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 Annual Presentation of Prizes and Dinner Dance was held at the club on Saturday 24th October 2008.
President Amelia McBride welcomed her guests for the evening:
Honorary President, Billy Petrie and his wife Jean,  from the Dumbartonshire Bowling Association Roger Jones and his wife Jenny.The President also gave a warm welcomed to all the sponsors who were present,From McArthur Stanton,Mr Ian Wolf, she also gave a warm welcome to the sponsors from within the club, Mr Ritchie Robertson, Rob Laurenson and his wife Margaret, Mrs Noreen Stewart and Mr Hugh Murray.
The President thanked all the sponsors, present and unable to attend, for their support over the years, there support was much appreciated and contributed a great deal to the running of the club:Before the assembled company enjoyed their meal Ms Sheena Lary Lady Captain of the club offered grace.
On completion of the meal President Amelia McBride thanked the caterers, Alex Graham Caterers, for an excellent meal and a very high standard of serviceThe President paid tribute to the achievements of, Iain MacDonald along with George Sneddon and Keith Tait in winning the Dunbartonshire Singles and Pairs Championships respectively at Dalmuir BC on Sunday 28th June,They formed the mainstay of a series of four wins by GBA clubs on the day with Colgrain winning the Triples and Garelochhead the Senior Fours.She also paid tribute to Annette Christie and Keith Tait for winning the GBA/GWBA Champion of Champions in the Ladies and
Gents competitions. A magnificent performance from our players, we were proud of them.
The President introduced the formal prize giving saying we would now like to honour those Ladies and Gentlemen who have throughout this season maintained a consistently high level of bowling, leading to them being successful in winning the
competitions which are so keenly contested within the club. We congratulate all the winners and runners up in their achievement. We also congratulate our members who have not been successful, without their participation there would of course be no competitions, and we wish them all good fortune in the years ahead. In particular this year I feel we must pay special tribute to Annette Christie and Keith Tait for the Club records the set by winning so many Trophies, the skill, concentration and will need to win so many trophies was truly remarkable and I congratulate them Both
The secretary in leading the prize giving, asked the individual sponsors to present their trophies and prizes, the remaining prizes were presented by the Presidents Individual Sponsors and the Club Captains
Junior Section Winner Runner Up
Under 16 Knockout Shield Alan Air Mahari Macindoe
John Langan Cup(League Competition Alan Air Cassandra McKerron
C.McIntosh Cup(Junior Championship Alan Air Claire Macindoe
Ladies Section
Two Bowl Pairs: Wilma Hannah Marie MacKenzie Annette Christie Cathy Crossan
Nominated Pairs: Wilma Hannah Liz MacLeod Annette Christie Joyce Richardson
Balloted Pairs Vera McIntyre Marie MacKenzie Amelia McBride Rhona Jay
Ladies Points(Anna Gall Cup)
Winners Amelia McBride, Dorothy Robertson, Patricia McCallan
Senior Championship Wilma Hannah Annette Christie
Lady Captains Trophy Annette Garrick Margaret Howat
Presidents Trophy(Muirhead Trophy) Annette Christie Cathy Crossan
Ladies’ Championship Annette Christie Liz Fraser
Ptarmigan Quaich for Competitor of the Year
Lady Cathy Crossan
Gent Allan Howie
Gents Section
McConnachie Cup (Senior Pairs) Alec Moffat Michael Leech Ian Hume David West
Matthew Dickie Gents Pairs) George Sneddon Ian Logan Keith Tait Hugh Murray
A. & F. Howie Mixed Pairs) Annette Christie Liz Fraser Hugh Murray Ian MacDonald
The Exorna Trophy (Mixed Singles) Bill Holland Joy Farrow
Thomson Cup (Gents Points) Douglas Park Melville Matheson
Gordon Stewart Trophy Campbell Jardine Iain MacDonald
McIntyre Cup (2 Bowl Singles) Keith Tait Don Lilley
Douglas Bowl (Senior Championship) Iain Macleod Campbell Jardine
Muirhead Trophy (Shots Handicap) Keith Tait Iain MacDonald
Captain’s Trophy (Alston Trophy) Steve Hoyles Alan Armstrong
President’s (J.Orr Ewing Trophy) Keith Tait George Sneddon
Coronation Cup (Gents Championship) Keith Tait Hugh Murray
On completion of the presentation the Honorary President of the Club Billy Petrie, OBE JP DL, gave a short address. The Ladies and Gents Champions, Annette Christie and Keith Tait thanked the, sponsors for their support to the competitions, the match committee's for organising all the competitions, the greens convenor and his committee for the condition of the greens and the club members for participating, without them there would be no competitions. Roger Jones representing the DBA all thanked the club for their invitations, and congratulated the club members on their achievements this year.
In closing the Gents Captain Walter Jamieson proposed a vote of thanks to all, who had assisted in the evening, the caterers, the bar staff, ladies who had set the tables, Annette Garrick for her Flower arrangements. In particular he thanked the President Amelia for the manner in which she had chaired the evening. A special thank you to all the members a guests for attending
The members and guests then enjoyed the rest of the evening dancing to “BEANO”.
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