Teams have been selected for the A&K Top Ten clash with Bervie (at Bervie) on Monday 27th June 2016. Good luck everyone.

Teams have been selected for the Benachie League fixture on the 22nd June 2016 at Insch. Good luck everyone.

The following teams have been selected for this week’s Craigie Ladies league fixtures against Kemnay at Belhelvie on Tuesday 21st June.

L. Forman and E. Moir

M. Gowans and E. Hutcheon

M. Sutherland and M. Donald

Good luck everyone!

Belhelvie played its last 2016 Scottish tie yesterday afternoon (despite the weather!) as our gents senior fours lost out to Cruden Bay in their semi final. Cruden Bay will now play Balgownie for the district title next Thursday afternoon at Kintore.

To see who made it to all of the District 3 gents finals, click here.

Despite the horrendous weather on Tuesday our ladies did manage to play their Forbes Hendry quarter final tie against Ellon. The team at home had to contend with some flooding, on their way to a loss by nine shots. Our away team managed to win their game, but their shot difference of +1 wasn’t enough to win on aggregate and Ellon progress.

Teams have been selected for the A&K Fours fixture on the 17th June 2016 against Bervie. Good luck everyone.

Home
1 – I. Finnie
2 – P. Ward
3 – A. McBain
Skip – P. Lawson

Away
1 – J. McGregor
2 – S. Sutherland
3 – I. Forman
Skip – P. Moir

Reserve: H. Watson, P. Donald

In collaboration with Bowls Scotland we’re holding a Try Bowls! evening on the 15th July.

Members of the club will be on hand to show you the ropes and to answer any questions you may have. There’ll be trick shot challenges, food served, and plenty of time to hone your skills on the green. There will also be a family-friendly quiz at the end of the night.

If you would like to register for the event, or would like further information, you can contact us here.

Lorna, Margaret, Marion and Eileen M. took on Balgownie in the Scottish District 3 senior ladies fours final this morning at Harlaw. They got off to a great start, winning the first 3 end. Balgownie came back at them though, and managed to take and then maintain a lead of a few shots throughout most of what was a very tight game. Belhelvie played extremely well to bring the scores back to 10-11 against going into the final, 15th end. With Belhelvie lying one down, an errant shot by the Balgownie third, Sylvia Thomson,  took out the shot bowl to leave Belhelvie with a single. No change was made by the skips, to leave the game all square and an extra end was required.

In the extra end, Balgownie’s lead, Irene Clubb, drew within a few inches with her opening bowl. Lorna, undeterred drew her two bowls within a similar distance, but not quite close enough to be shot bowl. Margaret tidied up. pushing out the Balgownie bowl and leaving Belhelvie with a winning lie. There was no change to the position after the thirds had played, with Marion’s bowls providing protection to Belhelvie’s shots. Unfortunately,  Annie Gray, Balgownie’s skip was able to promote a short Balgownie bowl with a weighted shot just enough to outcount Belhelvie’s closest. Eileen narrowly missed trailing the jack back to Belhelvie, with the final score 11-12 in Balgownie’s favour.

Very well done to our ladies for getting to the final and for playing so well today.  You can check out a video of the match here.

A one-sided tie against Newhills at home in the Benachie league (final score 37-66 to Newhills) ended our gents’ hopes of promotion to Section A. With one round of matches, several teams remain in contention for both promotion and relegation. Click here for all the results and the league tables, heading into the last round of games.

On a happier note, our seniors had great success in the Scottish this week. Our gents won through to the semi-finals, beating Kemnay 13-11 to move forward and face Cruden Bay at Ellon next Thursday. Our senior ladies went one better, beating Balgownie A by 17 shots to 12. Lorna, Margaret, Marion and Eileen Moir will play off against Balgownie B at Harlaw at 10am on Saturday for the title. Very well done to both teams!

Unfortunately, our gents pairs couldn’t make it three out of three, losing to Grant Campbell and Lee Thomson from Ellon at Oldmeldrum.

Click here for all the results and next round games.

Very well done to our ladies who beat Westhill in the Craigie Ladies league fixture last night. A final score of 45-37 in Belhelvie’s favour was helped by a +18 shot victory on rink 5. The next game is against Kemnay, at home, on 21st June.