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OPEN DAY.

Attendance at this years open day was considerably down on last years event, with just twenty people turning up to try the game of lawn bowls for the first time. Although numbers were lower this year many of those attending have signed up for the club’s coaching course.
The club’s coaches and their assistants put in some sterling work during the morning to give everyone the basics of the game and as a result nine people have signed up for a six week coaching course with another seven following on from them early in the new year. Anyone who missed the Open Day but is interested in a coaching course should contact the Club’s Coaching Co-ordinator, Ann Holborn on 96818149.

LADIES WIN CHAUVINIST CUP.

The Aliathon Ladies won the Chauvinist Cup, the annual battle of the sexes, for the second consecutive year. Of the five different disciplines the ladies won three games - the two wood singles, the triples and the rinks, whilst the men were the victors in the four wood singles and the pairs.
The victorious ladies team is pictured below.

ALIATHON PLAYERS FEATURE IN WORLD BOWLS EVENT.

Four Aliathon players represented Cyprus in the recent Atlantic Championships held at the Athena Beach Hotel. Irene Owen and Tina Woodcock were part of a team of five ladies representing their adopted country, and Alistair Colliar and John Woodcock were in the men’s team.
The Atlantic Championships, which was hosted in Cyprus for the first time, is a World Bowls event held every two years at different countries in the Atlantic rim.
The men’s triples team, featuring Alistair, had an outstanding tournament winning a bronze medal after losing a closely fought semi final with one of the worlds top bowling nations - Scotland.
The ladies rinks team involving Tina and Irene lost a close quarter final with the USA, just failing to qualify for a semi-final and a medal.
Overall a great performance by all the Bowls Cyprus squad, with a much improved performance by the men’s team compared to previous international tournaments.
Alistair is pictured below in action for Cyprus against Canada in the Men’s Triples Quarter Finals.

SUCCESS IN THE 2011 SHIRLEY & IVAN TRIPLES LEAGUE.

The Aliathon Kingfishers retained the Shirley and Ivan Triples League for the third consecutive year holding off the challenge by the Coral Bay Swallows in a very closely fought finish.
With the two sides playing each other in the final game of the season a decisive win for the Swallows would have given them the title, whilst the Kingfishers knew a draw would give them success.
In the end after some very tight games the Kingfishers prevailed with a winning draw, gaining the two extra bonus points as a result of a slightly superior overall shot difference, and therefore winning the league by six points.

SUMMER FINALS 2011.

The club’s finals for the summer competitions were held over two days in early December. There were seven finals, including the Pendreich and Waldron cups - Men’s and Ladies pairs events both sponsored by Keo Brewery. The spectators watched in warm sunshine and were treated to some excellent matches throughout.
Ann Brewer won her first major club trophy – the Cup of Good Hope. Tom Mason staged a major comeback but Ann won in the end by the narrowest of margins 21-20. Ann also got to the final of the Atlantic Shield, a mixed two bowl singles competition which was won by Ben Hebdige.
In the other finals Martin McMillan won the Classic Plate, John Woodcock the Classic Shield, Margaret Allen and Diane Roberts the Waldron Cup, Ken Edwards the Presidents Trophy, Barry Smith and Martin McMillan the Pendreich Cup and the Marina Cup was won by Margaret Allen and Ben Hebdige.

Ann Brewer is pictured below with the Cup of Good Hope.

Charity Presentation 2011.

The President of the Club, John Warner, recently presented cheques for over €1,000 to two local charities, The Cancer Patient Support Group and The Friends Hospice Paphos. The money was raised at the club’s annual charity day, each bowler taking part was sponsored by Fraser Mackinlay, club members ran various stalls and a raffle to raise extra funds at the event.
The cheques were presented to the two charities at the July coffee morning of The Cancer Patient Support Group.
Currency Solutions, another sponsor of the bowling club, raised money for charity at several other events held at the club during the year. Nana Kilpela from Currency Solutions presented a cheque for nearly €200 to The Cancer Patient Support Group at their August coffee morning.

Pictured below (L to R) are John Warner with Jackie Cottrell (The Friends Hospice Paphos) and Tom Handley (The Cancer Patient Support Group).

The Aliathon players were very successful in this years National Championships providing finalists in nine of the twelve finals with twelve finalists in total, resulting in three all Aliathon finals. The gents performed considerably better than last year, winning three finals and had four finalists’ altogether.
The ladies failed to perform last years clean sweep but still performed admirably with teams or players reaching all five ladies finals with six finalists in total. For the Ladies the highlights were Sol Robertson and Irene Owen winning the Ladies Pairs for the second consecutive year, there third triumph altogether, a tremendous achievement. Irene also reached the Ladies 4 Bowl Singles final but lost out on this occasion to her team mate Anna Clarke, who now goes on to represent Cyprus in the World Bowls Champion of Champions in 2012.
The Aliathon also became the first club to win all four singles titles in the same championship, as well as Anna in the 4 Bowl Singles, Sol Robertson won the Ladies 2 Bowl Singles, Peter Bridger won the Men’s 2 Bowl Singles and John woodcock won the Men’s 4 Bowl Singles. John will also go onto to represent Cyprus in the World Bowls Champion of Champions in 2012, which is in Cyprus.
The other winners were Ben Hebdige & Pat Ryan who won the Men’s Pairs and Peter Morgan & Anna Clarke who won Mixed Pairs in a very close finish against club colleagues Tom & Irene Owen.
We must also mention the efforts of the gallant runners up from the club, Alister Collier in Gent’s 2 bowl, Sol Robertson, Linda Ryan & Anna Clarke in the Ladies Triples and Eunice Warner, Diane Roberts, Tina Woodcock & Kitty Collier in the Ladies Rinks.

Pictured below are the four singles champions from the club from left to right, Peter Bridger, Sol Robertson, John Woodcock & Anna Clarke.

Aliathon Bowling Club - Winter Finals 2011.

The Aliathon Bowling Club held the finals of their winter competitions over two days in mid-April. There were nine finals in total including the Keo Brewery sponsored Gents and Ladies 4 Bowl Singles Championships. A large number of spectators watched in warm sunshine and were entertained with some excellent matches throughout the two days.

Sol Robertson won the Ladies Singles for the second consecutive year beating Dot Gibbons in the final and Bob Manson was a new name on the Gents Singles trophy beating Ben Hebdige in a hard fought match.

The most exciting game was saved to the very end, the final of the Currency Solutions Knockout Triples was tied after the normal eighteen ends so a tie-breaking extra end was played. After some excellent bowling by both leads the Jaggy Thistles won the game by one shot with a Jeff Little special.

Pictured are the winners of the Maispa Cup, the Ladies 2 Wood Pairs Competition, Dot Gibbons and Margaret Allen with John Warner - Club President. For a full list of all the winners see the Honours Board section.

Aliathon Charity Day - Big Success.

The Aliathon Bowling Club’s Annual Charity Day was a great success raising nearly €2,000. The event consists of a bowling match, which saw members from each of the four clubs on the island competing. Each of the 50+ bowlers was sponsored by Fraser Mackinlay, who also organised a raffle with large cash prizes. Other funds were raised by a club members “funny face” competition and book, cake, tombola and other stalls.

The Club President, John Warner, achieved his aim of substantially increasing the money raised from the previous year. The money will be divided between two Charities selected by the President – The Cancer Patient Support Group and The Friends Hospice Paphos.

Bowls Cyprus Tens League 2011.

Congratulations to all those involved in the Aliathon Kingfishers team, they came with a strong run at the end of the annual Bowls Cyprus Tens League competition to win the league title in a close finish with the Coral Bay Swallows.

They had to pull out all the stops to win this years competition because with three games to go they were next to the bottom of the table some seventeen points behind the league leaders Coral Bay Swallows. They did have two games in hand on the Swallows but it was still a big ask to make up the difference, a maximum ten points against the Louis Phaeton Plovers followed by two more good wins against the Aphrodite Eagles home and away saw them clinch their fifth consecutive title.

The Aliathon Herons the clubs second team finished fourth in the table, four points above the Aphrodite Eagles in fifth. This was a very creditable result as they were competing against other clubs first teams and they were only one point behind the team finishing third, Well done to all those involved in the Herons team.

ALIATHON BOWLING CLUB SECURES NEW SPONSOR.

The Aliathon Bowling Club recently welcomed a new sponsor of the club, Currency Solutions have agreed to support the Club’s Triples Knock Out Competition. The competition is held in the winter season, January to April each year, and the final this year will be played on either 15th or 16th April.

Sponsorship of the trophy means that Currency Solutions can now promote their services to club members through display material in the clubhouse and at club functions. They will be invited to make the presentation to the winning team at the Annual Presentation Dinner and they will also have a link on the club’s website. The photograph below shows Mark Kirby Managing Director of Currency Solutions handing over the trophy to Club Secretary, Tina Woodcock. If any other company or business is interested in sponsoring a competition at the club they should contact John on 99380796

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