Northern Bowling Club’s men’s four have qualified for the finals of the national championships at Ayr from 27 July to 3 August after an 18-9 victory over Tanfield at the Queensberry club.

And in a remarkable tour de force down Warriston way the women’s section came within a match of the finals when they finished runners-up to Craigentinny, It was only recently that a ladies section was re-constituted after a lapse of almost 150 years.

Pictured are:

Men – left to right – Gordon Wilson Snr, Darren Prentice, Euan Craig, Gordon Wilson Jnr

Ladies – left to right –  Julie Henderson, Sylvia Watson, Carolyn Young, Fiona Ord

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