INNELLAN BOWLING AND TENNIS CLUB 2022 Archive Bowling Section CLOSING OF THE GREEN - MACLAREN ROSEBOWL
Well it might have been the closing of the Green for this Season but what a fantastic day we had on Saturday 24 September when we played for the MacLaren Rosebowl. With 18 members taking part, we played 3 x games of 6 x ends with a refreshment break between games. Congratulations to Karen Prevett, James Elsband, Archie Tait who lifted the McLaren Rosebowl for 2022. Thank you to all our members who took part today & made it a day to remember. Thanks also for all the yummy goodies. Myra FINALS DAY - BOWLING Well, we certainly did the right thing by changing our Finals to 11am on Sunday 25 September. If we'd waited until 2pm we would have been soaked. Congratulations to our new Ladies Champion, Eileen Brand. Commiserations to Lynn Lauffer. The ladies certainly made it a game packed with excitement. Our new Gents Champion is Ernie Sykes. Congratulations to him and commiserations to John Devine. James Elsby won against his 'arch rival' Archie Tait in The Matt Taylor (Mixed Singles). Congratulations to Jim & hard lines Archie. The Ladies Pairs was won by Kat Ross and Myra Campbell (Skip) who defeated Charlie Weall and Shirley Sykes (Skip). It was a lovely game & I must thank my partner Kat. It's lovely to see two 'first time' champions (lady & gent). Two new names for the Winners' Boards. A big thankyou to Tommy McDonagh, Brian Prevett & Dougie Lauffer who marked the singles and to all club members who provided 'goodies'. The Green is now closed for the Season but the Tennis Courts remain open. Other finals already completed: Gents Championship Pairs Winners - Dougie
Lauffer & Nigel Potts President's Cup Winner - Archie
Tait Vice President's Trophy Winner John
Gow Sykes Trophy Winner Lynn
Lauffer Tuesday Wappenschaw Winner - Archie
Tait DRUMMOND TROPHY - BOWLING & TENNIS
The Club held its annual Drummond Trophy Tournament on Saturday 17th September. This tournament gives members the chance to play both tennis and bowls. Luckily, the weather was good and the competition very enjoyable. An excellent afternoon tea also added to the pleasure! The eventual winners of the Trophy were Margaret Lauder and Charlie Weall. A grand day was had by all. LADIES DAY SPONSORED BY MCLAY GLASS & GLAZING
Thankyou to all the ladies who came to our ladies day today. I'm still in awe of the sunshine! If only we'd known we could have dressed for the occasion. Thanks to Archie, Brian, Jim, John & Curly for looking after us all day. Thanks also to our chef for the lovely food & special thanks to Jake McLay for sponsoring the event. The booby
prizewinners today were Fay Robertson & June Williams
. The beaten semis were Charlotte Lorimer & Lorna
Anderson & Sarah Gordon & Anne Margaret Houston.
The runners up after a brilliant final were Vicky Taylor
& Caroline Guichan & the winners were Olivia
Whyte & Myra Campbell . It was great to have Olivia & Sarah with us today, both Bogleha Junior Bowlers & Charlotte Lorimer who played her first game of competitive bowls. A huge thankyou to each and every one of the ladies who supported our Club. Special thanks to our overseas visitors from Rothesay. They never let us down. Haste ye Back Special shout out to Olivia & Sarah, our two Bogleha Junior Bowlers & Charlotte from Kirn & HQ BC who was taking part in her first official game of bowls. All three of them qualified to the semis, with Olivia being in the winning pair. Well done girls. ROYAL BAR OPEN PAIRS
The Royal Bar Open Pairs was held on Sunday 31 July in brilliant sunshine, kindly sponsored by Martin & Liz of The Royal Bar. 24 pairs took part with 12 pairs playing in the morning session and 12 at 1pm. The winners from both sessions, together with the highest runners up went on to a quarter final. There was a lot of good bowling throughout the day and the two pairs reaching the final were Archie Tait (IBTC) & Willie Wilson (K&HQ) who took on Ryan Lincoln & Fraser Pollock (K&HQ). It was a close game for a while but there was just no holding the Kirn Pair back and the trophy went to Ryan & Fraser. It was also Ryan's birthday which made it even more special. The beaten semi-finalists were Ian McGrouther & Jim Elsby (IBTC) & Dougie & Fraser Lauffer (IBTC) Well done to all and thanks to everyone who entered this popular tournament to start off the Dunoon Tournament week. Thanks also to all our helpers without whom we'd never get days like this off the ground. Thanks to Liz and Clare for presenting the prizes to the winners. Young Fraser & Amelia Pollock proudly held the Shield.
Haste ye Back Myra ROYAL BAR OPEN PAIRS TOURNAMENT - SUNDAY 31 JULY The Club hosts its annual Open Pairs tournament on Sunday 31 July when 24 pairs from host Club and kindred clubs will play for the Royal Bar Trophy. If you are not involved in playing please pop along for a coffee and if you are available for helping out, we are always looking for assistance during these days. A raffle prize would also be very much appreciated. DUNOON TOURNAMENT TIES ON THE GREEN - TUESDAY 02 AUGUST & WEDNESDAY 03 AUGUST The Green will have Dunoon Tournament singles and pairs matches on the Green on 02 August and pairs on 03 August. If you are available to help out in any way please make it known to John Gow or Myra. If you like baking, a wee cake wouldn't go wrong to go with tea/coffee. MIXED TRIPLES
We held our Mixed Triples on Saturday 11 June with 12 teams taking part. Thanks to Bogleha, Kirn & Hunter's Quay, Colintraive & our overseas friends from Rothesay Bowling Clubs for supporting us. Thanks to our sponsors, Peter & Elliot of The Osborne, Innellan and John Gow, our Vice President. These games wouldn't be possible without you. The format was 2 sections of 6 teams with each team playing 5 games of 6 ends, with the highest winning team from each section going straight to the final. The qualifiers were Bogleha's triple Jade Robertson, Scott Robertson & John Gow and from Innellan, Lynn Lauffer , Dougie Lauffer & Nigel Potts. Congratulations to the Innellan triple who lifted the trophy for 2022. Lynn & Dougie kindly provided the bottle for the spider which was won by Rothesay's June Williams. Last but not least, a huge thank you to everyone who helped to prepare for the event and our band of helpers for looking after us so well throughout the day. Haste ye back. Myra GEORGE CAMERON GENTS' TRIPLES - 15/05/22
Thank you to everyone who contributed in any way to our Gents Triples today. It takes a lot of organising but we couldn't do it without our sponsors who today were Western Ferries & Dougie Cuninghame. Thanks also to all the Cowal kindred Clubs for supporting us. We couldn't give you the sun but we hope you enjoyed your day. A special mention to our up and coming Cowal junior bowlers who played some super bowls. To Archie & Barnaby Munns, Innes & Ryan Armstrong & Aidan Moore, thank you for coming along today. Now to our qualifiers:- Beaten Semi Finalists - John Gow, Bill Thom & Scott Robertson (Innellan & Bogleha); Bill Currie, Ernie Sykes & Archie Tait (Innellan); Runners up Jim Campbell, Craig Houston & Stuart Strachan (Dunoon Argyll) & taking the trophy Harry Smith, Bobbie Davie & Daniel Baker (Bogleha). The Spider was won by Scott Robertson from Bogleha. Thankyou to Curly Black for donating the bottle. Well done to all the helpers too. You know who you are! FIRST WAPPENSCHAW OF 2022
We had a glorious afternoon for the first Wappenschaw of the Season. 20 members took part including three new members, Karen & Brian Prevett & Pete Marshall. We will commence playing for points from next Wednesday onwards. There will be a wappenschaw (for fun) on Saturdays at 2pm for anyone who is available. As there is an Open Tournament at Bogleha BC this Saturday, there will be a few members missing. Myra WAPPENSCHAWS - WEDNESDAYS AT 2PM Our Wappenschaws will commence on Wednesday 27 April at 2pm at a cost of £1 pp. We will not start playing for points until next Wednesday - 04 May. This will give everyone a wee chance to get their arm in action for the heavy green, especially the members who have been playing Indoor through the winter. Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday. OPENING DAY
The Club held its opening Ceremony on Saturday 23 April. Thankyou to all our members, current and new and to our visiting kindred club friends. We have missed you all during Covid. Special thanks to our overseas contingent from Rothesay BC which included Jacky McTaggart who spoke on behalf of kindred Clubs & Susan Selkirk who delivered the first bowls of the season. The weather couldn't have been more perfect and once the Green and Courts were declared officially open for 2022, bowling & tennis got underway. The winners of the wappenschaw were Shirley Sykes (thoroughly thrashing her hubby) & Sandy Jackson . Thanks to the Club members who worked so hard to prepare the Courts, the Clubhouse, the Grounds etc. ready for Opening. Special thanks to our Greenkeeper Derek Logue and his team for their care of the Green. Thanks to everyone who provided & purchased raffle & tombola prizes, provided goodies for afternoon tea & worked in the kitchen & bar to look after our guests. I'd say it was a very successful Opening Day and it was great to see the Bowling Green & Tennis Courts busy. Myra Tennis Section
DRUMMOND TROPHY - BOWLING & TENNIS
The Club held its annual Drummond Trophy Tournament on Saturday 17th September. This tournament gives members the chance to play both tennis and bowls. Luckily, the weather was good and the competition very enjoyable. An excellent afternoon tea also added to the pleasure! The eventual winners of the Trophy were Margaret Lauder and Charlie Weall. A grand day was had by all. TENNIS
IN INNELLAN
It was great to see so many young children being active and having fun last week on the tennis courts at Innellan Bowling and Tennis Club. The week’s course, organised by Lindsay Mitchell of 'Active Schools' was part of a national initiative to provide more opportunities for children to take part in sport and physical activity and to 'develop effective pathways between schools and sports clubs in local communities'. Sixteen children from Innellan and Toward took part, led by Lindsay, Stephen Collins and Cameron Wilson with the assistance of some volunteer helpers from the tennis section of the club. The success of the week could be judged by the enthusiasm of the children as they arrived each day and immersed themselves in games designed to promote physical activity, hand-to-eye co-ordination, controlled movement and racquet skills – a far cry from the finger and thumb skills most often used in today’s digital world! Thanks must go to South Cowal Community Council whose grant helped the club replace one of the court perimeter fences, buy some appropriate equipment, and offer discounted junior membership. Liz Gower. 'MEG HENRY' TOURNAMENT
For many years, Meg Henry was a leading light in the tennis section of Innellan Bowling and Tennis Club, organising tournaments and helping youngsters learn how to play tennis. The Meg Henry Memorial Rosebowl, donated to the club by her family after her death in 2018, was presented to the two winners of the 'Meg Henry' tournament, held on Saturday, 30 July. The winners were Stevie Limbert from Castle Tennis Club and Margaret Lauder from Innellan who were presented with the Rosebowl by Meg’s husband, Tom. Cash prizes were donated by Fynewood of Dunoon. The runners-up were Cathy Capewell of Toward and Helen Waddell from Castle Tennis Club. A really great afternoon was had by all, topped with an excellent afternoon tea in the bowling pavilion. ACTIVE SCHOOLS JUNIOR TENNIS ACTIVITY WEEK - 25 - 29 JULY The tennis section are linking up with 'Active Schools' to run a 5 day tennis activities course for children aged 8-11years. The dates are 25th to 29th July, 10-11.30am. The entries are looking very promising and it is hoped that the week goes well. Well done to Liz and Elaine for getting this organised. TENNIS SCOTLAND ACTIVITY DAY The tennis section had a very successful day on Tues 21st of June with Anna Myatt from Tennis Scotland and Lindsay Mitchell from Active Schools. With the help of Lindsay, we had 28 pupils from Innellan Primary and 12 from Toward visit the Club. Anna began the day with a morning of tennis activity ideas for the seven adults/volunteers who were interested in encouraging more children to play tennis. Anna is a highly skilled tennis coach so she was able to give us some wonderful ideas on how to keep the children interested and active. The school children came along in the afternoon and Anna led the tennis sessions with them with the other adults lending a hand. All the children appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves - as did the adults! So, a big thanks again to Anna and to Lindsay for leading a splendid day. The tennis section, along with Lindsay, are hoping to offer tennis activity sessions over the school holidays. ACTIVE SCHOOLS JUNIOR TENNIS ACTIVITY WEEK The tennis section are linking up with 'Active Schools' to run a 5 day tennis activities course for children aged 8-11years. The dates are 25th to 29th July, 10-11.30am. Lindsay Mitchell of Active Schools, has been very helpful in offering advice re providing this safely and constructively. She, with fellow Active Schools workers, will assist the tennis section provide the activities course. Lindsay has also offered to put the tennis members through for their Disclosures, under the auspices of Active Schools, which the members were pleased to accept. The information letter and consent forms have been sent out to parents via the local primary schools and ourselves. Children who are non members will be charged £15 for the activity course. This will include junior membership for the rest of the year. Any parent of a child on the course can join the Club at a special rate of £30 from the 1st of August till the end of the season. GAME SET & MATCH
On the Courts this last weekend, one of the oldest chicken-wire fences was removed and replaced with a smart new v-mesh fence, bought with donations by some of the members themselves and a Grant kindly awarded by the South Cowal Community Council from the Burnamakiman Hydro Scheme. This huge job was kindly undertaken by Fynewood of Dunoon to whom the Club owes a massive 'thank-you'. OPENING DAY
The Club held its opening Ceremony on Saturday 23 April. Thankyou to all our members, current and new and to our visiting kindred club friends. We have missed you all during Covid. Special thanks to our overseas contingent from Rothesay BC which included Jacky McTaggart who spoke on behalf of kindred Clubs & Susan Selkirk who delivered the first bowls of the season. The weather couldn't have been more perfect and once the Green and Courts were declared officially open for 2022, bowling & tennis got underway. The winners of the wappenschaw were Shirley Sykes (thoroughly thrashing her hubby) & Sandy Jackson . Thanks to the Club members who worked so hard to prepare the Courts, the Clubhouse, the Grounds etc. ready for Opening. Special thanks to our Greenkeeper Derek Logue and his team for their care of the Green. Thanks to everyone who provided & purchased raffle & tombola prizes, provided goodies for afternoon tea & worked in the kitchen & bar to look after our guests. I'd say it was a very successful Opening Day and it was great to see the Bowling Green & Tennis Courts busy. Myra Club News Items
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