Generation Fours 2014
Grampian Juniors Singles 2014 at Kittybrewster and Woodside Bowling Club
The 2014 Grampian Juniors Singles competition was held at Kittybrewster and Woodend Bowling Club on Sunday 8th June. Competitors were drawn into 4 sections of 5 and played each other in a round robin format. The winners of each section then went forward to play each other in the Semi Finals. Carla won her group, which included Inverurie BC club mates David and Andrew Thomson.Carla then played against Kieran Craigen (Whitehall) in the Semi Final and beat him 10 - 9. The other Semi Final was between Ronald McDougall (Bonnymuir) and Kevin Murray (Westhill), with Kevin beating Ronald 11 - 10. Carla then beat Kevin 15 - 5 in the Final to take the title. Carla was proud to have become only the second girl to claim the Grampian Juniors BA Singles Title and take home the beautiful crystal thistle shaped trophy.The 4 youngest players at the competition played each other for the Grampian Junior Youth Trophy. Scott Thomson reached the Final,
but unfortunately got beat by Lee Trotter of Turriff. Scott was delighted to be awarded a well deserved Runner Up Youth Trophy. |
Generation Game 2013
Inverurie Bowling Club were represented by 3 teams at this season's Generation Game which was held at Kittybrewster and Woodend Bowling Club, Aberdeen. Two of the teams qualified for the semi final stage, where they met each other for a place in the final. Carla Banks' team of Angela Banks, David Thomson and Wendy Dalgarno got the better of older brother Jason's four, made up of Andy Wood, Bill Dalgarno and Andrew Thomson. Carla's rink went on to win the competition with Jason's team winning the 3rd/4th place play off.
Grampian Juniors Singles 2012The Grampian Juniors Singles 2012 competition was held at Tarland Bowling Club on Sunday 10th June. There were 23 juniors from various clubs within the association, all competing for the Crystal Trophy.
Congratulations to Carla Banks for reaching the semi final, where she lost out to Andrew Gregor of Woodend Bowling Club. Andrew went on to win the competition, beating Jamie Hoper of Insch in the final by 1 shot. The Thomson Brother's also put up a good show, in particular Andrew, who reached the final in the Under 13 category. He was pipped in the final by one shot by Emma Reid. Andrew was presented with a £10 money card and Carla received £15. Unfortunately, Andrew has broken a bone in a finger now - let's hope it doesn't keep him off the green for too long! |
Grampian Juniors Pairs 2012The Grampian Juniors Bowling Association held the annual pairs competition on Sunday 24th June at Whitehall Bowling Club. Inverurie Bowling Club had 4 entries into the competition - David and Ross Thomson and Jason and Carla Banks. David was paired up with Heather Garvie, while Ross was lead to Ariana Mowat. Jason was with Liam Willox (Insch) and Carla was skip to Cameron Taylor (Insch). There were a lot of close games throughout the round-robin matches and even the rain didn’t stop the youngsters enjoying the day. Unfortunately David and Ross didn’t make it through to the knock out stages. Both Jason and Carla’s teams won all their section games and so proceeded to the quarter finals. Jason & Liam then got beat 8 - 7 by James McDougall and Declan Urquhart. Carla and Cameron won their quarter final game and also their semi final match too. They then faced Jak Miller (Seafield) and Tommy Eddie (Inverbervie) in the final. It was a close match, but Jak and Tommy won 8 - 5 to take the title.
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SALSC Junior Bowling Tournament 2012
Grampian Juniors win the SALSC Junior Bowling Tournament for the first time !
The Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils held their annual National Inter Sports Council Junior Bowls Tournament on Sunday 12th August at Rutherglen Bowling Club in Glasgow. There were 12 teams of 4 players in attendance from around Scotland and they were split into 2 sections. Each team competed in 5 matches in a round robin format with the winners and runners up of each section going on to play in the semi-finals, with the winners playing in the final.
From this area there were 2 teams (each with 1 reserve) entered from the Grampian Junior Bowling Association. Included in the teams were local juniors Jason and Carla Banks from Inverurie BC, Jamie Hoper from Insch BC and Kevin Murray from Westhill BC. The ten junior players travelled down to Glasgow on Saturday 11th August in the Grampian Junior mini bus and there were also 2 cars of traveling supporters. After unpacking at the hotel the players were treated to a surprise trip to the Hampden Park Museum. Everyone the travelled to Rutherglen Bowling Club for a practice before the evening meal.
The competition started at 12pm the following day and the players were raring to go after a hearty breakfast ! Jason skipped a rink with Jamie Hoper 3rd, James McDougall (Bonnymuir BC) at 2nd and the lead was Kevin Murray. Ronald McDougall (James' twin brother) skipped the other team with Andrew Gregor (Woodend BC) at 3rd, Carla Banks 2nd and Kieran Craigens was leading. The two traveling reserves, Emma Reid & Michael Buchan, actually got to play in the tournament with two other players from Hamilton since their other two team mates from Hamilton didn't turn up. The new team was called the Grampian / Hamilton Select and were in the same section as Ronald's team. They tried their best together but didn't qualify on the day.
Ronald's team won their first 2 games but unfortunately went on to lose the next 2. Although they managed to win their last match they didn't qualify for the Semi Final on shot
difference.
Jason's team lost their first match by 1 shot, but went on to win 2 games (one against the holders West Lothian) and draw 2 games. They qualified for the Semi Final as runners up of
their section and would play against the Clydesdale team from Lanarkshire who were the winners of the other section. The Grampian team played well in the Semi and won that match 10 - 1 and so were through to the Final. This is only the second time since entering the competition some years ago that a Grampian Junior team has qualified for the final. The other Semi Final winners were East Kilbride Strathaven who also played well in their match against Wigtownshire. The Grampian Juniors knew that the Final was going to be a tough match against strong opposition. They lost a 2 in the first end but then went on to win all the other ends and the tournament 7 - 2.
This is a great achievement for the Grampian Junior Bowling Association and President Frank Philip was proud of the 4 players who won it for the first time on behalf of the junior association. The team were presented with JJB gift cards and the rosebowl trophy by David Laing the Chairman of the SALSC and Councillor Russell Clearie MBE of Cambuslang & Rutherglen Sports Council. It was Kevin Murray's 13th Birthday on the day and the officials got all the players and supporters to sing Happy Birthday to him. Kevin will surely remember what he achieved on his 13th birthday forever. This rounded off a good weekend for the Grampian Junior bowlers who headed home in the mini bus tired but happy !
The Scottish Association of Local Sports Councils held their annual National Inter Sports Council Junior Bowls Tournament on Sunday 12th August at Rutherglen Bowling Club in Glasgow. There were 12 teams of 4 players in attendance from around Scotland and they were split into 2 sections. Each team competed in 5 matches in a round robin format with the winners and runners up of each section going on to play in the semi-finals, with the winners playing in the final.
From this area there were 2 teams (each with 1 reserve) entered from the Grampian Junior Bowling Association. Included in the teams were local juniors Jason and Carla Banks from Inverurie BC, Jamie Hoper from Insch BC and Kevin Murray from Westhill BC. The ten junior players travelled down to Glasgow on Saturday 11th August in the Grampian Junior mini bus and there were also 2 cars of traveling supporters. After unpacking at the hotel the players were treated to a surprise trip to the Hampden Park Museum. Everyone the travelled to Rutherglen Bowling Club for a practice before the evening meal.
The competition started at 12pm the following day and the players were raring to go after a hearty breakfast ! Jason skipped a rink with Jamie Hoper 3rd, James McDougall (Bonnymuir BC) at 2nd and the lead was Kevin Murray. Ronald McDougall (James' twin brother) skipped the other team with Andrew Gregor (Woodend BC) at 3rd, Carla Banks 2nd and Kieran Craigens was leading. The two traveling reserves, Emma Reid & Michael Buchan, actually got to play in the tournament with two other players from Hamilton since their other two team mates from Hamilton didn't turn up. The new team was called the Grampian / Hamilton Select and were in the same section as Ronald's team. They tried their best together but didn't qualify on the day.
Ronald's team won their first 2 games but unfortunately went on to lose the next 2. Although they managed to win their last match they didn't qualify for the Semi Final on shot
difference.
Jason's team lost their first match by 1 shot, but went on to win 2 games (one against the holders West Lothian) and draw 2 games. They qualified for the Semi Final as runners up of
their section and would play against the Clydesdale team from Lanarkshire who were the winners of the other section. The Grampian team played well in the Semi and won that match 10 - 1 and so were through to the Final. This is only the second time since entering the competition some years ago that a Grampian Junior team has qualified for the final. The other Semi Final winners were East Kilbride Strathaven who also played well in their match against Wigtownshire. The Grampian Juniors knew that the Final was going to be a tough match against strong opposition. They lost a 2 in the first end but then went on to win all the other ends and the tournament 7 - 2.
This is a great achievement for the Grampian Junior Bowling Association and President Frank Philip was proud of the 4 players who won it for the first time on behalf of the junior association. The team were presented with JJB gift cards and the rosebowl trophy by David Laing the Chairman of the SALSC and Councillor Russell Clearie MBE of Cambuslang & Rutherglen Sports Council. It was Kevin Murray's 13th Birthday on the day and the officials got all the players and supporters to sing Happy Birthday to him. Kevin will surely remember what he achieved on his 13th birthday forever. This rounded off a good weekend for the Grampian Junior bowlers who headed home in the mini bus tired but happy !