Bowls News from the Lothians
Precision Computing It is with great sadness that I have to write this.On the 8th September Willie Robb, Past President of Edinburgh & Leith BA lost his battle with cancer.Many of you may not have known who was behind Scotlawn Bowls, but Willie took on this mantle many years back and has provided us all with the … Read more
West Lothian IBC gents face a must win – and should win – match against foot of the table Fraserburgh who make the long journey South to the Inveralmond Stadium on Saturday with a record of zero wins out of five in the A Division of the Premier League. The home team have disappointed with … Read more
The youths of the club were the stars once again last weekend as they won the Midlothian Tournament for a third year running on Saturday. The team of Logan Kennedy, Ethan Gillies, Lennon Rafferty, Aaron Betts (skip), Callum Henderson, Luke Cowan, Beth Riva and Kieran Dodds (skip) lost their opening game 2-4 to Midlothian 1 … Read more
The defeat of West Lothian gents on their away visit to Midlothian was a formbook result as the commanding 31 shot victory (86-55) for the home ream was the fifth triumph of the undefeated leaders of Premier League A Division.
East Lothian’s under twenty fives were crowned Calder Cup champions last Sunday at Sighthill. The tournament was in a Top Nine format and started off at a round robin group stage. The Garden County Juniors opened up with an assured 5-2 win over Dunbartonshire before soundly defeating Ayrshire and West Lothian 7-0 to top their … Read more
Edinburgh challenger David Fisher launched his bid for the holy grail gents Singles title of the Bowls Scotland Championships at Ayr Northfield in a confident manner with the 39 year old Colinton ace turning up trumps at the 21-12 expense of Calderbank opponent Paul O’Grady. Fisher made an encouraging start to lead 8-1 after six … Read more