8th June 2010
The SWBA District Finals were held on Ardgowan on Sunday 6th June, Gourock Park's Junior Player, Stacy Lungley won against a Neilston player to secure her place at Ayr for the third year running. Also winning were Irene Ritchie, Nancy Hawthorn and Norma Ramsay in the Triples final. Our Pairs unfortunately lost out. Still "Two out of three is not bad" Good luck to the Girls for the National Finals at Ayr in August.
Meanwhile, the Men got their Scottish Titles hunt underway,also on Sunday, and all but one team have survived the early rounds to reach next Sunday's Quarter-Finals. That means we are represented by 2 Junior Singles, Pairs, Triples, Fours and 2 Senior Fours, Good luck to them all for Sunday's games.
Nancy, Norma & Irene are all smiles after their victory and on the right, Carol and Yvonne are still able to raise a smile,despite defeat. I did not get a picture of Stacy as she left earlier than I expected.
More pictures of this event are on our Facebook page and I will also add them to my personal Flicker site soon.
10th June
Gourock Park wishes to thank our latest Sponsor, Eddie Devlin Motor Engineers. Their premises is located at
Unit 8, Fort Matilda Industrial Estate, Eldon St, Greenock and can be contacted on 01475 724599
In this week's G&D Top Ten, Gourock Park and Fort Matilda recorded 4pts each. The tie was decided on shots and 'The Park' won by just 3 more than the opponents. Elsewhere, Wellington have lost their recent stranglehold on the trophy after going down 5 v 3 to Port Glasgow, Ardgowan defeated Hillend and Gourock saw off Rankin Park . In next week's games its Gourock Park versus Gourock at Hillend and in the other, Port Glasgow will take on Ardgowan at Gourock Park.
11th June
Pictures from the SWBA District Finals can be viewed here!
Gourock Park Banned from Lady Alice Competitions?
This could be a headline of the future following yet another Gourock Park winner and runners-up in Lady Alice's Open Competitions. The recent St Andrews Ambulance Triples title was claimed by Irene Gillies, Maureen McKillop and Carol McMonagle of Gourock Park they defeated Cathy Morrow, Yvonne Johnstone and Christine Nettleton, also of Gourock Park in the Final. Earlier this year, two other 'Open's at Lady Alice were also dominated by Gourock Park and its proving to be a happy hunting ground for the Men, Boys, Girls and Ladies of Gourock Park.
23rd June 2010
Congratulations to Port Glasgow on winning the G&D Top Ten with a 6 v 2 Victory over Gourock Park at Parklea. I have no report or pictures from the event as was only there for the last 3 or 4 ends, due to attending IRH to visit my Girlfriend, who was rushed into casualty on early Tuesday morning. I am sure you will understand that if my web updates are missing or slow to appear, I may just have more important concerns to deal with.
Some of you will know that I have had a few issues with my PC recently and had to re-install everything again from scratch, which took a long time, Thankfully I have now got things back to almost normal, although have lost some of my bowling records, pictures, videos and programs that I use to produce this site.
Okay! Thats the bad news out of the way, well maybe the Top Ten shouldnt be grouped with the bad news? Or then again maybe it should! You decide.? Good news for the Port anyway, thats all that matters.
Heard tonight that Stacy Lungley's grip on the Gourock Park Championship has gone, after she went down to Norma Ramsay this evening. Norma will now play either Carol McMonagle or Yvonne Johnstone in the Semi-Final.
This Saturday is 'Fun Night' at the Park. Its a bring your own food and drink night and should be an enjoyable night
I have not updated the RBA Page yet with last friday's results, but I do know that Wellington's Junior Singles,Fours and Under 45's have all reached the Finals. At time of writing I am probably not going to be able to report on the Finals but I wish all the Finalists good luck.
Gourock Park's most talented young player, John Reid, was recently selected for a Scotland under 25's trial and played in this on Sunday 20th. Young John has a fantastic talent for the game and already features in League games for Gourock Park and I hope he is selected to play for the U25's as he would be a worthy addition.
Gourock Park is pleased to announce that Chows Chinese Takeaway has become our League sponsor. The food outlet in Inverkip Road, Greenock, will have its banner displayed at our home league games.
Port Glasgow's Peter Johnstone was presented with his 50th County Cap recently.
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25th June 2010
Received an email today from Colin Reddy. He wishes to pass on his thanks to President Alex McIlravey, the Commitee and Members of Gourock Park for the fantastic time he had at the SBA finals at the Park.
Colin is the President of Barrhead Bowling Club and this Thursday evening,their District SBA Finals will take place at Kilbarchan BC and as he as made the Fours Final, is hoping for some support from this area to cheer him and his team on! So if your free on Thursday it might be worth a wee trip up the road. Good luck Colin and all the best for your big game.
26th June 2010
The Nancy Rennie Trophy was played at Gourock Park today. This competition is a Triples with each team made up with a Gent, Lady and Junior Player from the Club. It was won by Terry Duffy, John Reid and Margaret Lapsley who defeated Joe O Brian, Ryan Kearns and Jessie Best in the Final.
27th June 2010
Gourock Park Players dominated once again in a Lady Alice Tournament today as no less than 3 of our players making the last four. The Final was contested by the Parks John Reid and Ryan Kearns and it was John that took the silverware home. Well done to all involved and long may this success reign.
The Sammy Doak Memorial Trophy was played tonight and it was one by Bertie Davidson and Jordan Crawford.
30th June 2010
I recently reported on Two Gourock Park Triples teams being in the Final of an ILLELLAN open! Well! This was not correct! It was played at Bogleha and thanks to Andy Weir for pointing out my error. Andy kindly sent me a copy of the report which appeared in the 'Dunoon Observer' and also a photograph.
Seventy two bowlers from Cowal and Renfrewshire travelled to Bogleha' on Sunday 27th June for their annual invitation gents triples. Bogleha' Bowling Club would like to thank all those who made the day a success, and in particular The Famous Grouse Scotch Whisky for their continued sponsorship of this annual competition.
Results:
Beaten Semi-Finalists: Ross Paterson, Chris Dickson & Derick Macdonald (Bogleha') / Dougie Lauffer, Dougie Cuninghame & Jim Elsby (Innellan)
Runners Up: David Byrne, Russell Clarke & Joda Reid (Gourock Park)
Winners: Tommy Monkhouse, Iain McSwan & Jim Crawford (Gourock Park)
