The County Junior Singles playdown was held at Dalbeattie on Sunday 5th August. In the semi-finals Jack Cobban (Dalbeattie) beat Robert Newlands (Spalding) and Ewan McMinn (Kirkcudbright) beat Callum McCleary (Castle Douglas).

County Singles - On Sunday at Kirkcudbright 19 players went into the hat for the County Singles draw, and after some very close games the semi finals turned out to be all Castle Douglas affairs between Graeme Maxwell and Will Green, and Alan Davies and William ‘Buff’ Brydson.  Graeme trailed Will early thanks to some good running bowls from Will which turned several heads in his favour.  Graeme went ahead with a 3 to make it 9-8 but then lost a 3 and 4 to trail 15 - 9.  He failed to bridge the gap and Will ran out winner 21 - 14.

Buff trailed 13 -2 early in the game but fought back strongly with some excellent draw shots to get back to 14 - 10 down.  He continued the comeback to level the game at 19 each.  With the tie in the balance Alan lay 2 on the next end.  Buff attempted to trail the jack to lie the 2 shots he needed, but he narrowly missed, leaving Alan the victory. 

Sunday 12th August @ New Abbey

County Triples - The County Triples play off on Sunday at New Abbey saw fourteen triples go into the hat.  In the first semi final Will Green, John Crawford and David Green trailed the New Abbey team of Ralph Richardson, Jim Clingan and Ian Shuttleworth for most of the game, but finished strongly to make it into the final.  In the second semi George Brown, Steven Johnston and Tam Aitken of Kirkcudbright held the upper hand over Graeme Maxwell, Terry McElroy and Tam Maxwell early on but the CD triple fought back to g 2 up in the last end.  With the last bowl of the game George altered the lie and scored the two shots to send the game into an extra end.  The extra end was burnt on the first occasion and at the second time of asking it was the Kirkcudbright team who score a single shot to go into the final.

County Senior Fours 2012

15 ends 1 trial. First named in each tie has home advantage.

County Fours Championship

17 ends 1 trial. first named in each tie has home advantage.

County Mixed Pairs 2012

17 ends 1 trial. First named in each tie has home advantage.

County Pairs 2012

17 ends 1 trial. First named in each tie has home advantage

The County Finals were played today at Spalding Bowling Club home club of County President Arthur McFegan.

First game of the day was the Triples between Oliver Clingan, Les Shuttleworth & Keith Shuttleworth from New Abbey and Willie Carruthers, Gordon Cochrane & Tom Rogers from Gatehouse. After 5 ends Gatehouse lead 5 - 4 but after 10 ends New Abbey had edged ahead  at 9 - 7. Over the last 5 ends New Abbey scored 6 to Gatehouse’s 3 to win 15 - 10.

The next two games on the green were the two Singles finals. The Junior Singles was between two young players new to County Finals, Bradley Walker for Kirkcudbright and Jack Cobban from Dalbeattie. The start was even with the score 3 - 3 after five ends, Bradley had the better of the next few ends and lead 9-6 after 10 ends. Jack the had a we rally and got back to 10-13 after 15 ends, but six shots in the next 3 ends put Bradley in control at 19 - 10 and he went on to win 21 - 11.

The County Singles was an all Dalbeattie afair  between Bruce and Steven Richardson. Bruce lead by a shot after 5 ends at 5 - 4 but by 10 ends Steven lead by 9 - 6. Then Steven scored eight shots in 3 ends to lead 17 - 7 and take control of the game and went on to win 21 - 11.

The remaining games all started at 2.30 pm and were watched by a good crowd in the sunshine and the green in good condition we looked forward to some more good bowling.

The mixed pairs on rink 1 was between Christine Tennant & Keith Shuttleworth from New Abbey and Caroline & Steven Richardson from Dalbeattie. Christine & Keith had by far the better start to this game and lead 7 - 1 after 5 ends. Hard as they tried Caroline & Steven could never close this gap and were 14 - 6 down after 10 ends and finished 18 - 9 down at the finish.

The pairs were on rink 2 with Scott and Alan Davies from Castle Douglas hoping to win the title for the third year in a row against Robert McClune & George Brown from Kirkcudbright. Both pairs had some good wins on the way to the final and this looked like being one of the best games of the day. Scott & Alan got a 5 in the 3rd end but lost 4 in the 5th end to trail 8 - 6 after 5 ends. Robert & George had the better of the next 5 ends and lead 15 - 8 with both players on good form. A 3 in the 13th end saw the Kirkcudbright pair 19 - 9 in the lead and we all thought that was the end of the game but Scott & Alan had a real good try at catching up and over the next 4 ends scored 7 shots to end the game only 3 shots down at 19 - 16.

The fours were on rink 3 with the beaten triple of Willie Carruthers, Gordon Cochrane & Tom Rogers from Gatehouse being joined by George Bailey against Tommy Caven, Norman Davies, Hugh Robertson & William Brydson from Castle Douglas. The Gatehouse four had the better start and lead 5 -2 after 5 ends, Castle Douglas had the better of the next 4 ends and lead by 1 at 7 - 6 after 9 ends, then the “wheels fell of” and they lost 13 shots in the next 4 ends to trail 19 - 8 and Gatehouse went on to win 19 - 14.

The last game was the Senior Fours on rink 4 with Dennis McKnight, Ronnie Gibson, Bruce Richardson & Joe McCall from Dalbeattie  against Tam Aitken, Peter Hiddleston, Jim Fleming & William True from Kirkcudbright. On paper the Dalbeattie rink looked the stronger but Kirkcudbright held their own for most of the gam, after 5 ends Kirkcudbright were 1 shot up at 5 - 4 but by 10 ends Dalbeattie had just got in front at 10 - 8 and a strong finish from Dalbeattie saw them wining 19 - 9.

The Trophy’s were presented by Elizabeth wife of County President Arthur McFegan and assisted by Ian Bendall who sponsors the County Championships.

17 Ends, 1 Trial. First named has home advantage.

FINALIST’S

New Abbey - Oliver Clingan, Les Shuttleworth & Keith Shuttleworth

Gatehouse - William Carruthers, Gordon Cochrane & Tom Rogers