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21/12/2023

27/10/2023

🌟 The Weekend Ahead 🌟

After the ladies SIBA Singles playdowns a fortnight ago, this weekend is the turn of the gents. Margaret and Caroline have certainly set the bar high for the gents, with both ladies booking their place in the quarter final due to be played on the weekend of the 24th, 25th and 26th of November.
Scott Allardyce starts his campaign at 11.30am with a tough opener against against Craig McDonald of Elgin.
Iain McLean opens up at 1.30pm against Callum Goffin of Cowal. If both guys are successful they’ll be back at Abbeyview on Sunday.
All the best to both gents, no pressure after the ladies results from Coatbridge!
After a tough start to the season with 1 win from their first 3 games, the senior team have a difficult trip to face league leaders Auchinleck.
All the best to everyone representing the club over the weekend.
If you’re free and fancy watching some quality bowls I’m sure the seniors or gents would love the support.

14/10/2023

🌟 The Weekend Ahead 🌟

It looks to be a busy weekend for the club with the start of the SIBA national competitions along with the gents and senior leagues.
Margaret Letham and Caroline Brown both take to the Coatbridge IBC carpet hoping to continue their national form from last season which saw them finish as the top two ranked players in the country. Caroline will face Dundee B at 11.30am with Margaret kicking off at 1.30pm against Turriff.
Sunday sees the start of the gents under 25 singles competition. Robbie MacDonald & Mitchell Anderson will represent us at Inverclyde IBC. Mitchell has a tough draw, playing Inverclyde A on their own carpet at 10am, while Robbie opens up with a 12noon start against West of Scotland A.
After an excellent opening round win at home to Glasgow, the senior team will take the short journey down the M8 to Paisley this morning. Missing Margaret from last weeks team will be a blow but we wish them all the best.
Finally, the gents team are at home this afternoon against section B leaders, Ardrossan.
Sure to be another close game in what is a very tough section.
All the best to everyone representing the club this weekend. If you’re free and want to take in some quality bowls, why not come and cheer the teams on.

29/03/2023

For those unable to make it to Arbroath today, here is the link of the live scoring.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GjU1UOsKeKFfYE5FXR-b1iDYaiFCBs8YHIMSRROKkEU/htmlview #

Today sees the first of the Scottish League finals for this season with the SIBA Scottish Seniors League Final being played between Aberdeen and Blantyre.

Arbroath is the host venue for todays match with a 12noon start time with both teams looking to follow in Lanarkshires shoes as winners from last season.

This is the 49th playing of the Senior League with Aberdeen looking to recreate their win from 2008 and Blantyre looking for their third titles after wins in 1989 and 1994.

Aberdeen won 7 of their 10 league matches before defeating Bainfield 77-42 and West Lothian 82-42 in the knockout stages.

Blantyre won 10 of their 14 matches in the league stage and then have beaten Elgin 72-67, Midlothian 85-55 and Auchinleck 63-57 to reach todays showcase.

The teams for today are as follows -
Aberdeen
Rink 3 - Andy Hughson, Jim Douglas, Bill Blackwood & Ian WM Anderson
Rink 4 - David Keith, Ian H Anderson, Gordon Brown & Alan Tenant
Rink 5 - Jim Stewart, Graeme Muir, Alan Milne & Duncan Nicolson
Rink 6 - George Milne, Ediwn Russell, Sandy Ingram & Alan Pirie

Blantyre
Rink 3 - Gary Kane, Tom Sloan, Ian McShane & Gerry Sullivan
Rink 4 - Dan Clarke, David Moffat, Jim Wardlaw & Charlie Bence
Rink 5 - John Dempster, Dougie Campbell, Margaret Letham & Jim McCann
Rink 6- Ronnie Plunkett, Willie Clarkin, John McGovern & Robert Murphy

The game will be covered using Real Time Scoring which can be access from the Home Page of the SIBA Website and clicking the "Real Time Scoring" link at the bottom of the page.

Best of luck to both teams and we hope for an exciting final.

28/03/2023

Good luck to our senior team tomorrow as they take on Aberdeen in the final of the SIBA Seniors League. The final will be held at Arbroath & District IBC with a 12noon start time.
Hopefully, there will be some live scoring for the event but if you’re free, why not head up and cheer the team on.
It’s been a fantastic season for the club so far and we know the team will do us proud again tomorrow, as they have done all season.
Come on the ‘Tyre!

25/03/2023

It was a good start, to what we hope is a busy weekend for the club, at the last finals weekend of the SIBA calendar being held at East Kilbride IBC.
The ladies triples team of Christine McLellan, Margaret Letham & Caroline Brown had an excellent win over Turriff and have secured their place in tomorrow’s final at 9.30am.
This afternoon’s session has two teams from the club take to the green at 2pm. Caroline & Margaret will be hoping to keep the form going as they take on the Ewing sisters from Headwell.
The gents fours team had a late change with Alex Kelly having to withdraw due to a back injury. The team of Scott McInall, John Strachan, Brian Irvine & Iain McLean will face Arbroath & District IBC who are skipped by Darren Burnett.

All the best to all players for the rest of the weekend. C’mon the ‘Tyre!!

12/03/2023

50 Not Out*
Congratulations to Caroline Brown as she’s reached 50 caps for Scotland this week.
Another fantastic achievement for one of the best in the country. In doing so, she becomes the second lady from Blantyre to reach the milestone, following Margaret Letham.
Both ladies are in action this afternoon at Abbeyview IBC. It’s a winner take all game against England with Scotland off to a flyer, 24-10 to the good, with our ladies leading the way with their rinks 6-0 and 8-1 up.

26/02/2023

So far so good...🤞

It has been good news so far this week for the club.
The senior team made the final of the league with a hard fought win over Auchinleck on Wednesday. They now face Aberdeen in the final on the 29th of March.
The good results followed this weekend with Robert Murphy and a Margaret Letham securing their places in the gents and ladies senior singles comps, both of which are now underway.
Updates to follow in the comments but at the moment Robert us 5-7 down and Margaret is 5-6 down.

20/02/2023

This Weeks Activity

Some big games lie ahead for the club in the coming week.
On Wednesday, the senior team are back in league action as they take on familiar foes Auchinleck in the semi finals. Both teams travel east to Abbeyview IBC for a 12noon showdown, in what should be a fantastic game.
This weekend sees the second national finals weekend of the season take place, this time at Arbroath & District IBC.
We are fortunate to have representation in two events with Margaret Letham & Robert Murphy through in their respective singles competitions. Margaret will be hoping to add a new title to her fantastic resume while Robert bids to defend his title won at Stirling last season and become the first gent to win it twice!
Details of all three competitions are on the images and we would encourage all those who can, to get along and support the players.
C’mon the Blantyre!!

01/02/2023

Good luck to the senior team today in the quarter finals of the league as they take on Midlothian.
The game is a 12noon start at West Lothian Indoor Bowling Club. If you’re free, why not head over and give the team some support.