Lerwick Outdoor Bowling Club Shetland
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Morton Lodge Open Pairs - 26th June 2022
Alan Smith and Catherine Robertson won the Morton Lodge open
pairs trophy. Twelve pairs entered this all day
Sunday competition starting at 10 am and finishing just before
6pm with the finalists playing a grand total of 68 ends
overall.
The pairs were drawn into three groups of 4 teams each
playing the other teams in their group over 2 sets of 6 ends with a
3 end tie breaker if equal on sets, with the winner of each
group and also the highest runner up go through
to the semi finals.
In lovely weather, Smith and Robertson won all the games in
their group to play Andy Walterson and Rhona Goudie in the
semi final who won two of their 3 games in their group and
were semi finalists due to being the best overall runner up
pairing.
The other semi final saw Billy Hay and Eric Muir top
of their group winning two games ahead of Bob Brandie and Ewan
MacRitchie who only lost out on shot difference, to go against
Donald Campbell and Dale Robertson who won all their games in their
group.
Hay and Muir went through to the final beating Campbell and
Robertson in two straight sets to meet Smith and Robertson who
needed a tie break to beat Walterson and Goudie in their semi
final.
In the final which was played over 2 sets of nine ends, Hay
and Muir won the first set by 13 shots to 1 but the second
set saw a reversal of fortunes and Smith and Robertson won
this set by 10 shots to 3. So with both teams winning one set
there was an exciting one end tiebreak which Smith won with his
very last bowl running off another bowl in the head to
get his bowl closest to the jack to win the match and the
trophy.
Club president, Caroline Smith thanked everyone who contributed to the lunchtime refreshments and asked Ian Scott representing Morton Lodge to present the trophy.
Mundie Mid Summer Cup - 18th June 2022
On a very windy Saturday afternoon and, thankfully, the
rain holding off until the final round, 16 bowlers turned up to
compete for the Mundie Cup which was won by Alan
Smith.
In this fun individual competition
each bowler keeps their own scorecard, scoring 3 points
if their shot is nearest the jack, 2 points for second placed bowl
and a single shot for third place. The 8
teams compete against a different team on a different
rink over 3 rounds of 6 ends.
After the first round Andy Walterson was in the lead with
17 shots over second placed Anne Robertson on 16 shots and Ewen
Macritchie third, just behind with 15 shots.
Alex Elphinstone jumped into joint lead with Anne Robertson
after the 12th end, both now on 25 shots and Ewen MacRitchie on 24
shots.
However, on the final round of 6 ends Smith scored 14 shots to
jump into first place position with a total of 34
shots ahead of Willie Coutts and Anne Robertson in
joint second on 33 shots.
Jarmson Two Bowl Mixed Pairs - 11th June 2022
Ian Scott (skip) and Rosie
Jamieson beat Billy Hay (skip) and Angela Gifford in a
close final match of the Jarmson two bowl mixed pairs
competition.
Eight pairs entered and were
drawn into two groups, red and black, with the winners of each
group progressing to the final. Each game was over 10 ends
with teams from the red group playing against teams in the black
group. In the black group 3 teams, Scott's, Tam Terris
(skip) and Ann Napier, and also Alex Elphinstone
(skip) and Anne Robertson finished on the maximum 6
points with Scott's team progressing to the final having the
highest shot count, 37 shots while Elphinstone's
side had 36 and Terris' scored 35.
Meanwhile, in the red
group, three teams also finished on the same point
score with two points, Hay's team, Eric Muir (skip) and Joan
Nicolson, and also Ewen MacRitchie (skip) and Elma
Scott. Two of these teams also finished with 21
total shots scored so shots against were taken into
account to determine the winning team of the group. When
these were calculated, Hay and Gifford progressed to the final
on -4 with Ewen MacRitchie (skip) and Elma Scott behind on
-9.
In the final, played in
increasingly wet and windy conditions, some excellent bowls
nevertheless continued to be delivered. Hay's side won 2 shots
on the first end before dropping 3 on the next and by the 5th end
were 3 shots adrift of Scott's team. However after the 7th end the
game was all level on 6 shots and on the next two ends, Scott and
Jamieson drew closer to the jack with some precision bowling
to go ahead 9-6 into the final end and although they dropped a
single on this end, they held on to win by 9 shots to
7.
While the weather conditions
were not favourable to the afternoon bowls, the green played well
throughout and the excellent buffet provided by John and Jean
Jarmson at half time was much appreciated.
Sweetie Lowrie Trophy - 4th June 2022
Colin Gillespie won the Sweetie Lowrie singles knockout
competition by beating Ian Scott in the final. Each game in this
competition is played over two seven end sets with a 3 end decider
set if required.
In the semi finals, Ian Scott beat Brian Freeman by two sets to
nil and Colin Gillespie beat Alex Elphinstone, also in two straight
sets.
In the final, the first set was very close with Scott leading 4-2 going into the final end when Gillespie scored two shots closer to the jack to tie the set 4-4. Gillespie went on to dominate the second set winning 8-2 to win the Sweetie Lowrie trophy.
Platinum Jubilee Sweepstake - 3rd June 2022
A "once in a lifetime" Jubilee sweepstake took place in glorious
sunshine when 28 members were divided into pairs and triples, with
the pairs playing 16 ends and the triples playing 14 ends and the
team with the highest shot difference would be declared the
winners.
On this occasion, the winning team was the triple of Keiran
Thomson, in his first year of playing the game, Bob Brandie and
Brian Freeman. They were presented with trophies containing
specially engraved discs, commemorating the Jubilee by the
President, Caroline Smith.
Special mention should go to Anne Barron and Ann Napier for providing a super buffet and to Tam Terris for providing a special cake.
LOBC v Morton Lodge - 28th May
2022
Lerwick Outdoor Bowling Club team, captained by Tam Terris, had
a convincing win over Gordon Stevenson's Morton Lodge side in the
annual one day competition at Lerwick outdoor bowling
green.
24 bowlers entered this competition and were drawn into 4 teams
of triples for each side with all games played over
sixteen ends, the overal total shots for each side determining the
winner.
In the first game the Morton Lodge team of Gordon Stevenson, Gibbie Pottinger and Ian Scott had a win over John Jarmson, Jean Jarmson and Theresa Terris 15 -11 and the other win by Morton Lodge saw Ewen MacRitchie, John Anderson and John Sharp beat Billy Hay, Eric Muir and Sandy Stewart 15 -10 .
However the LOBC team of Elma Scott, Margaret Johnson and
Sandy Wylie against Alan Smith, Rosie Jamieson and Ronnie Gair
scored highly, winning 23 - 8 and Tam Terris, Anne Barron and
George Young for LOBC also had a very convincing win over Alex
Elphinstone, Anne Robertson and Bob Brandie in their game
winning 20 - 1.
So although each team won two games, the overall total shots scored by LOBC were 64 to Morton Lodge's 39 to give the LOBC a decisive victory.
George Wilson Mixed Pairs - 21st May 2022
Alex Elphinstone (skip) and Anne Robertson won the George
Wilson mixed pairs trophy for the second year running as the only
pairing out of 12 teams entered to win all three of their
matches.
In this competition teams are awarded 2 points for a win and 1
point for a draw and if teams are tied on points following
their games, shot difference determines the winners.
In their first set of 7 ends Elphinstone and Robertson beat Mike
Bailey (skip) and Ann Barron 12 - 3 followed by a win
over Tam Terris (skip) and Shauna Terris 9-4. In
their final match of the afternoon, despite dropping 6 shots on the
first end to Andy Walterson (skip) and Rhona Goudie they went
on to win by 12 shots to 7 to retain the trophy with maximum 6
points.
In second place were Colin Gillespie (skip) and Debs Morgan who were the only other pairing to not lose a game winning two and drawing one to end on 5 points.
Newhills Quaich - 14th May 2022
In a high turnout of bowlers, Willie Coutts (skip), Jean Jarmson
and Rosie Jamieson won the Newhills Quaich trophy, a two bowl
triples competition.
Thirty bowlers were drawn into 10 teams and each team of 3
played 3 games of 7 ends, receiving 2 points for a win and 1
point for a draw. Coutts' team drew their first game against John
Jarmson (skip), Anne Barron and John Sharp but then went on to win
their next 2 matches by beating Alan Smith (skip) David Leask
and Ronnie Gair as well as Ewen McRitchie (skip) Bob
Hamilton and Mike Bailey.
In second place on 4 points with only 1 loss was a new club member of Lerwick Outdoor Bowling Club, Debbie Leask playing as skip alongside her team of Graham Wiseman and Sandy Stewart. In this keenly contested competition 5 teams finished with three points and the remaining 3 won 2 points.
Robbie Watt Shield - 7th May 2022
Willie Coutts was the overall winner of the Robbie
Watt shield following three rounds of play at King Harald Street
bowling green.
Twenty members of Lerwick Outdoor Bowling Club entered
this competition and were drawn separately into pairs for
each game. The player with the highest total score at the
end of the 3 games wins the competition.
Coutts won with a total shot count of 33, closely followed by Caroline Smith and Shauna Terris in joint second place with 30 shots.
Opening Of The Green -
1st May 2022
It was near perfect weather conditions for the opening day of
Lerwick Outdoor Bowling Club 2022 summer season and 32 bowlers took
part in the traditional President versus the Vice-President
competition.
Joan Nicolson, a long time member and supporter of the
club was given the honour of delivering the first jack of the
season. In addition to the excellent weather, the bowlers
commented on the good condition of the green which is due to the
hours of work put in by the volunteer greenkeepers put in the
run up to the start of the season.
Following fourteen ends of play by the 6 teams, Caroline Smith, President was presented with the trophy by the Vice President, Willie Coutts winning by an overal score of 90 shots against 84. The president thanked the members who provided the half time refreshments and wished everyone a good bowling season.
2022 Season Dates
Announced
The 2022 outdoor bowling season dates have been announced with
the opening of the green commencing on 1st May
Membership And Competition Form Available
Soon
Membership forms will be made available for the 2022-2023 season
at the club house on 1st May from 1:30pm. It can also be downloaded
and printed using the link below.