Haddington BC have followed up their capture of the Division 1 title of the East Lothian Leagues by etching their name on the ELBA Courier Cup with their 12-man team of three rinks beating Dunbar in the final played at East Linton.
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East Lothian star Ewan Fallen is in the running for being voted the gents Young Player of The Year at tomorrow’s (Sat) SIBA Awards Function being held at Glasgow IBC. Fallen comes into the reckoning as the reigning Scottish Junior Singles Champion and joins John Fleming Jr of Inverclyde and Darren Weir of Prestwick Ambassador in the final list of the top three nominations.
The West Lothian IBC banner is also represented at the awards with the rink of Bryan Cooper, James Speirs, Thomas Mann, and Neil Speirs in the final three in the running for Outstanding Performance of the Year having captured the British Isles Fours crown for a second time. The Gents Player of The Year will emerge as Stewart Anderson (Blantyre), Darren Burnett (Arbroath) or the previously mentioned John Fleming Jnr while Lesley Doig (East Fife), Leanne Furye (Arbroath), Margaret Letham (Blantyre), and Claire Walker (Blantyre) are the contenders for Ladies Player of the Year.
The Second Tier of the Alpha Trophies sponsored Edinburgh Bowling League lives in the permanent shadow of the high profile First Tier but here is a mention for the respective champions starting with Parkside finishing eight points clear of Corstorphine to win Division 1. Wardie held off a strong challenge from Carrick Knowe to capture the Division 2 honours by a three point margin while Bainfield dwarfed all the others in Division 3 and finished 12 points clear of Goldenacre.