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Falkirk Indoor  News 4 4 22

Scottish National Gents Triples - congratulations to the Falkirk gents triples team of Darren Couper, Steven Allan and Gary Hutchison on reaching the final with a great win over the Elgin team of Andrew Barker, Graeme Donaldson and Mike Stepney {16-10}. Unfortunately they were defeated in the final by the Blantyre team of Greg McGlaughlin, Ian McLean and Stewart Anderson {24-10}.

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Ladies Section - many congratulations to the Falkirk ladies team on winning the West Division 1 league and thereby a return to the Premier league next season. The home game against Stirling clinched the title for the ladies with one game still to play against Glasgow B.Falkirk skips first - P. Johnston 17 Rita Smith 23, L. Crate 27 J. Dowel 10, M. Burt 24 M. Wallace 16. Falkirk 68 Stirling 49.Falkirk Indoor members were very pleased to welcome the first visit of our local MP Michael Matheson to the club this week.

FALKIRK INDOOR NEWS 26/3/22

Congratulations to Darren Couper, Steven Allan and Gary Hutchison on their great win over Elgin (  Graham Donaldson ,Andrew Barker and Mike Stepney), in the semi-final of the gents triples at Aberdeen today. Tomorrow they play Blantyre (G. Mclaughlin ,I. McLean and S. Anderson) in the final. On behalf of the Falkirk Indoor members we wish them the very best of luck.

Falkirk Indoor News 24 01 22

Ladies Section - Falkirk had an excellent home victory against Glasgow”B” in the West Division One league (70 - 47) and remain in second place to league leaders Stirling.

Gents Section - the gents put up a great show away to West Lothian in the Premier League losing by the narrowest of margins. West Lothian 78 Falkirk 76. West Lothian skips first - M. Allison 12 M. McCalley 23, N. Spiers 25 G. Flynn 16, C. Logan 17 G. Wilson 19, J. Spiers 24 G. Malcolmson 18. 

Senior Gents - in the last sixteen of the Scottish National Senior Singles Laurence Irvine of Falkirk was beaten 21-5 by the present singles champion Danny McCormick of Stirling who has reached the semi-final stage with a victory over G. McKenzie of Coatbridge.In the second leg of the Top Six the seniors managed to reverse the points score but lost out over the two legs on shots to West Lothian who won by plus 13. Falkirk players first - Singles A. Ness 20 R. Mark 14, Pairs N. Bruce and W. Craigie 13 D. Lawson and D. Wilson 8, Triples N. Lewis, A. Coutts and A. Fletcher 5 A. Stenhouse, G. Knox  and G. Sneddon 14. The senior League semi - finals playoffs are to be played at Falkirk Indoor on Saturday 29th January at 12 noon. Midlothian v Lanarkshire and Auchinleck v Stirling.

Junior Section - in the SYIBA (Scottish Youth Indoor Bowling Association) Adult/Junior Triples competition held at Falkirk Indoor the runners up were Abbeyview and the winners were Bainfield.David Orr who is one of the main organisers of this event would on behalf of the club like to thank Larbert Rotary for their continued support of Junior Bowls.Please note that the Junior section meets every Saturday at 10am to which new members are very welcome. Shoes,bowls and expert tuition are provided at no cost.

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Ladies Section - Ladies West Division One League - a good win for the ladies putting them in second place in the league. Inverclyde 54 Falkirk 64. Inverclyde skips first - M. McNeill 19 L. Crate 25, S. Munro 19 P. Johnston 21, P. Gibson 18 M. Burt 18. Congratulations to P. Johnston and Helen Gillespie who reached the Quarter finals of the Senior Ladies National Pairs at Falkirk with a good win over West of Scotland by 21shots to 12. Unfortunately they lost the next round to Balbardie 25-7. Gents Section - an excellent win for the gents with a home win over East Lothian in the Premier Division A league 74 - 72. Falkirk skips first - G. Wilson 27 D. Riva 12, M. McCalley 14 B. Mellors 14, G. Malcolmson 19 S. Kennedy 20, S. Thomson 14 D. Oliver 26.Senior Gents Section - in the first leg of the Senior Top 6 competition Falkirk are 4 points to 2 down against West Lothian.West lothian players first - R. Marr 21 A. Ness 10, D. Lawson and D. Wilson 13 N. Bruce and W. Craigie 8, A. Stenhouse,G. Knox and G. Sneddon 8 N. Lewis,A. Coutts and A. Fletcher 9.

In the Senior Gents National Fours held at Falkirk the Falkirk team of N. Bruce, A. Ness, A. Coutts and W. Craigie progressed to the Quarter final stages with a good win over Cumbernauld (16-6)but unfortunately in the next round  suffered a defeat against a strong Coatbridge team by 13 shots to 7.

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Ladies - Unfortunately the team of C. Wraithe, E. Simpson and L. Crate were defeated 13-9 by the East Fife team of R. Stewart,L. Mitchell and L. Stein in the preliminary round of the Scottish National Triples at Abbeyview.

Gents - Congratulations to Darren Couper, Gary Hutchison and Steven Allan on reaching the semi-final stage of the Scottish National Triples with wins over Berwickshire, Headwell “A”, Tweedbank and in the quarter final an excellent victory (16 - 14) over the very strong Midlothian team of Ronnie Duncan, Billy Peacock and Colin Walker. They now play the Elgin team of Andrew Barker, Graeme Donaldson and Mike Stepney on Friday 25th March at Aberdeen Indoor.

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Gents section - the Falkirk gents team had a comprehensive victory away to West of Scotland in the Premier league. West of Scotland skips first - G. Brooks 11 M. McCalley 25, J. Ross 11 G. Wilson 30, S. O’Donnell 13 G. Malcolmson 30, G. McDougall 22 G. Flynn 18. West of Scotland 57 Falkirk 103. Congratulations to Martin McCalley, who already has 27 caps, on being selected again for the Gents International squad which will represent Scotland at Belfast IBC in the Gents International Series next March. Congratulations to ex Falkirk player John McHutchison, now with Lanarkshire, on obtaining his first Scottish cap.

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Gents - Congratulations to Martin McCalley and Chris McGready on reaching the semi-final of the Scottish National 2 Bowl Pairs. Unfortunately they were narrowly defeated by the ultimate title winners  Colin and Jason Banks of Garioch by 1.5 to 0.5  sets at West Lothian Indoor.

Senior Gents - Falkirk were defeated 70 - 53 away to Fintry and remain in second place to Coatbridge who they play away on Wednesday 15th December. Fintry skips first :- R. Newlands 17 A. Ness 10, M. Everett 13 A. Fletcher 19, M. Taylor 17 W. Craigie 18, D. Buchanan 23 S. Wardlaw 6. A reminder for the senior gents that entries for the singles,triples and rinks KO competitions are required by the 17th December.

Junior Section - The Falkirk Junior section meet every Saturday at 10 am. For any young person who may be interested in trying out bowls note that the club will provide admission, coaching, bowls and shoes at no cost. Parents are also welcome to the club. For details ring Falkirk Indoor at 01324638417.

Falkirk Indoor News 29 11 21

Ladies - the Falkirk ladies had a good home win  against Inverclyde in the West Division One league 71 - 52. Congratulations to Linda Crate and Nicola Orr on reaching the quarter final of the Scottish National Ladies Pairs with excellent wins against West Lothian and Cumbernauld at Cumbernauld. Unfortunately they were defeated in the quarter final by the Stirling pair of Morgan Williams and Margaret Reid.

Gents -in the first round of the Scottish Cup at Whiteinch the Falkirk team suffered a 9- 1 defeat by a strong Ardrossan team.  In the Scottish National Gents Pairs at Cumbernauld Simon Thomson and Gary Wilson were defeated by Kevin McDougall and Ronnie Duncan of Midlothian 15-21 in the preliminary round.The Midlothian team were narrowly defeated by 1 shot in the quarter final by the West Lothian Pair of Cameron Greer and Callum Logan.

Senior Gents - an excellent albeit narrow win for the seniors in a home game against West Lothian. Falkirk skips first :- A. Ness 18 I. Robertson 10, A. Fletcher 19 D. Wilson 16, A. Keddie 11 G. Knox 19 , S. Wardlaw 11 G. Sneddon 13.Falkirk 59 West Lothian 58.

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Gents - a defeat for Falkirk away to Blantyre.Falkirk skips first - M. McCalley 19 I. McLean 29, G. Flynn 15 S. Anderson 28,S. Allan 20 G. McLaughlin 24, G. Malcolmson 13 B. Irvine 24. Blantyre 105 Falkirk 67.

Senior Gents - congratulations to Lawrence Irvine on progressing to the last 16 of the Scottish National Senior Singles 2021/22 with a superb victory over the  Cowal representative at Coatbridge. Lawrence now plays Danny McCormick of Stirling, who is defending his trophy, at Whiteinch on Sunday 23rd January.The Falkirk triples team of David Fairweather, Alan Coutts and Zander Ness had a good win against an Allander team by 18 shots to 11 in the preliminary round but unfortunately lost by 1 shot to the West of Scotland triples team in the first round. Norman Bruce and Bill Craigie ,who were defending their Scottish National Pairs title, were narrowly defeated by Max Taylor and Martin Everett of Fintry at Fintry by 2 shots. The Fintry pair defeated Stirling in the next round and now play Coatbridge in the last 16 at Whiteinch.

Junior Section - Falkirk hosted the Ladies and Gents Junior Singles 2021/22 up to the semi-final stages last weekend.The Ladies semi-finalist are Eilidh Weir of Alloa, Sophie McGrouther of Abbeyview, Kara Less of Abbeyview and Aimee Thomson of Alloa.The gents semi-finalist are Greg McLaughlin of Blantyre, Stephen Lowrie of Glasgow, Daniel Martin of Abbeyview and Bradley Buchan of Fraserburgh.The Falkirk Junior section meet every Saturday at 10 am.For any young person who may be interested in trying out bowls note that the club will provide admission, coaching,bowls and shoes at no cost.Parents are also welcome to the club. For details ring Falkirk Indoor at 01324638417.

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Ladies - congratulations to Nicola Orr on reaching the last 16 of the Scottish National Ladies Singles 2020/21 at Arbroath IBC with an excellent win over Karyn Taylor of Aberdeen. However commiserations to Nicola for the next game which she lost  to Kimberly Bruce of Dundee by 1 shot gained at the last end.

Gents - many congratulations to Chris McGready and Martin McCalley in the Scottish National Two Bowl Pairs at Fintry on reaching the semi-finals with victories over Dumbarton, Coatbridge, Allander and Whiteinch. They will be playing Colin and Jason Banks of Garioch in the semi-final at West Lothian on Saturday 4th December. The other semi is between Ronnie Duncan and Colin Walker of Midlothian versus Blair Davidson and John Fleming of Ardrossan. In the National Junior Singles at Falkirk IBC Jack Cook had hard luck  having been defeated in the second round {21-18} by John Meikle of Blantyre .

Senior Gents - a disappointing home defeat for Falkirk - Falkirk skips first - A Keddie 10 B. Cochrane 26, A. Ness 8 J. Prunty 20, W. Craigie 7 A. McGuiness 15, A. Fletcher 10 J. McLaren 12. Falkirk 36 Coatbridge 73.

Falkirk indoor News 25 10 21

Gents

The Falkirk gents team had an excellent victory over Fraserburgh at Arbroath in the Scottish Knockout Cup by 8 pts to 2. Falkirk skips first :- G. Wilson 23 R. Clark 10, G. Flynn 16 D. Murray 8, M. McCalley 23 S. Murray 10, G. Malcolmson 11 B, Buchan 22. Falkirk 73 Fraserburgh 50. 

Senior Ladies

Congratulations to Helen Gillespie and Margaret Burt on progressing to the last 16 of the Scottish National Senior Ladies Pairs with an extra end win over West Lothian 16-15.Commiserations to Moira Thomson who lost to Carol Condy of Coatbridge in the first round of the Scottish National senior ladies singles at Cumbernauld.

Senior Gents

The Falkirk Senior gents, after a disappointing defeat away to West Lothian, had a good home win over Fintry. Falkirk skips first :- A. Keddie 16 R. Newlands 17, A. Fletcher 32 M. Taylor 1, A. Ness 14 D. Retson 11, W. Craigie 17 M. Everett 12. Falkirk 79 Fintry 41. The Falkirk senior fours team of N. Bruce, A. Ness, A. Coutts and W. Craigie reached the last 16 in the Scottish Nationals held at Cumbernauld with fine victories over Whiteinch and Glasgow. The next game is at home to Coatbridge on Wednesday 3rd November at 11am. Would senior gents please note that the draws for the KO competitions have been made and are posted on the board.

Falkirk indoor News 11/10/2021

Gents

Congratulations to Gary Hutchison who, in an excellent game, became the Gents Singles Champion for the season 2019/20 (due to the lockdown, very few of the club KO competitions were completed in 2019/20) with a win over Gary Sterling 21 - 11.

In the Premier A league, the Falkirk gents were narrowly defeated by 8 shots away to East Lothian. However their second game home to West Lothian resulted in an excellent win by 6 shots. Falkirk skips first :-

Overall score 79 - 73.

Senior Gents

Result of the Senior Fours final was a win for the team of N. Bruce, N. Lewis, A. Coutts and W. Craigie against J. Vallance, D. Fairweather, A. Ness and A. Fletcher in a very competitive match that was decided by an extra end. Similarly the Senior Triples final between A. Brown, J. Thompson, and N. Lewis and J. Vallance, A. Ness and A. Fletcher was also a closely fought battle with the latter team winning the match by 2 shots gained in the last 2 ends. Other senior KO results were as follows:-

Singles champion A. Ness and runner up (R/Up) L. Irvine.

The Walter Falconer Singles Handicap winner was W. Gillon and R/Up A. Ness.

The Billy Buchanan Singles winner J. Gibb and R/Up G. Pyle.

Two Set Singles winner W. Craigie, R/Up W. Gillon.

Four Bowl Pairs winners N. Bruce and W. Craigie and R/Up A. Ness and J. Vallance. 

The Falkirk Senior gents had a good win at home over Balbardie 66 - 49. Falkirk skips first:-  

New Season League Sheets

Friday 16/7/21

The new league sheets have been passed to your skips.

If you played in a team before we shut down due to covid please contact your skip if you are returning to play in your team.

If you were not in a team or your skip is not returning for the new season and you want to play in the leagues please contact the office.

Thanks
Margaret

FIBC Newsletter

13/07/21

I am pleased to say that we are open over the summer and have welcomed back members for the Summer League and some who just want a practice. The vaccination process has been going well and I am confident that almost all will have had both jabs in the near future.

We expect to be up and running for the leagues in September and are working towards that. Margaret has been in touch with the league Skips to try to get a handle on who is planning to return, allowing her to build the leagues. There are hopeful signs that there will remain a strong response.

We are hoping that the Government decisions will allow us to have the Annual General Meeting at the club in August. This would normally be the first Wednesday evening in August, but we are delaying this by two weeks until Wednesday 18^th August at 7.00 pm. There are two key factors controlling this: 1. the expected announcement from the Scottish Government in the first few days of August and 2. the preparation by the accountants of the club financial statements. The latter are in good order as usual thanks to David Watson; however with there being two years of accounts to ratify, there has been an additional delay with the accountants.

The signing of the accounts is very significant this year as we fully expect to propose at the AGM that subscriptions will be reduced considerably to encourage members and new members to come back to the club. This has been made possible because of the very successful Gift Aid plan, accessing of government grants and some judicial use of funds to maximise future costs. David Watson will expand on these at the AGM. The motion will ask for a reduced subscription of £30 for this year only, and this is inclusive of the £3.20 SIBA subscription. There will still be a £10 additional fee for car parking.

We are in the process of renewing the car park barrier and have updated the CCTV around the club. Since doing this we have had to report two incidents to the police regarding attempted vandalism with those responsible clearly identified. The final barrier will be more secure and have  a narrower entry width and members are asked to take care on entry and exit as there will be space for only one car at a time

We have been required by the local authority to maintain high standards in the kitchen, including appropriate extraction for our gas appliances. Changes that would have been expensive to implement in terms of the extraction hoods have now been avoided with the replacement of an electric cooker and electric fryers. While this is initially a cost, there will be longer term savings from not having to undertake gas safety checks.

We are introducing a free to play session every Thursday in August from 10 until 12. We will also open from 1830-2030 on a Thursday evening for a free to play session. This is for all who wish to get into practice prior to the September start. Additionally this will be free to anyone who would like to try bowls with bowls available for those who do not have them. The club will assist any new member with a placement in a league team from September.

We look forward to seeing you all and returning to play safely.

David Fairweather

President