Prestwick Indoor Bowling Club seniors beat Paisley

Dec 16 2011 by Mike WIlson, Ayrshire Post (main ed)

THE senior bowlers of Ambassador Prestwick Indoor continued their winning streak when they beat Paisley by seven shots at the Bellevue Road Stadium.

Wins for the quartets skipped by Morris Sturgeon, Michael Higgins and Alan Paxton were enough to compensate for the defeat suffered by the Billy McArthur four.

It sees them close the gap on section leaders Lanarkshire to two points.

The selectors name the following team for Saturday’s trip to Dumbarton: Rink 1: W Craig, H Berretti, A Thomson, W McArthur; Rink 2: W Kennedy, T Howson, J Fortune, M Higgins; Rink 3: S Watson, J Docherty, E Doolan, A Paxton; Rink 4: W Fulton, J Ross, J Reid, M Sturgeon. Reserves: J Lindsay, S Gibson, W Ferguson.

The gents suffered a 20 shot defeat away to bottom of the league Alloa and now sit only two points above them in second place in the Premier League.

Scores: C Lindsay 19, B Ramage 15; P Boyd 15, S Allan 33; D Boyd 16, K Storf 23; G Martin 16, I Inglis 15.

The league now takes a break for the festive season when the gents will be hoping results improve their position.

The gents national pairs take place this weekend when Prestwick's Alex Adrain and Paul Foster play Cowal at Stirling while Val O'Neill and Rose-Ena Dante take on Allander at Cumbernauld.

Festive opening times at the stadium: Christmas Eve close at 1pm, Christmas Day and Boxing Day closed, December 27 and 30 open for sessions at 10am and noon dependent on demand (rinks must be reserved by December 20), December 31, January 1 and 2 closed, January 3 open for 2012.