Reserves, in no particular order:

        E McGolrick, B McGoldrick, W Lenza, B Swales, M Turnbull, M McTaggart,

       R McElroy, J McCrossan, K McMinn, M Wylie, S Little JNR, Darren Gourley,

       S Hutchinson, K McDonald, B Herries, A Harris, I Cochrane, D Rogerson,

       A Shanks, W Mair, W Kirk, W True, I Dean, P Nicolson, J Peacock.

   Please note: The team will be reviewed on a week to week basis due to availability.

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TOP TEN 2018

KBA CUP 2018

Can all home teams please phone/text results in to 07399489916 between 9.30pm on the Tuesday to lunchtime Wednesday.

Hi folks, I’ve had a couple of complaints from clubs regarding the KBA cup format that was changed at the last committee meeting due to it being missed out at the AGM.  Having had a couple of discussions with various people and reading our constitution, it appears we CANNOT change the KBA cup format for this season as the constitution states that all competition formats must be decided at an AGM.  I apologise for the mix up and accept the responsibility for it. The KBA cup format will remain the same as last year.  This will be brought up at the committee meeting on the 29^th March at the Market Inn at 7PM.  If anyone wishes to speak to me about it before then then please give me a call on 07399489916.

 All the best,

Ben

Following a meeting with sponsor Ian Bendall today I’m pleased to announce he is going to give an extra £500 towards new team jackets for this season, as well as £100 towards the bus to Glasgow.  This is also on top of his finals day sponsorship, this is a fantastic sponsorship!

 Martin & Green Builders have also given us £200 for this season in sponsorship.

Ben

League Start date will be Tuesday 8th May

KBA cup format will be straight knockout this year, however the format will be 4 triples playing with 2-bowls, each club can put forward 1 or 2 teams

Stewartry Singles are held at Creetown this year on Sunday 24th June

Stewartry Triples are held at Dalbeattie on Sunday 12th August

Stewartry Finals day will be held at Creetown on Sunday 3rd September

Hamilton Trophy 2018

12/5 Home to Renfrewshire @ Castle Douglas

19/5 Away to Glasgow @ Bellahouston Bowling Club

26/5 Home to Dunbartonshire @ Dalbeattie

2/6 Away to Dumfriesshire

9/6 Home to Ayrshire @ Kirkcudbright

16/6 Away to Wigtownshire

23/6 Home to Lanarkshire @ Creetown

Hi Folks, hope you are all well.  The next meeting will be on Thursday 25th of January at 7PM in the Market Inn, Castle Douglas.  As we have no secretary as yet, this will be first on the agenda.  Also, could you all please either bring or email me a list of players who are interested in playing in the Hamilton Trophy from your club so that I can pass this on to the Selection Committee.

Thanks

Ben

Note from Ben Herries on this years AGM

Office bearers for 2018:

 President:Ben Herries (Creetown)

Vice President: Murray Wylie (Kirkcudbright)

Secretary: We don’t really have one as yet, however Ben and Anne Tait will deal with things until such times as we find one

Treasurer: Anne Tait (Dalbeattie)

 Hamilton Trophy:

 We are going to commit to the Hamilton Trophy for 2018 and hope that by having 4 home games and also 2 of the away games being Dumfriesshire and Wigtownshire we can maybe get some more players together however time will tell, the selection committee from 2017 have all agreed to carry on in 2018 which I think is a good thing.

League Format:

The league was spoken about at great lengths with all clubs voicing an opinion about which proposal would suit them, with Spalding confirming that they may struggle to be able to get a team together for the 2018 league campaign, I then suggested following Wigtownshires’ format an allowing women to make up the numbers which was backed by Scott McCubbin however I was informed that this was not possible as I hadn’t put this in writing 2 weeks before the AGM.  So, after all the discussion it went to a vote on the league format and the clubs decided to keep the league the way it is for another year and it will also remain on a Tuesday for this season.

 I hope this information is useful and can be used for the website

 Cheers

Ben