Gents - here is the draw for the Member and Guest Pairs being held on Sunday 8th September - please note that Sections A&B should check in by 9:30am for a 10am start and Sections C&D should check in by 10:10am for a 10:40am start - SECTION A A1 - Kenny Clark A2 - Bill McColgan A3 - Alan McGhee A4 - John Reid A5 - Evan Chambers A6 - Graham McNish SECTION B B1 - Aaron Chambers B2 - Derek Somerville B3 - Chris Jamieson B4 - Tom Wyper B5 - David Turner B6 - Sandy McGillivray SECTION C C1 - Jim McBride C2 - John Gilchrist C3 - Willie Woods C4 - George Bain C5 - Norman Robertson C6 - Neil Conroy SECTION D D1 - Danny Gill D2 - Stuart Graham D3 - Tom Faith D4 - Graham Keith D5 - John O’Hare D6 - Gordon Miller Thanks again to OMG Financial Planning Ltd for their generous sponsorship of this year’s competition.

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2 more finals played at JGF this afternoon. In the Gents Handicap Final Dale Drennan beat Bob Holmes and in the Ladies Nominated Pairs Phyllis Clark and Isabel Gilchrist beat Muriel Govan and Anne Robertson. Congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the runners up.

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Excellent finals night at JGF this evening - weather was very good and green was playing very well - congratulations to all the winners and commiserations to the runners up. 1. Non Prize winners - Alan Kelly beat Jim McGeachy 2. Buchanan Quaich - Kenny Clark beat Stuart Graham 3. Buchanan Trophy - John O’Hare beat Gerry McAllister 4. Presidents - Tom Faith beat Norman Robertson 5. Ladies Belhaven - Isabel Gilchrist beat Anne Robertson 6. Gents Championship - Martin Todd beat George Bain Thanks to all the members and friends who came along tonight and gave the players great support. Photographs to follow.

Big week ahead with lots of club finals taking place - here is the current schedule - please come along and support all the players - Wednesday 14th August at 6pm 1. Ladies Best of 3 - Isabel Gilchrist v Anne Robertson 2. Ladies 2 bowl pairs - Phyllis Clark & Christine Kerr v Heather Grainger and Rosemary Ross Friday 16th August at 6.30pm 1. Non Prize winners. Alan Kelly v Jim McGeachy. Marker Kenny Roberts. 2. Buchanan Quaich. Stuart Graham v Kenny Clark. Marker Tom Wyper. 3. Buchanan Trophy. Gerry McAllister v John O’Hare. Marker Derek Somerville 4. Presidents. Tom Faith v Norrie Robertson. Marker Bill McColgan 5. Ladies Belhaven. Isabel Gilchrist v Anne Robertson. Marker TBA 6. Championship. George Bain v Martin Todd Marker John Gilchrist. Umpire Jim Mcbride Saturday 17th August - 2pm. 1. Handicap. Dale Drennan v Bob Holmes. Marker TBA 2. Ladies Pairs - Isabel Gilchrist & Phyllis Clark v Anne Robertson & Murial Govan Good luck to all the players and fingers crossed for decent weather.

Another great performance by the JGF Top Ten team today defeating a strong Gourock team at Ardgowan - considering the amount of rain the green was in very good condition. We are now through to the quarter finals next Sunday afternoon at Wellington Park where we will play the winners of the Elderslie Wallace v Linwood game which was cancelled today and will now be played next Sunday morning.

On Sunday 14th July 2019, John G. Fleming Bowling Club in Houston hosted their Annual Charity Day and Ladies bowls competition. Thank you to the 64 ladies who took part in the competition, an even bigger thank you to everyone who very generously donated raffle prizes and home baking, and an equally big thank you to all those who purchased raffle tickets and home baking items. At a 2nd fundraising event on July 27th - a cabaret evening in John G.Fleming Bowling Club in Houston - we managed to raise a further £850 bringing the 2019 total to the magnificent sum of £3350 - with as usual all proceeds going to the very worthy cause of The St.Vincent's Hospice. A huge thanks to CPA Engineered Solutions based in Shotts, Lanarkshire for their very generous sponsorship of the Bowls Competition. Also thanks to the many local businesses for their very kind donations - The Fox and Hounds, The River Inn, Carriages (Kilmacolm), The Houston Inn, The Coach House (B.O.W.), The Paper Shop (Houston), Anderson Bakers (B.O.W.), Tulip Hair Salon (B.O.W.), Gaynor at Aurora (Johnstone), So Beauty (Linwood) and Roots (Linwood) and to the many individuals who gave personal donations towards the cause. Today Isabel and I accompanied by John Haddow of CPA Engineered Solutions had the great pleasure of visiting St.Vincent’s Hospice and presenting this year’s cheque. It is such a great cause and the work the staff perform is truly inspirational - hopefully with everyone’s continued help and support we can continue raising money for the Hospice for many years to come.

Congratulations to JGF Gents for once again winning the Johnstone and District Division 1 League in the closest run title race in years pipping Shanks by 1 point and Lochwinnoch by 4 points.

Just home after a great night in the Club attending our annual Charity Cabaret evening in aid of the local St.Vincent’s Hospice - huge thanks to the acts - Robbie Carran and Joanne Bence - you were both brilliant. Also a big thank you to all who turned up to support this event and also to those who could not make it however still donated generously. Tonight we raised over £800 and when this is added to earlier fundraising efforts we are now at a total of well over £3200 - smashing last year’s total of £2010. I will publish a final report with the exact total in the next few weeks. Thanks again to everyone for their support and their generosity.

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First finals night of the season played tonight - Ladies Championship - Isabel Gilchrist beat Rosemary Ross Senior Singles - Robin Waddell beat Kenny Clark Gents Nominated Pairs - Kenny McCance and Gerry Mcallister beat Colin McGhee and Ross Bain Commiseration to all the runners up and congratulations to all the winners -

If you are unable to attend our Charity Cabaret on Saturday evening then please pop into the club tonight and buy some raffle tickets - we have a lot of great prizes which have been very generously donated and the entire income from the raffle will go to St.Vincent’s Hospice.

This Friday (26th July) at 6.30pm, the first finals night of the season will take place. The finals being contested are as follows: Ladies Championship - Isabel Gilchrist V Rosemary Ross. Gents Senior Singles - Kenny Clark V Robin Waddell. Gents Pairs - Kenny McCance & Gerry McAllister V Colin McGhee and Ross Bain. Please come along and support the players.

Had a great day at the Walker Cladding Sponsored Triples at Woodlands on Saturday - thanks to Gary Reid and all at Woodlands for organising the day - winners representing JGF were John Gilchrist, Tom Wyper and Kenny Speirs (although from the look on our faces in the photograph you would think we had lost!!)