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GIFFORD BOWLING & SPORTS CLUB
 
 

 


The Gifford Bowling & Sports Club is situated beyond the bridge in Station Rd.


The roots of the club are to be found in Yester Estate & the Avenue where provision was made
for estate workers & villagers to play the game of bowls.
In 1901 the Marquis of Tweeddale donated the land in Station Rd. to establish a four rink green and clubhouse.
The green was extended after the floods of 1948 destroyed the nearby mill lade.

 

 

 

 

 

           The club has enjoyed much national and local success and has found international repute thanks
            largely to long time bowler Willie Wood MBE who has travelled throughout the world playing the
              game he loves and was Gold medallist at the Commonwealth Games in both 1982 and 1990.

Willie Wood MBE
 
 

CLUB NEWS & EVENTS

All the latest Bowling and Sports Club news & events
can be found on their great new website.

 

 


Membership rates for 2008 are as follows:
 

Sports member

Pension Age

 

£15

 

Sports member

Full Member

 

£30

 

Sports member

Student

 

£5

 

Sports member

Junior

Up to 18 years

£5

 

Social

Non sports

 

£5

 

Further details and application forms can be obtained from the clubhouse or through the
Secretary, Stuart Brown (07989 734350), or e-mail: giffordsportsclub@btinternet.com
 

  

 

 

 
 
 

Gifford bowlers win the Western District League.

Back Row: John Currie, Peter Sandilands, Jimmy Combe, Sandy Dickson,
Bill Lawrie, Jimmy Dickson, Jimmy Sandilands, Charlie Young,
Brian Bissett & Vic Dickson.

Front Row: Willie Wood, Willie Wood Snr, Ian Martin, Geordie Hobbs & James Grindlay.

 

  


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