladies in this game. Good luck, girls.

The EBA Knockouts continue this week. Our Ladies’ Singles (Evelyn Lowe) has a match against Queensberry B.C. at Bainfield while the Pairs (Val Mather and Marcia Norton) take on Maitland B.C. also at Bainfield and our Triples (Mo Crighton, Pat Clark and Joan Mitchell) will compete against Portobello B.C. at Whitehouse & Grange. All of these ties are at 6.45pm on Thursday 24 July. Good luck, girls. At the same time, we are hosting 4 ties in these competitions on the green.

Also on Thursday evening, our remaining representatives in the Gents’ EBA Knockouts kick off their campaigns. Our Singles (Joe Blair) has a game against London Road Foundry B.C. at Trinity while our Pairs (Scott Jackson and Keith Bennett) will take on Currie B.C. at Liberton and the Fours (Ricky Stevens, Jim MacKay, David McNiven and George Richardson) will compete against Willowbrae B.C. at Summerside. All of these ties start at 6.45pm. All the best, guys.

Then, on Friday, our Senior Gents’ representatives have EBA Knockout matches. The Singles (Jim MacKay) will take on Braid B.C. at Ardmillan and our Pairs (Les Brown and Ricky Stevens) have a match against Seafield B.C. at Liberton. Our Triples (Bobby Brown, Bill Cumming and Bernie Callaghan) compete against Mayfield B.C. at Dean and the Fours (Jim Connor, Gordon Munro, David Sutherland and David McNiven) have a game against Pilrig B.C. at Brunstane. All of these game start at 1.30pm. Stick in, guys.

The CBC Open Singles (aka the Bowls & Barbeque) will take place on the green on Saturday 26 July starting at 10.00am. This is always a very enjoyable day and is organised and run by Scott Mitchell.

The National Championships start at Ayr, Northfield on Saturday 26 July. As intimated previously, we will be represented in the Gents’ Singles by Stuart Campbell and his first game will be at 11.30am on Thursday 31 July with a match against an opponent from Thornhill B.C. If successful, Stuart will have potentially two games on the Friday and two on the Saturday. All the best, Stuart. Please try to get to Ayr to support him, if you can.

Finally, a wee heads-up for some upcoming events in August :

1 The Club has its annual Invitation Pairs competition on Sunday 3 August. There is a list on the ‘Mixed’ Noticeboard for those members (and their partners from other Clubs) who wish to play in this event. Please note that there will be an entry fee of £10 per pair for this competition.

2 Our Senior Gents have their annual Hyland Rigg competition on Friday 8 August starting at 2.00pm. There is still time to add your name to the list on the Senior Gents’ Noticeboard if you wish to participate.

3 The annual Cathy Connet Trophy competition will be held on Saturday 16 August at 2.00pm. There is a list on the ‘Mixed’ Noticeboard for those members who wish to be involved.

4 Our Ladies have their annual Clark Fours competition on the green on Sunday 17 August starting at 1.30pm. There is a list on the Ladies’ Noticeboard if you wish to play in this event.

5 The Gents will have their annual Friendly away to Blackhall B.C. on Wednesday 20 August at 6.15pm. There is a list on the Gents’ Noticeboard for those gents wishing to play in this match.

6 The annual Ladies vs Gents match will be held on Sunday 24 August at 2.00pm. There are lists on both the Ladies’ and Gents’ Noticeboards for those who would like to play in this very enjoyable afternoon.

The Management Committee

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