David Kelly wins Ayr Bowling singles for the third time

Aug 13 2010 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

DAVID KELLY became only the third player in the history of Ayr Bowling Week to defend his gents singles title when he beat Craigie’s Jamie Houston (Craigie) 21-10 in the final at Northfield.

Kelly, who won the title for the third time, follows in the footsteps of Jim McCubbin (Annbank) in 1981/82 and Willie Farrell (Cumnock) in 1935/36.

And he immediately dedicated the win to his gran who died the day before.

David’s mum Susan had pulled out to be with her mother. Her pairs partner Margaret Reid withdrew and then filled in with Carole McMillan.

And the new duo went on to clinch the title.

In the gents semis, Kelly beat Graham McKinlay (Northfield) 21-13 while Houston edged out Joe Williamson (New Cumnock) 21-19.

Quarter-finals: Kelly 21, William McKenzie (Cumnock) 9; Stuart Reid (Ayr) 16, McKinlay 21; Williamson 21, Billy Anderson (Glaisnock Valley) 20; Houston 21, David Gass (Newton Park) 14.

Joyce Dickey of Hawick won the ladies singles for the second time in three years when she beat the 2001 champion Maureen Shimmons (Annbank) 21-12 in the final.

In the semi-finals, Dickey beat Cumnock’s Jean Sykes 21-18 while Shimmons was a 21-6 winner over Alison Lamont (Cumnock).

Quarter-finals: Dickey 21, Anne Robertson (JG Fleming) 20; Elaine McKenzie (Cumnock) 17, Sykes 21; Lamont 21, Joyce Arnott (Northfield) 1; Diana Henderson (Castle Kennedy) 20, Shimmons 21.

Gents pairs: David Kiltie jnr (Port William) and David Kiltie snr (Gatehouse) 15, Garry Johnstone and Alex Fleming (Auchinleck) 8.

Quarter-finals: Graeme Longair and Stephen Longair (unattached) 9, Kiltie and Kiltie 18; John Candlish and Scott McNeillie (Coylton) 10, John Arnott and David Arnott (Stranraer) 11; Johnstone and Fleming 11, Derek Smith (Glaisnock Valley) and Derek Ferguson (Cumnock) 8; Ian Hall and Alec Blackwood (Catrine) 9, Stuart Christie and Robert Malcolmson (Crooksmoss) 8.

Semi-finals: Kiltie and Kiltie 14, Arnott and Arnott 11; Johnstone and Fleming 12, Hall and Blackwood 9.

Ladies pairs: Carole McMillan (Port William) and Margaret Reid (Stranraer) 13, Morag McDowall and Janette Hale (Troon Portland) 9.

Quarter-finals: Mary Grier and Margaret Henderson (Galston) 8, McDowall and Hale (Troon Portland) 9; Jean Bunyan and Sally Kennedy (Dalrymple) 13, Anne Houston and Lorna Dobie (Castle Douglas) 17; Liz Reid (Craigie) and Nancy Warwick (Carnwath) 7, McMillan and Reid17; Jan Sommerville and Marion MacLure (Dalrymple) 7, Janette Kincaid (Maybole MP) and Sheila Cole (KBBC) 8.

Semi-finals: McDowall and Hale 18, Houston and Dobie 8; McMillan and Reid 15, Kincaid and Cole 14.

The mixed pairs went to Richard Stevenson (Stranraer WE) and Kathleen Stevenson (Stranraer) who crushed William and Elaine McKenzie (Cumnock) 16-1 in the final.

Quarter-finals: Tilly Moore and Scott McNeillie (Rankinston) 6, Colin Wilson (Stranraer WE) and Jean Thomson (Newton Park) 18; McKenzie and McKenzie 18, Craig Yates and Vicki Colville (Crooksmoss) 2; Paul Shields and Sandra Shields (Wattfield) 6, Anne Robertson and Norman Robertson (JG Fleming) 15; Jimmy Sproat and Annie Sproat (Stranraer WE) 6, Stevenson and Stevenson 8.

Semi-finals: Wilson and Thomson 4, McKenzie and McKenzie 19; Robertson and Robertson 6, Stevenson and Stevenson 14.

Junior boys’ singles: Craig Cathie (Coylton) 19, Darren Weir (Prestwick) 21.

Junior girls’ singles: Lynsay Brown (Tarbolton) 21, Carrie McLean (Cumnock) 14.

Unclaimed raffle prizes: set of Taylor bowls: pink 603; £40 meal voucher for Ivy Rooms: blue 782; case of wine: white 348; George Foreman grill: yellow 776; CD Micro system: pink 252; kettle: green 231.

A full list of unclaimed prizes is available both Northfield Complex and at Northfield Bowling Club. Prizes can be claimed from Gordon on 0785 119 6592.