David Kelly on course to retain Ayr Bowling Week title

Aug 6 2010 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

HOLDER and top seed David Kelly (Stranraer) remained on course to retain the gents singles when Ayr Bowling Tournament reached the last 32 on Tuesday evening.

Former winners Stuart Reid (Ayr), Joe McGinlay (Hawkhill) and Alex Cathie (Coylton) are also in the fray.

Last 32 ties on Thursday at 5pm are: Graham Armour (Ferguslie) v David Kelly (Stranraer); Robert Baillie (Glenluce) v Alastair McMillan (Port William); Bryce Greenhill (Kirkcolm) v William McKenzie (Cumnock); William Watson (Sanquhar) v Sam Watson (Lugar); Stuart Reid (Ayr) v John Cuthbertson (Peter Boyle); John Rennie (Sandhead) v Scott Wilson (Ardrossan); Graham McKinlay (Northfield) v Alasdair McDowall (Kirkcolm); Joe McGinlay (Hawkhill) v Edward Harris (Drongan).

David Shields (Glaisnock Valley) v Joe Williamson (New Cumnock); David Mitchell (Catrine) v John Gibson (Biggar); Paul Shields (Peter Boyle) v Ian Aitken (Crosshill); Robert Hutchison (Biggar) v Billy Anderson (Glaisnock Valley); Alex Cathie (Coylton) v Richard Stevenson (Stranraer West End); Jamie Houston (Craigie) v Graham Arnott (Northfield); David Shields (Wattfield) v Robert McDowall (Crosshill); Scott Davies (Castle Douglas) v David Gass (Newton Park).

A gran and her granddaughter are still going strong in the ladies singles.

Liz Connell (Dalrymple) and Gillian Cobbledick (Coylton) are on course to meet in the quarter-finals.

Holder Michelle Cooper (Blacklands) and Claire Johnstone (Auchinleck) both withdrew as they are playing a Test match in Wales as the elite squad prepares for the Commonwealth Games.

Last 32 ties on Thursday at 3pm are: Amy Gatherer (Blacklands) v Grace Hay (Hawkhill); Helen Kelly (Stranraer) v Joyce Dickie (Hawick); Anne Robertson (JG Fleming) v Anne Brown (Newton Park); Nancy Warwick (Carnwath) v Lynn Houston (Craigie); Diane Finlayson (Prestwick) v Phyllis Anderson (unat); Amy McCulloch (Glenluce) v Elaine McKenzie (Cumnock); Jean Sykes (Cumnock) v Vivien Taylor (Castle Kennedy); Lorna Dobie (Castle Douglas) v Kathleen Stevenson (Stranraer).

Christine Quinn (Stranraer) v Margaret James (Annbank); Susan Agnew (Fairlie) v Alison Lamont (Cumnock); Joyce Arnott (Northfield) v Susan Smith (Aveley); Rose-ena Smillie (Ayr) v Christine Newall (Kincaidston); Marion Stewart (Biggar) v Diana Henderson (Castle Kennedy); Donna Clark (Ochiltree) v Liz Connell (Dalrymple); Liza Bogie (JG Fleming) v Karin Cairney (Cumnock); Maureen Shimmons (Annbank) v Gillian Cobbledick (Coylton).

Last 16 ties in the mixed pairs to be played today (Thursday) at 9am are:

Alex Thomson and Wilma Ogilvie (Hawkhill) v Scott McNeillie and Tilly Moore (Coylton); Colin Wilson (Stranraer WE) and Jean Thomson (Newton Pk) v Bill Sykes and Jean Sykes (Cumnock); Alastair McMillan and Carole McMillan (Port William) v Willie McKenzie and Elaine McKenzie (Cumnock); Craig Yates and Vicki Colville (Crooksmoss) v Peter Wilson and Sandra Campbell (Stranraer WE); Paul Shields (Peter Boyle) and Sheila Speirs (Wattfield) v Malcolm Baillie and Susan Cobbledick (Coylton); Norman Robertson and Anne Robertson (J G Fleming) v Joe Williamson (Cumnock) and Josephine Williamson (New Cum); Peter Brown and Lynsay Brown (Tarbolton) v Jimmy Sproat and Annie Sproat (Stranraer We); Bruce Richardson (Dalbeattie) and Sally Gilmour (Castle Douglas) v Richard Stevenson (Stranraer We) and Kathleen Stevenson (Stranraer).

The final of the mixed pairs is at Northfield at noon on Saturday with all other finals at 2pm.