Falkirk Indoor Bowling Club

Newsletter 1^st May 2021

Dear Member,

I am writing on behalf of the Management Committee at Falkirk Indoor.

With all the improvement in vaccination and reduction of cases we are delighted to announce:

Opening on Monday 17^th May 2021

Opening the club:-

This will allow members who wish to participate throughout the summer. The opening will be further announced on Facebook and on the club website.

Given the time of year we are often quiet, however we will run summer leagues dependant on demand. We aim to make it possible also for beginners or those new to Indoor bowling to play throughout the summer allowing us to develop the leagues for the commencement of 21/22 season in September. There will therefore be no subscription required until the new season starts (in September) – only rink fees.

What about Safety?

We have in place:-

* New ventilation and extraction systems which exceed government requirements for the playing area

* Upgrade of ventilation in toilets *Temperature monitoring * Screening of service areas

*Sanitisation with both wipes and gel *Club fogging with sanitiser regularly

* A one way system *Cleaned mats * Individual jacks

*Continued use of masks requirement when moving around the club and social distancing. No masks are required while playing or seated in the restaurant.

Remember to the view our videos on Facebook and on our website

What is on Offer?

The cost will be £3 per 2 hour game and this will include a tea or coffee and a scone, or biscuit. This will be served after around 50-60minutes of play. Provision of a free can of juice will be included for evening games. There will be limited additional catering which can be purchased and this will be developed through time. This may include a pre-order service for take-away baking and steak pies.

We have developed our activity, (please see over), for Indoor Bowling, for the summer. I would ask that you consider these proposals and give us feedback on whether you would wish to play. Initially we will be operating a drawn 3 bowl pairs system, and may be able to move to triples. We believe that playing rinks (4) is some way off. New players and beginners will be most welcome, of any age. The activity will very much depend on uptake and we will adjust opening according to demand.

Summer Opening

Day	10-12	1830 -2030
Monday -Friday	Summer League Open to all including non-members. This awards one point for a win and one for the highest up. There is prize money available for league winners.	Initially two nights set aside for play – Monday and Thursday
Saturday	Junior Coaching + Practice/Bounce for others
Saturday or Sunday	Disability sessions will be planned according to demand

We are happy to consult on preferences for evening opening, which may differ from above. Other competitive options can be explored according to members’ wishes and viability.

Para League

FIBC is delighted to offer this activity to include physical, learning and visual disability, including wheelchair users. We have recently purchased headsets which allow coaches to speak quietly to players.

Coaching

Coaching will be available throughout this time and will be provided on an evening and a weekend afternoon should there be enough interest. Coaching will be available to all regardless of age or ability. Whether you are new, need a couple of refresher sessions, need help with a specific problem, or have a disability, we are there for you. The coaching will be total inclusion sessions with experienced coaches who can provide one-to-one sessions when required.

We look forward to hearing from you and please let us know if you plan to play over the summer. We would also be happy to hear from you if there are any other suggestions for activity over the summer. We certainly hope to see you back as soon as possible.

The Management Committee along with Margaret will manage opening to suit members.

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Looking ahead

The club would like to have as many members as possible with an email address, even if this is one of a close friend or family member who can pass on messages. We will endeavour to gather this over the following months. This will allow for better information flow to our members. Information is available on Facebook, as is FIBC web page or via messages in District 10.

The AGM

This is due for the first Wednesday in August, in the evening, and I greatly hope that we can have this as usual within the club lounge. There will be a number of very important decisions to be made, including posts within the committee. The committee members have continued this year via Zoom meetings to ensure that there was continuity. Election of posts will require AGM confirmation.

Crucially the AGM is an opportunity to review the financial situation of the club, which is without doubt in a significantly healthy position. This will allow the committee to bring forward options to look at reduction in the subscription costs and also look to use incentives to encourage new members. Membership is the most important aspect that requires attention at this time. The steps taken to enhance the club funds through member donations; access of grants and cutting running costs have all added to this positive position. Make sure you encourage your friends to join us.

Next Season

SIBA intend to run all the competitions as normal, depending on what may change regarding travel and contact rules. This will allow us to complete the senior ties, from last year, for representation in the Scottish.

Following a Zoom meeting which included many of the local clubs, we have been asked to consider running a league for outdoor clubs over the winter. It has been suggested that this is a Sunday slot. We would be more than happy to organise this and will be in touch with outdoor clubs to develop.

We will also listen to any reasonable request for access and competitive activity.

David Fairweather

President

Feedback

Please let us know if you plan to play over the summer by return the slip below to the club or by contacting the club by email, phone or message in Facebook messaging.

The club can be contacted via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by leaving a message on the office answer phone on 01324 638417.

Facebook link is accessed by typing Falkirk Indoor Bowling Club into Facebook search

The club website is Falkirk Indoor Bowling Club - Home

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Monday 21.12.20

***** IMPORTANT NEWS *****

As you all are probably aware our plans to re-open on the 4th January will no longer be able to happen due to new government regulations.

We will keep you all posted if things change.

David Fairweather and the Management Committee wish all our members and staff a very

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Announcement 12/12/20

RE-OPENING CLUB

The club will re-open on Monday the 4th January. For the first week we will have bounce games.. our opening times will be Monday - Friday 10 - 1.30pm and Monday evening 6.30 - 8.30pm

Om Monday 11th January we will resume the pairs league that we started before lockdown began. Our opening times will be as above.

Can you please contact your team members and let them know what the plans are.

This is of course all dependent on the government regulations.

If your team cannot play please let us know as soon as possible. Please advise the Club via email " This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. " as this is checked regularly.

Announcement 09.11.2020

Please note that the club remains closed as per the Scottish Government's tier system introduction. The Falkirk area is currently in Tier 3. We are awaiting updates from the First Minister, and will update you all as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Competition News

We still have a few places available for the Friday evening Donald Cowan Perfect Pairs league. The entry fee is £20.00 per team. We have extended the closing date until Thursday 29th October, and the league will begin on Friday 6th November providing Scottish Government guidance allows.

If you would like to enter a team please comment on this Facebook post, or by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Announcement 09.10.2020

As per the Scottish Government announcement of 07.10.2020, the club will close today until 26.10.2020, or until guidelines state that indoor bowling centres can reopen.

Take care, all.

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Falkirk Indoor News 08.03.20

Gents Henselite Scottish Cup Quarter Final at East Kilbride - an excellent win for Falkirk over Glasgow by 10 pts to 0. Falkirk skips first:

G. Malcolmson	24	8	G. McCartney
M. McCalley	25	8	J. Allan
G. Wilson	17	13	D. Eliot
G. Flynn	23	19	J. Boyd

The Gents can now look forward to the semi-final against Aberdeen on the 21st March at a venue still to be decided. The other semi-final is between East Lothian and Blantyre.

Ladies International Series 2020 at Llanelli - congratulations to Kimberly Dodds who participated in all 3 games over the weekend. Although Scotland had a great start with a good win over Ireland and lost by only 3 shots to Wales they still had a chance of winning the series if they could defeat England by 20 shots. However England continued their great form and defeated Scotland by 125 shots to 90 to once again emerge as overall winners of the series having had excellent victories over Wales and Ireland as well.

Best of luck to Gary Hutchison and Martin McCalley who participate in the Gents Internationals at Llanelli beginning on Thursday 12th March.

The Donald Cowan Finest Fours League final was held on Friday 28th February. Congratulations to Adrian Bowling Club who were the winners, 2nd place went to A. Ness’s team and 3rd were Burnhead Bowling Club. Many thanks to Donald Cowan for his generous sponsorship of the event and a special thanks to all the outdoor clubs who participated. Falkirk Indoor club will be delighted if the clubs continue to participate in the competition next season and indeed any other outdoor clubs who are interested in playing next season would also be most welcome.

Headwell Team Championship - in defence of their trophy Falkirk had a good win over the hosts Headwell by 6pts to 4 in the first round. Falkirk skips first -

M. McCalley	27	18	C. Watson
L. Crate	23	13	K. Cullinan
C. McGready	12	16	G. Martin
A. Fletcher	19	20	E. Cathcart

Falkirk 81 Headwell 67.

Falkirk Indoor News 02.03.20

Ladies Scottish Cup Second round at West Lothian - Falkirk (51) 2pts Glasgow (81) 8pts - Falkirk skips first - P. Johnston 18 L. Cameron 21, M. Burt 9 N. Docherty 23, L. Crate 4 J. Marshall 25.

Gents Scottish Cup Quarter Final at East Kilbride - the gents play Glasgow on Saturday 7th March at 2pm.

Senior SIBA Nationals Finals at Abbeyview - in spite of their good start in the ladies pairs semi-final Alison Bradford and Pat Johnston were unfortunately defeated by the Turriff pair of F. Thomson and L. Ronald by 20 shots to 12.In the ladies singles semi-final Linda Crate and Cecelia Smith of East Fife stood toe to toe throughout their 24 end dual with never a few shots the difference throughout with Cecelia emerging as winner by 21 shots to 19. Congratulations to Norman Bruce and Bill Craigie who became the SIBA Gents Senior Pairs Winners for 2019-20 after 2 gruelling matches. In the semi-final against Aberdeen Falkirk established a 14-7 lead only to lose 7 shots over the next 3 ends. The last end was a tense affair with the Falkirk pair managing to gain the shot with only 2 bowls to play. The Aberdeen skip played a running shot,came off a side bowl and finished 2 inches further away from the jack than the Falkirk winning bowl. Falkirk 15 Aberdeen 14. In the final against Duncan Kay and Jim Fleming of Auchinleck Falkirk were 13-6 up, only to lose (yet again) 7 shots over the next 3 ends. With the score at 13 all and only 2 ends to play Falkirk managed to get a single shot at the penultimate end (with no slithers!) and at the last end with Falkirk lying two shots very close to the jack the Auchinleck skip with his third bowl played an excellent running bowl in an attempt to move the jack to their back bowls,but unfortunately for them the jack sprung forward from a (strategically) placed Falkirk back bowl to two Falkirk bowls. Falkirk tried in vain to cover Auchinleck's back bowls and fortunately for Falkirk Auchinlecks attempt to move the jack with their last bowl was just wide.Falkirk 16 Auchinleck 13.The Falkirk players would like to thank the Falkirk supporters albeit a very few compared to other clubs, who made the effort to support them over the weekend and indeed in the prior rounds.

Falkirk Indoor News 17.02.20

Ladies Cup at Cumbernauld - Falkirk 6 pts Stirling 4.

Falkirk skips were Pat Johnston, Margaret Burt, Nicola Orr and Linda Crate.

Gents Henselite Scottish Cup at West of Scotland - Falkirk 85 Lanarkshire 69. Falkirk skips first -Gary Flynn 23 John Simpson 12,Garry Wilson 28 Robert Gordon 19,Gary Malcolmson 19 John McHutchison 19, Martin McCalley 15 Robert Grant 19.Falkirk won 8 pts to 2 and now meet Glasgow in the Quarter final at a venue yet to be established.

Team Championship v Glasgow at Cumbernauld - Singles Falkirk 21 Glasgow 12, Pairs - Falkirk 22 Glasgow 18, Triples - Falkirk 12 Glasgow 18, Rinks - Falkirk 22 Glasgow 15. Falkirk 77 (8 Pts) Glasgow 63 (2pts). Falkirk will now play the holders Blantyre in the semi-final at Auchinleck on the 22nd of March when a revised Falkirk team will need to be fielded due to other competitions on the same day.

Senior Gents Scottish Cup 1st Round at Cumbernauld - in a very close encounter which resulted in 4 pts for each team Dumbarton were the victors by virtue of an overall 4 shot advantage. Dumbarton skips first - S. Banks 17 W. Craigie 12, B. Weir 12 A. Keddie 20, C. Cassidy 22 A. Fletcher 12, B. Neeson 11 G. Newby 14. Dumbarton 62 Falkirk 58.

Falkirk Indoor News 10.02.20

Gents KO Cup - the gents had an excellent victory over West of Scotland at Cumbernauld in the first round with a number of their established players absent.Falkirk 8 West of Scotland 2. Falkirk skips first - S. Thomson 28 G. Brooks 10, G. Wilson 23 G. Gwynne 21, G. Flynn 12 J. Ross 21, G. Malcolmson 18 G. McDougall 17 making the final score 81- 69. In the next round Falkirk will play against Lanarkshire on Saturday 15th February at West of Scotland IBC.

In the Under 35 Cup Falkirk were beaten by Headwell at West Lothian 8 - 2 in the second round.

National Team Championship - in the second round Falkirk continued their good run by defeating Fintry at West of Scotland Indoor Club by 6pts(72) to 4(58). Singles - C. McGready 21 M. Taylor 7.Pairs - C. Williamson and R. Crawford 16 M. Gordon and R. Newlands 18. Triples - L. Crate, A. Ness and W. Craigie15 D. Gourlay,C. Robertson and D. Kelly 18. Fours - J. Cook, A. Bradford, P. Johnston and G. Stirling 20 E. Brown, A. McKay, M. Everett and D. Buchanan 15. In the quarter final they will play Glasgow at Cumbernauld on Sunday 16th February at 2pm.

Ladies BIIBC Under 25 International Series at Arbroath and District IBC on 8th and 9th February - congratulations to Kimberly Dodds who played at 3rd in all three games in the series.The Scotland team had good wins against Ireland and Wales but ended with a disappointing defeat by England who won the series with Scotland being runners up.

Senior Nationals - congratulations to Linda Crate on reaching the semi-final stages of the Senior Ladies Singles with wins over Pat Casey of Cumbernauld (21-8) and Carol Condy of Coatbridge (21- 18) at Glasgow Indoor last weekend. Congratulations to the Falkirk Pairs team of Alison Bradford and Pat Johnston who have also reached the semi-final stages with wins over Coatbridge (18-16) and Whiteinch (16-9) at Glasgow Indoor. This means that Falkirk will be well represented at the Finals weekend at Abbeyview on Saturday 29th February and Sunday 1st March. The draws for the Falkirk teams are as follows - Gents Pairs semi-final Saturday 29th Feb at 10am - Falkirk (N. Bruce,W. Craigie) v Aberdeen (A. Hughson, A. Baddenoch). Ladies Pairs semi-final Saturday 29th February at 2pm - Turriff (F. Thomson, L. Ronald) v Falkirk (A.Bradford, P. Johnston). Ladies Singles semi-final Sunday 1st March at 10am - Falkirk (L. Crate) v East Fife(C. Smith).

Falkirk Indoor News 07.02.20

Senior Nationals - congratulations to Linda Crate on reaching the semi-final stages of the Senior Ladies Singles with wins over Pat Casey of Cumbernauld (21-8) and Carol Condy of Coatbridge (21- 18) at Glasgow Indoor last weekend. Congratulations to the Falkirk Pairs team of Alison Bradford and Pat Johnston who have also reached the semi-final stages with wins over Coatbridge (18-16) and Whiteinch (16-9) at Glasgow Indoor. This means that Falkirk will be well represented at the Finals weekend at Abbeyview on Saturday 29th February and Sunday 1st March. The draws for the Falkirk teams are as follows - Gents Pairs semi-final Saturday 29th Feb at 10am - Falkirk (N. Bruce,W. Craigie) v Aberdeen (A. Hughson, A. Baddenoch). Ladies Pairs semi-final Saturday 29th February at 2pm - Turriff (F. Thomson, L. Ronald) v Falkirk (A.Bradford, P. Johnston). Ladies Singles semi-final Sunday 1st March at 10am - Falkirk (L. Crate) v East Fife(C. Smith).

Falkirk Indoor News 27.01.20

Greengauge Scottish Gents League Premier A Division - the gents finished the season in 3rd place with an excellent win over West of Scotland keeping them in the Premier league for next season. West of Scotland 64 Falkirk 81 - West of Scotland skips first - J. Ross 14 M McCalley 20, G. McDougal 17 G. Flynn 26 , G. Brooks 17 G. Wilson 18, D. Greig 16 G. Malcolmson 17.

Senior Gents Nationals at Coatbridge - in the last sixteen Zander Ness put up a good fight in his singles game against Danny McCormack of Stirling going down by 21 shots to 17.The triples team of N. Lewis, A. Fletcher and G. Newby reached the last eight with a good win over Glasgow 16 - 6.Unfortunately in the quarter final against the home team of Coatbridge they were defeated by 1 shot in spite of being 1 shot up with one end to play.Falkirk 10 Coatbridge 11. Congratulations to Norman Bruce and Bill Craigie who made it to the semi-finals in the Pairs with wins over Cumbernauld 18 -13 and Glasgow 19 - 6.They will now play against Aberdeen at Abbeyview on Saturday 29th February.The other pairs qualifiers are Midlothian and Auchinleck.

Falkirk Indoor News 20.01.20

Ladies ICL Premier West League - Falkirk 35 Coatbridge 88 - Falkirk skips first - L. Crate 21 M. Buchanan 18, P. Johnston 9 C. Condy 35, K. Dodds 5 J. Kyle 35.

Greengauge Scottish Gents League Premier A Division - West Lothian 101 Falkirk 56 - West Lothian skips first - M Allison 27 M McCalley 6, C Logan 22 G Flynn 18 , T Mann 34 S Thomson 15 , N Speirs 18 G Wilson 17.

Team Championship KO Round 1 at Fintry - Singles - C. McGready 21 P. Murray 17.Pairs - M. McCalley 20 D. Galtrie 15. Triples - R.Crawford 23 D. Hearson 19. Fours - G. Stirling 13 C. Taggert 22. Falkirk 6 pts 77 shots Whiteinch 2 pts 73 shots. Falkirk play Fintry at West of Scotland in the next round on Sunday 9th February.

Senior Gents Top 6 - Unfortunately the Falkirk team who were last years winners were knocked out by a strong Lanarkshire team in the first round by 4pts to 2 in spite of a great win by George Newby in the singles against Sandy Syme a former Gents Singles and Triples National winner. G. Newby 19 S. Syme 18. Pairs - A. Ness and A. Fletcher 3 H. Bell and H. Smith 28.Triples - N. Bruce ,N. Lewis and W. Craigie 7 G. Cadzow, W. McEwen and G. Prosser 9.

Falkirk Indoor News 13.01.20

Ladies ICL Premier West League - East Kilbride 55 Falkirk 46 . East Kilbride skips first - L. Hall 18 L. Crate 18 , G. Notman 22 M. Burt 8, J. Bray 15 P. Johnston 20 .

Greengauge Scottish Gents League Premier A Division - the gents guaranteed their place in next season’s premier league with a fine home win over Fraserburgh .Falkirk 120 Fraserburgh 55. Falkirk skips first - M. McCalley 39 D Leel 11, S Thomson 25 S Massie15, S Wilson 27 B Buchan 16 , G Hutchison 29 R Clark 23.

Senior Gents League East Section B - the senior gents lost to the league winners East Lothian by 13 shots, the highlight of the game being a win for Alan Keddie’s team over Willie Wood MBE.Falkirk finished in third place in the league. East Lothian 70 Falkirk 57.East Lothian skips first - T. Young 13 G. Newby 12, W. Craigie 13 A. Burt 21, A. Fletcher 14 G. Robertson 19, A. Keddie 18 W. Wood MBE 17. The back up team skipped by J. B. Muir had an excellent win over R. Douglas 18-13 to clinch 3rd place in the Fifth Rink league.

National Team Championship - Falkirk had a good start in the preliminary round of this competition with a 6 - 4 victory over Cowal at Whiteinch.Singles - R. Crawford 14 A. Kennedy 21, Pairs - C. Williamson and C. McGready 25 H. McVicar and K. Campbell 14.Triples - L. Crate, A. Ness and W. Craigie 14 B. Ferguson, E. Wallace and A. Scott 18.Fours - J. Cook,A. Bradford, P. Johnston and G. Stirling 36 C. Morrison, M. Watt, G. Morrison and J. Reid 6.Their next opponents are Whiteinch at Fintry on Sunday 19th January at 2pm.

National Singles - Unfortunately Kimberly Dodds and Martin McCalley were both knocked out at the semi-final stage of their respective competitions at Auchinleck.Dawn Anderson of Auchinleck 21 Kimberly Dodds 17. Colin Walker of Midlothian 21 Martin McCalley 12. However they will be looking forward to competing for their country in the forthcoming Internationals.Kimberly is in the Scottish Ladies Under 25 team for the International Series at Arbroath and also in the Scottish Ladies team competing in the Ladies BIIBC International Series at Llanelli. Martin is in the Scottish Gents team competing at Llanelli in the Gents BIIBC international Series along with Gary Hutchison of Falkirk.

Falkirk Indoor News 03.01.20

This weekend is very special for Falkirk Indoor Bowling Club as we have two representatives participating in the Scottish National Championship finals at Auchinleck Indoor Bowling Club. In the Junior Ladies Singles semi-final Kimberly Dodds plays Dawn Anderson of Auchinleck and in the Gents Singles semi-final Martin McCalley takes on Colin Walker of Midlothian. Both ties are due to be played on Saturday 4th January at 12:30pm. Good luck to you both from all at Falkirk Indoor Bowling Club.

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