On a gloriously warm Sunday afternoon, we took on Shotts in the Top 5 Tournament at their green. We managed to record a fine win and progress through to the next round. Congratulations to Billy Liddell, Stuart Leary, David Anderson (2), Keith Hird and Mark Renwick on their success yet again! Keep it up lads!
Next Millennium Trophy match (4th Round): Sunday 3rd July - Gartcosh - away at 2pm
On Friday night (24th June), the Lanarkshire leagues began for our remaining two division teams. Division 7 started away to Caldercraig and managed to pick up a respectable 2 points. The winning rink was Ian Allan, Benny Hands, David Kelvin and Kevin Moore. Division 17 started away at Airdrie and managed to record a very good 4 points in the opening match. The two rinks that were successful were Drew Stevenson, Morrie Smith, Willie Findlay (2), David Smellie and Charlie Fox, Kenny McFarlane Snr, Frank Menzies, John Cairney. Well done to everyone!
Next Division 7 game: Friday 1st July – Orbiston (a) 6.30pm
Next Division 17 game: Friday 1st July – Newarthill (h) 6.30pm
As well as the Lanarkshire league match on Thursday evening, our LBA Top 6 team began their quest for success against Burnhead. The result was never in doubt, with the singles (Ian Allan), pairs (Alan Anderson, Bob Walker) and triples (Kevin Moore, Benny Hands and Joe Aitken) all winning. Congratulations to all those guys and best of luck this week!
Next Match: Thurs 30th June - Whitefield (a) 6.30pm
On Thursday night, the Lanarkshire League began for Division 1 in this rearranged match against Dalserf at home. Unfortunately we only managed to achieve 2 points from a possible 6 with the winning rink being David Anderson Jnr, Keith Hird, Mark McFarland and Mark Renwick. Best of luck this week to all teams!
Next Division 1 game: Friday 1st July – Low Waters (a) 6.30pm
On Wednesday evening, the club had some mixed fortunes in the Motherwell & Wishaw District Burgh Ties. On the downside, the pairs of Stuart Thomson and Jim McNaught lost and Mark McFarlane lost a very close match in the Junior Singles. On the bright side, David Anderson won his singles match and the triples of Keith Hird, Kenny McFarlane Jnr and Tom Lindsay won through to the 2nd round. Best of luck to those competing this week!
The umbrella on Monday night was a very close affair and two teams shared the highest margin of victory with 8 shots. They also won the same number of ends, so it was decided to split the winnings. The two teams were:-
Ian Gillespie, David Gilfillan and Daniel Gibbons
Paul Martin, Frank Menzies, Jackie Barrie and Ross Anderson.
Well done to all seven guys!!!
A race night is being held in the Bowlers Lounge on Saturday 25th June at 7.30pm with tickets priced at £1, available from all members of the committee or on the night. These nights are great fun and are not serious in the slightest when it comes to picking a horse/camel/pig/greyhound (you don’t need to have any prior knowledge!). Basically, you pick a number for a horse without knowing how good/bad it is, then watch the race…it is a lottery really! Please try to come along to this event (including all your friends) and support our bowling club.
Our annual invitation triples took place on Sunday 19th June, with 8 sections of 5/6 teams each. The weather remained very stuffy until early evening, when the sun really came out. The competition was played in a very good sporting manner and everyone at Motherwell Miners has to thank all our sponsors again for their continued and generous support. The winning triples team was from Motherwell Miners and consisted of:-
Derek Houston, Michael Soares and Ian Milne.
Congratulations to these guys and hopefully, everyone who took part, enjoyed their day, even, if like me, the bowling wasn’t so good!!!!
In this rescheduled match, the Motherwell Miners team were victorious by a score of 3-2 over their opponents from Caldercraig. The winning singles were:-
David Anderson (2), Keith Hird and Mark Renwick.
On the losing side were:-
Billy Liddell and Ian Gillespie.
Congratulations to the 5 players again and here’s hoping we can keep up the good progress being made.
Next game: Sunday 26th June at 2pm - Shotts (a)
On a glorious night, Division 21 began their campaign for this year’s title against newcomers to the leagues, Dunbeth Park. The Miners teams managed to record 2 victories and 1 loss, so totalling 4 points. Well done to the guys for getting us off to a decent start!!!!
Next game for Division 21: Friday 1st July - Whitefield (a)