I think Niddrie jumped ship from that league when the EBL was formed, could be wrong though.
There are quite a few greens in the town that I've never played on, and quite a few that I'm in no hurry to return to.
Over the last few years, the green that I've enjoyed playing on least is London Rd Foundry (especially rink 2 which should be condemned!) Thank god we got promoted away from them this year!
We had to play an ELBA Pairs tie at Stenhouse a few years ago and it had been cut up and down rather than diagonally.. there were dark and light stripes running in the direction you were bowling in, and it wasn't possible to throw your bowls hard enough into the grain.. but bowling with the grain it was flying. A bizzarre experience! (we still won though)
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20-03-2008 07:05 PM #61
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20-03-2008 07:31 PM #63
We had a wee problem at Seafield a few years ago when we played the invitation pairs there. It hadn't rained for a while and it had been cut short in the morning.... the sun baked down all day and by mid afternoon it was getting difficult to keep your bowls on the green.... one end I saw had a pair getting 5 shots with the only woods still on the green (all the participants had played before for many years and no bowls were driven off the green!)...that was too fast for me!
it hasn't been half as fast since... thank god!
I used to play at one of the greens you've never been on every year in their invitation triples... Ardmillan... it's a funny wee green and it isn't square.. They strung 5 rinks for the round robin part of the comps (rink 1 is a nightmare!), then reverted to 4 rinks for the knockout all the rinks are ok if they only have 4 on... the place is full of jambos and one year I was there they interrupted the tournament so that the punters could go down to Gorgie to see the jambos parading the Scottish Cup! (I stayed in the bar!)... we were 5 shots up in the last round robin game one year and the opposition skip had no real "shot" on, just a hit and hope.. he scattered the whole head and when the dust settled they got a 6... their lead said to his ship.."good bowl!" he nearly got his head kicked in!
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20-03-2008 07:36 PM #64
we were 5 shots up in the last round robin game one year and the opposition skip had no real "shot" on, just a hit and hope.. he scattered the whole head and when the dust settled they got a 6... their lead said to his ship.."good bowl!" he nearly got his head kicked in![/QUOTE]
Quality! Nothing like a shout of well played when you've fluked a shot
Nothing does my head in like erses who wouldn;t know a good shot if it came up and hit them in the face.
Playing in the league last year when some numpty from Lutton Place yelled with delight after my skips attempt at a drive missed the head. Thanks ****** I don't have to play them this year!
Seen too much of this over the years to be honest. Have seen guys at Tanfield refuse to shake hands at the end of the game they were that wound up.
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Unfortunately we lost the final to Willowbrae on shots..lost the singles and Pairs, won the triples and rink.. after beating teams that were ranked much higher than them to get there!
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20-03-2008 07:48 PM #66
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As for the Jewel not playing in other leagues...as we are "predominently" a sub section in a Miners club it was an old agreement from the mining days that Jewel along with others such as Danderhall, Easthouses, Loanhead, Arniston etc play on a Friday..perhaps most miners finished early on a Friday & a few pints & a game of bowls would be deemed good competition ....
That said, we are in the main a "social" section as are others ive mentioned & whilst there is a degree of seriousness involved, most if not all the teams ive played against treat it as just that..a social night out...
I am sure though that if the Jewel ever moved to a wed night or so then we would attract more of the serious bowlers as it would be far more competitive...
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20-03-2008 07:53 PM #68
Ah, the one & only James Cropley.......James is a classy player & if it wasnt for his attitude would imo get into most teams in Edinburgh ..
Thats the guy!!!
On a separate note I mind Burnsie07 had mooted the idea of getting a .Net side together to play against his club. I know he was a tad busy last year but if something could get arranged it could be a good laugh
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20-03-2008 07:53 PM #69
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I remember playing against Tanfield in the Edinburgh cup a few years ago, the three rinks we had at home did OK .. I played third on rink 5 that night and we won.. all our rinks got beat at Tanfield tho'
It was funny watching the Tanfield crew coming through the gate that night cos we had the green running the wrong way (deliberately).. wee Storrier wasnae impressed!
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20-03-2008 08:09 PM #74
[QUOTE=sg7nil;1547032]Did Ally smile when he won?? If he did, we'll note the date ... 2002 you say!? - Now that you come to mention it I don't think he did and has he ever by the way???
I remember playing against Tanfield in the Edinburgh cup a few years ago, the three rinks we had at home did OK .. I played third on rink 5 that night and we won.. all our rinks got beat at Tanfield tho' - Cannae mind if I played in this game or not??
It was funny watching the Tanfield crew coming through the gate that night cos we had the green running the wrong way (deliberately).. wee Storrier wasnae impressed! - SHOCK!
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20-03-2008 08:29 PM #75
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There are one or two of them are members at Seafield anyway and a couple of ex-members (Ian & Jason Mckay)
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20-03-2008 08:39 PM #77
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Did you know Ken Monkhouse ? he was an ex treasurer of the Dockers, gravelly voiced Englishman, captained the Jewel seniors..
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BTW, for anybody that is in the Broughton,Bellevue,Cannonmills,Warriston area, or from anywhere really, if you are interested in trying out the game (or if you just want to join a new club) the Northern Bowling Club is having two 'OPEN days' on Saturday/Sunday April 19th & 20th (as opposed to our opening day on April 12th).
This is for anyone who might want to come along and try the game out for the first time, see if you fancy taking it up. You will be welcomed into the club from Around 2.00pm both days and we will provide bowls, shoes etc and a wee bit of tuition for all newcomers.
At the very least, if you don't fancy the game, you can always have a wee refreshment.
We are situated in Warriston Crescent, along towards Warriston Playing fields where the primary schools play their fitba.
We play the Edinburgh Club in our first league match of the season on their green and it will be the start of a sad season for their members.
On a similar note, I was told today that the public Greens at Balgreen are to be closed and the land sold off, no doubt for housing, although this has not been confirmed yet.
Anybody in the Edinburgh City Council heard this news?Last edited by MB62; 26-03-2008 at 02:46 PM.
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26-03-2008 03:16 PM #83
Surely not the Balgreen ones??? They're the "jewel in the crown" of Edinburghs public greens...!!!
Although maybe there are rules about building on any of the others (most of which I believe were bequeathed to the city by benefactors who wrote into the conditions that the council could not bulid on the sites - certainly they aint allowed to build on Leith or Victoria Park - not sure about Powderhall - and I can't imagine they'd be allowed to build on either end of the meadows!)
If public greens are to go, it may in the short term assist the private clubs in securing new members, but it will undoubtedly affect the grass roots of the game as folk will not have as ready access to a casual game as before to try it out.
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If public greens are to go, it may in the short term assist the private clubs in securing new members, but it will undoubtedly affect the grass roots of the game as folk will not have as ready access to a casual game as before to try it out.
Bowls has lost a bit of its popularity in the last 5 years or so, probably primarily because of the lack of youngsters coming into the game because of the misnomer of it being an 'auld man's game'.
Possibly a bit of good news though, from a 'friend' involved in the council's sports programmes, is that there are no plans that he knows off to close Balgreen and he would be mega surprised if this was ever the case. He has said he will keep me in touch if this ever changes so maybe my original info was wrong, hopefully.
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27-03-2008 08:56 AM #86
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Are the "cooncil" greens busy..do they actually bring in revenue ?....im not saying it would be right to sell off the land but i could see the point if they are going "concerns"..
Balgreen (as discussed) is a popular venue for comps...Stenhouse (where ive never played) always looked busy when i have passed by...Leith links...never seen them used...Powderhall...never seen them used...same goes for Meadows East/West & Prestonfield...
I agree though that the stigma of bowls being an "auld" mans game does us no favours whatsoever, the bowls image certainly needs boosted by means of more press & tv coverage ...
Corsie attempted to "up" that image with a new sooper dooper indoor arena at Milton Rd but in a need to claw some of his money back he included posh restaraunt & bar facilities in the place but that went tits up due to exhorbitant prices, those prices were set for "money" folk....mister average guy me couldnt afford to bowl there never mind eat or drink !!!!
Alas, the indoor arena never lasted & it is now being turned into a private housing scheme....
We at the Jewel have two youth coaches & the plan was to coach youngsters at the indoor (Corsie) & the Jewel outdoor green but we were simply priced out...Portobello wasnt an option...
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Wardie have proposed building an indoor facility on the spare ground beside their green (4 rinks only) and want backing from the EBL clubs to run leagues there to make it more viable.
BTW, Stenhouse isn't public.. it's now privately owned by a consortium of locals.
I agree though that the public greens are woefully underused. I've never seen more than one green in use at any of them except when they're running the odd big competition.
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27-03-2008 11:17 AM #88
Powderhall & Victoria Park are where I learned to play the game when I was about 14 years old. Within a year or two I was drafted in to play for the 'Cathedral' in the catholic churches league and I must have played on every public bowling green in the city at some point or other.
Sadly, a lot of them have now gone, being used for other activities or are just derelict land.
Bowls is a great game for ALL ages and it is one of Scotland's most successful sports in terms of medals won over the years.
I don't know if it is the misconception of it being an 'auld man's game', if it is the Scottish weather, or if youngsters nowadays are mostly that lazy that that they cannot tear themselves away from their xboxes, but bowling in Scotland is dying a death and we need to attract new blood into the sport.
I believe in the last 5 years we have lost around 50,000 players to the game, which is a huge loss, but shows the general interest there used to be in bowls.
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28-03-2008 09:56 AM #89
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28-03-2008 04:23 PM #90
Just seen that the top 10 has been drawn and we have got Willowbrae which should be hard enough.
About the age issue, I think were fairly lucky in Edinburgh that we have a lot of u25's playing the game but I know its a more serious problem in other districts.
At my club Goldenacre, we currently have 8 u25's which is more than most i'd imagine!
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