Motherwell Miners Welfare Bowling Club

The annual “Murray Trophy” event will be held at our bowling club on Saturday 2nd June with a 10am start. Bill Anderson and Jim McNaught will be attempting to defend their title in this 2 bowls pairs competition. There are still a couple of places left, so if you wish to participate and try to wrangle the trophy from Bill and Jim, add your name to the sheet on the notice board by Friday evening at the very latest.

Murray Trophy Result: The Murray Trophy 2007 winners were Jimmy Close and John Cairney, who narrowly defeated Jackie McFarlane and Jim Thomson in the final.

On a dry and pleasant evening, we managed to secure 4 points in our quest to remain in Division 1. The two winning rinks were:
Stuart Leary, Ian Gillespie, Paul Martin, Derek Houston
Rab Gilfillan, John Paton, Joe Aitken, Michael Soares

Next match: Wednesday 30th May 2007 - Law (a)

The creator of the Motherwell Miners website, the man who put all this into place, Graeme Russell, is participating in a Bike-a-thon from London to Brighton, 56 miles, on Sunday 17th June (the route should take Graeme around 4.5 hours to complete!). Graeme has been living in London for approximately 1 year as part of his degree course, however, will return to Scotland in September to continue his studies. Before then, he is participating in this challenge in order to raise money for the British Heart Foundation in their fight to beat heart disease. If you wish to donate money to Graeme’s cause, or to check how his fundraising is progressing, please go to the following webpage:

http://www.bhf.org.uk/sponsor/graemerussell

or alternatively click on the link below

Graeme Russell’s British Heart Foundation Appeal

We wish Graeme every success in this very worthwhile cause. On yer bike!

Unfortunately, on a bright and sunny Sunday evening (20th May 2007), David Anderson Jnr lost in the 3rd round of the Champion of Champions to his opponent from Thankerton BC. The scoreline was 21-14. It was a very close match until 14-14, then his opponent played some outstanding bowls to win the tie. Well done David in reaching this stage!

There will be a Race Night held in the Bowlers Lounge on Saturday 26th May with the first race beginning at 8.15pm. The M.C. for the evening will be Drew Stevenson. There will be 8 races in total, with the final race being the “Auction Race”. Tickets are available from any member of the committee for a mere £1! Please try to get along to this evening and support our bowling section!

On a dull and rainy evening at Shotts BC, we lost all our matches and therefore didn’t manage to obtain any points. Hopefully, we’ll be back on form next week and manage to pick up points against Houldsworth.

Next match: Wednesday 23rd May 2007 - Houldsworth (h)

David Anderson Jnr continued his winning ways in the most emphatic fashion on Sunday 13th May at Stonehouse BC. He defeated his opponent from East Kilbride by a scoreline of 21-1, which is virtually unheard of at this level. He now progresses to Houldsworth BC on Sunday 20th May at 6.30pm, where he shall face Thankerton BC’s champion. Congratulations David and best of luck in the next round.

The LBA competitions kicked off on Thursday 10th May and our pairs, triples, fours and Under 18’s were all successful. Unfortunately, both the singles and Under 45’s lost in the first round. Good luck to the remaining competitors!

On a dry Tuesday evening, our second match in the Motherwell & Wishaw District burgh league took place against Dalzell at home. We managed to score 4 points out of 8, with the winning rinks being:
Ian Allan, Joe Aitken, Ian Moyes, Stuart Boyd
Ian Gillespie, Derek Houston, Jim McNaught, Paul Martin

Next match: Wednesday 16th May - Shotts (a)

The Social Club AGM will take place on Monday 7th May with a 7pm start. We would like to encourage all members to attend this AGM and show your support for the club. Please come along on the night.