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2016 Senior Championship Final

Jul11
2016
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The 2016 Senior Championship Final was held on Sunday 10th July between George Lunan, who was chasing his first Renton Bc senior championship title and Holder Charlie Cassidy who was looking for a record equalling fifth senior championship.
Senior Section Match Secretary Arthur O’Hare welcomed both players and congratulated them on getting to the final.
Senior Section President John Gillies who was present to mark the tie was asked to draw a rink after both players failed to agree a rink and John drew out rink 4.
Charlie had the better of the early exchanges leading 4-1 but George rallied to lead 11-6 before Charlie dug in to get it to 14-14, they then exchanged doubles to make it 16-16 then Charlie got two singles to take a narrow lead 18-16. George replied with a single to reduce the lead to one shot.
At 18-17 to Charlie , George had the last bowl and had a shot on to either chap and lie the winner for four or trail the jack a yard for four, he missed narrowly and Charlie then led 19-17.
Next end Charlie’s first two bowls were within a foot of the jack and George narrowly failed to get the shot with his second bowl.
After a loose bowl by either player, Charlie then covered the back as George was left with one bowl to save the game.
George played weight into the head and moved the jack to lie one shot and more importantly save the game.
Next end Charlie’s third bowl landed on top of the jack for the shot after a wee ‘glide’ off the high bowl of George’s.
George failed to change the head leaving Charlie a draw for the game, Charlie changed his hand and failed to count. So Charlie took a 20-18 lead into the next end.
Georges second finished within four inches of the jack but Charlie came down with his third bowl and changed places with George’s bowl and looked like he has played the match winner.
George was forced into changing his hand and he played the perfect bowl by trailing the jack for three and more importantly a match lie.
Charlie then was forced to play weight at the head, he made contact and put the jack on the string to lie the match but left George with two yards to save the game, which he did.
At the next end Charlie’s second bowl lay within 18inches of the jack for shot after failing with his third bowl George then played his last bowl and played the perfect chap and lie on Charlie’s shot bowl to lie two shots he required for the win.
With Charlie facing game against for second time he failed with his last delivery thus leaving George the two shots needed for a 21-20 win and the title after a pulsating contest which was enjoyed by the assembled crowd.

Both players and officials retired to the committee room for some well earned refreshments.

George will now represent Renton in the DDSBA Champion of Champions.

Brock Friendly

Apr17
2016
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Renton were pipped 48-51 in today’s annual Brock Friendly in varying weather conditions which included a couple of showers of hailstones between the glorious sunshine.

A tight match!

Halistones!

Jolly Joe!

 

 

 

 

 

M Cassidy, D Gordon, D Atkinson & R Jardine were highest up for Renton with a 14-7 win over D Murdoch.

G Grace beat J Brodie, S Robson, D Lang & N McCallion 10-8

J Hopkinson, D Clark, T Fraser & G Connell bt J McCallum 15-12

S Erskine bt T Pender, D McLaughlin, P Donnelly & S McArdle 22-11.

S Erskines rink were presented with bottles for being highest up team on the day.

President Davie Murdoch thanked Renton for their hospitality and said how much him and his club enjoy this annual game and then presented Renton Bc with a 150 gift and in return Ronnie Jardine presented him with the Fred Kennedy Mem. Trophy.

Argyle Friendly

Apr11
2016
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President Ronnie Jardine welcomed Argyle Bc President John Deignam and members to play our annual friendly match on Saturday 9th April.

John presented Ronnie with a special 150 year gift

The game was played in good spirit and in nice dry conditions with Renton edging the match 72-63.

Highest up for Renton were B McNeil, S McGowan & P Donnelly (s) +9.

Highest up for Argyle were R Stewart, M Jones & F Quinn (s) +12 v M Haggerty, D Clark & Jamie Daly

Other Renton scores were :
D Murphy, J Murphy & R Jardine -3
A Baird, T Fraser & G Connell +4
T Lamont, D McLaughlin & N McCallion +3
B Mooney, B Murray Sen & D Lang +8

Well done to all who played including new member D Murphy and huge thanks to B Mooney & M Haggerty who filled in at short notice.

Special mention must go to man of the match Tam Fraser who only took one end to bag the first toucher prize.

Renton will play Brock in the annual Fred Kennedy Memorial Trophy next Saturday.

Archive : 1993 DAC Champion of Champions

Nov20
2014
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1993 was a barren season on the trophy front for Renton Bc and it looked like ending that way until September of that year but Charlie Cassidy had other ideas going into the DAC Champion of Champions.
Charlie had won the Renton Bc Championship after a convincing win in the final over Gerry Graham.
Charlie had been playing well all season and had been boosted by making his DBA West debut earlier in the season.
As was the norm for the Champion of Champions back then, that all club champions played in the competition and 1993 was no different with a really strong field taking part, which included Holder Gavin Rae (Dumbarton) , 1988 winner Donald Beck (Eastfield) as well as other DBA West players Bryan Weir (VoL), Robert Sloan (Rock) and Davie Cole (Townend).
The first days play was at Dumbarton Bc and the Semi Finals and Final was held at Brock Bc.

Prelim Results :
G Stewart (Brock) 21 J Payne (Dixon) 8
D Cole (Townend) 21 W F Moore (Argyle) 5

First Round Results :
G Stewart 21 D Cole 11
R Sloan (Rock) 21 G Rae (Dumbarton) 8
C Cassidy (Renton) 21 V Kaney (Dumbuck) 12
D Beck (Eastfield) 21 B Weir (VoL) 17

Semi Final Results :
R Sloan 21 G Stewart 10
C Cassidy 21 D Beck 13

In the final Charlie had trailed most of the game as both players continued their good form and it looked like the Rock Champion would take the title as he built up a 20-16 lead.
Charlie managed two singles in a row to narrow Robert’ lead to 20-18.
In what proved to be the last end it was an exhibition of bowls from the Renton Champion, his first bowl was a toucher and his second bowl rested the toucher. He wisely put his third bowl round the back, close to the ditch. Charlie’s last bowl counted just past the jack and he lay the three shots required. Robert Sloan was surprisingly short with his last bowl and Renton Bc had its first trophy of the season in the shape of the Champion of Champions much to the delight of the Renton Supporters in attendance.

Final Result :
C Cassidy 21 R Sloan 20

Renton Bc almost made it two DAC trophies that day but Frank Mulholland lost to Dumbuck Bc’ Davie Nixon in the Peter Denny Final.

Frank however bounced back from this defeat to win the Peter Denny in 1997 and 1998 and to this day remains the last man to retain it.

Archive : Champion of Champions (DAC v CDBA)

Nov13
2014
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In the Summer of 1982, the DAC and CDBA joined forces to hold a Champion of Champions competition between both Associations.
DAC President Jimmy Dines and DAC Secretary Norrie Stephen welcomed the players to Renton Bc for this inaugural fixture.

The results were :

Singles
A McIntosh (Eastfield) 21
G McKain (Yarrow) 8

Pairs
W Duncan & A McNee (Eastfield) 14
G Laird & J Vance (Albion) 22

Triples
R Hemphill I Collins & D Jamieson (Rock) 15
R Forey W Wylie & TP Winter (Clydebank) 7

Fours
D Dines A Arthur J Gillies & I Robb (Renton) 19
A Summers W McBeth T Summers & W Wylle (Singer) 14

Junior Singles
P McGeorge (Townend) 21
J Watt (Old Kilpatrick) 3

Senior Fours
A Cowan F Rosenborg J Paton & D McCormack (Renton) 16
T Asher J McPaul W Clayson & J Niche (Singer) 8

The day was seen as a success and it was agreed that the fixture would become an annual event and the next game would take place at Yoker Bc.

Archive : 2007 Centenary Trophy

Nov06
2014
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In June 2007, Renton Bc won the Centenary Trophy with eight winning rinks and became the first club to do this on three occasions following on from their 2000 Kirkwood Bowl and 2005 Ballantine Shield Pairs success’.
The previous season as holders, Renton Bc had relinquished the DAC Silver Silver quite easily but had made a fine start to the 2007 season , they finished third in Burgh Cup then followed it up by finishing runners up in Kirkwood Bowl and Strathleven Rosebowl but the week before the Centenary Trophy they secured their first trophy of the season in the shape of Norrie Stephen Memorial.
Going into the Centenary Trophy the selection committee had several late call offs as well as having five players missing who were on Andrew Hamilton Trophy duty (C Cassidy, J Gillies, D McArthur, I McCallum and J McCarry) but as always, confidence was high.
As the results started to come in it was clear that Renton Bc were going to be close again and add to their already impressive start to Silver Salver.
Once the players assembled in the clubhouse and it was clear that we had seven winners and we were now waiting on Eddie Reid and his team delivering the two points needed versus Dumbuck at the Dixon green.
Eddie and his team didn’t disappoint and had won by one shot on the day, the same score line as Joe O’Shea and Neil McCallion’ teams had won by.
This was very sweet for Renton Bc who had come so close to having eight winners on several occasions since 2005 Ballantine Pairs success, most notably the 2006 Syd Walters Triples when the club had seven winners and a draw.

The winning Renton Bc team on the day :
Joe Miller, J Docherty, G Connell & D Ballantyne (s) +7 v Rock ;
B Murray Sen, C Kane, Jim Daly & J O’Shea (s) +1 v Eastfield ;
D McLaughlin, F McAdam, J Brodie & N McCallion (s) +1 v Townend ;
G McCallion, B Mooney, F McCarry & D Lang (s) +9 v Dixon ;
J Murphy, H MacLean, B Murray Jun & D McCarry (s) +12 v Dumbarton ;
J Graham, I Beaton, S McGowan & E Reid (s) +1 v Dumbuck ;
B McNeil, A McGhee, J Conn & P Kane (s) +7 v Argyle ;
S Marrs, M Cassidy, M Cavan & A MacEachran (s) +17 v Brock.

All thirty-two players were given a commemorative badge from DAC to mark the win.
This win was pivotal to Renton Bc reclaiming the Silver Salver, despite Renton Bc being level on points but trailing Eastfield Bc on shots when the last cup game of the season, the rearranged China Cup was played in early October, the village club overcame their rivals from ‘up the pen’ to win their third Silver Salver in five seasons.

Archive : 1982 Burgh Cup / Kirkwood Bowl

Oct30
2014
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In recent years Renton Bc have had their fair share of success within the local bowling association (DAC) but have never started the season with winning the first two DAC cup competitions of the season unlike the “class of 82″ who successfully started the 1982 season by winning the Burgh Cup and Kirkwood Bowl.

Burgh Cup 1982
The winning Renton Bc team was :
W Cavan, G Taylor, S Devine & V P Devine (skip) ;
A Arthur, A Arnold, R Darroch & F Bell (skip) ;
J M Paton, A Russell, N McCallion & J Gillies (skip) ;
J Lindie, I Coyle, T McGowan & A McKenzie (skip) ;
J McGowan, G Caldwell , J Law & D Lang (skip) ;
D Dines, J Kennedy, F Bluett & R McGeachie (skip).

Result:
1st Renton Bc 10pts +30
2nd Townend Bc 8+39
3rd Vale of Leven Bc 8+18

Kirkwood Bowl 1982
The winning Renton Bc team was :
G Taylor, J Murphy, W Cavan & S Devine (skip) ;
A Arthur, A Arnold, R Darroch & F Bell (skip) ;
J Lindie, I Coyle, T McGowan & A McKenzie (skip) ;
J McGowan, G Caldwell , J Law & D Lang (skip) ;
D Henderson , P Dines, J McArdle & I D Robb (skip) ;
J M Paton, A Russell, N McCallion & J Gillies (skip).

Result :
1st Renton Bc 10pts +36
2nd Dumbarton Bc 8pts +2
3rd Brock Bc 7pts -1

These two wins saw Renton Bc lead the Polaroid Trophy by 5 points and 30 shots from Townend Bc with Vale of Leven Bc a further 3 points back.
Sadly Renton Bc couldn’t maintain their winning cup run and failed to add trophies to their excellent start to the season so also fell away in Polaroid Trophy standings.
It was infact over two years before another DAC cup was won by the village club in the shape of the 1984 Strathleven Rosebowl.

Renton’ next success in the Burgh Cup was the first season the DAC Cup games went to eight rinks instead of six rinks in 1985 with their next success in the Kirkwood Bowl coming in 2000 when the club had eight winning rinks.

Archive : 2005 Ballantine Shield Pairs

Oct23
2014
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It was the summer of 2005 and the previous two Silver Salver winners Renton and Rock were chasing the DACs biggest prize, with six cup games already played , Holders Rock had a narrow lead going into the seventh cup of nine played in Silver Salver from Renton with Eastfield and Vale of Leven still in touch.
Renton had ten regulars missing for Ballantine Shield Pairs including four regular skips but still fielded strong teams and confidence was high.
When the first results started coming in that evening no one could have predicted what was unfolding , not before long Renton had seven winners out seven waiting on Duncan McArthur & Duncan Ballantyne who were playing Salver Leaders Rock at Eastfield.
The ” 2 Dunkys” didn’t disappoint as they had won by 14 shots.
Renton had won their first DAC cup of the season and their second Ballantine Pairs in three years and perhaps more importantly had built up a significant advantage in the Silver Salver as their rivals struggled.
This was the second time Renton had won a cup with eight winning teams and all sixteen players who played received a commemorative badge from DAC on their achievement which quite aptly said on them ’2005 Ballantyne Pairs Winners’.
The winning teams were:
D McArthur & D Ballantyne (s) +14 v Rock
B Murray jun & R Jardine (s) +9 v Eastfield
B Murray sen & E Reid (s) +8 v Vale of Leven
G McCallion & D McLaughlin (s) +4 v Brock
M Cavan & J McCormick (s) +16 v Argyle
J Docherty & J Gillies (s) +5 v Dumbuck
J McCarry & A MacEachran (s) +21 v Dumbarton
J Graham & W Cavan (s) +5 v Dixon

This cup win is still regarded as the finest in recent times for Renton Bc and was the start of a very fruitful month in Renton’s long history.
Three days after this fine cup win , Renton went to neighbours Argyle in DBA Top Ten Sf and won 6-2.
In early August Renton then won the DBA Top Ten Final v Torrance Victoria by the same scoreline at Radnor Park.
Six days after winning the Top Ten , Renton Bc clinched the Silver Salver in fine style by winning the China Cup with 6 wins and a peel.
The outcome of the DAC Silver Salver that season might of been so different if it hadn’t been for that ‘Perfect’ Monday night in the summer of 2005.

Archive : Donald Rennie 60 Year Game

Oct16
2014
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In the year 1922 when the “wireless” was the “in” thing and the rumblings of great industrial unrest were in the air , a certain young man of 19 years joined Renton Bowling Club.
On Saturday last , the club honoured the same man who had now reached his sixtieth anniversary of his membership.
Donald Rennie is the man.
The Renton BC gave Donald a never-to-be-forgotten day and seven rinks all invited by Donald, came to show their respect and admiration of one of the district’s most popular characters.
Donald, a very modest man, was in his day a prolific player for his club and county.
He has won the Renton Championship on no less than four occasions. The first year was 1946 and to prove it was no fluke he won it again in 1947 and also in 1949 and 1954.
Donald and his great friend Jim Paton, won the Scottish District Pairs Championship in 1961, went to Queens Park and eventually lost to the runners-up.
Donald played skip for the Renton club for 36 years and has also won every competition in the club. He also skipped the four who won the Brock Cup in 1953 – and what a rink it was R Adams Lead , J McCabe Second , J Paton Third and Donald. They believe it or not , won by 46shots.
When, I spoke to Donald in his home last week, I asked him if anyone had an influence on his play or ability. He replied immediatley: “My father influenced me a great deal. He had been club champion himself and therefore knew a bit about the game”
Donald went on “I always remember him telling me when I first started the game there no ‘easy things’ in bowls, and always put one round the back!”
Donald told me he has always tried to follow that advice.
I also asked Donald what his proudest or happiness moment was during these sixty years. Again there was no need for Donald to ponder the question. His quick reply was “My first time as club champion, followed closely by my Queens Park game.”
Donald and his wife Ina have been married for 56 years and have two sons , John and David , both abroad. John is in Canada and David in Australia.
The 56 players played 17 ends and Donald’s select won 6 of the 7 games for a resounding victory.
Highest up in Donald’s team was A Russell , A Snowdon , N Stephen & J Paton (skip) and the highest four against was A McGlashan , D.Fraser , W Stewart & A McKenzie (skip) all of whom received beautiful prizes. Donald also received gifts from the club , the seniors section and ladies section.

Bobby Barnes
Lennox Herald
August 1982

2014 DBA County Finals

Jun22
2014
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Renton Bc will host the DBA County Finals on Sunday 29th June at 2pm.
It’s been 38 years since Renton Bc hosted the DBA finals since Tom McGowan was DBA President in 1976 and with John Gillies being in office this year it’s ‘our turn’ to host the DBA’ blue riband day.
Renton Bc will be competing in the two of the disciplines and will be hoping to win their 1st DBA title since S.Marrs & D Ballantyne won the Pairs in 2006 and emulate the 2002 season when I McCallum won Singles and D McLaughlin D Lang & N McCallion won triples meaning Renton Bc won 2 titles in the one day.

Singles : Keith Tait Helensburgh v Ian McLachlan Dalmuir
Juniors Singles : Alan Air Helensburgh v Alan Barrie Kirkintilloch
Pairs : Townend v Condorrat
Triples : BILLY MURRAY JUN R O’MALLEY D MCCARRY (s) RENTON v Radnor Park
Fours : Garelochhead v Westermains
Senior Fours : RONNIE JARDINE FRANK MCCARRY CHARLIE CASSIDY GEORGE LUNAN (s) RENTON v Condorrat

Best wishes to all taking part.

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