TURRIFF’S David Mitchell is the only young bowler from the north picked to play for Scotland in the junior international series at Provincial Towns Indoor Bowling Club in Antrim, Northern Ireland, on Saturday and Sunday January 9 and 10.
TEAM: R. Scott (Lanarkshire), S. Walker (Blantyre), S. Allan (Alloa), S. Anderson (Auchinleck); M. McCalley (Falkirk), C. Taggart (Whiteinch), C. Greer (West Lothian), B. Irvine (Blantyre); C. Crawford (Midlothian), G. Sloan (Dumbarton), D. Mitchell (Turriff), P. O’Donnell (Bainfield); K. Wallace (Alloa), M. O’Hagan (Blantyre), C. England (Prestwick), C. Hutchinson (Bainfield). Reserves: T. Thompson (Dundee), Stuart Paterson (Turriff).
Buchan’s Sarah Jane Gowans is in Scotland’s line-up for the women’s junior international series at Cynon Valley, Wales, on January 16 and 17.
TEAM: L. Gordon (East Fife), C. Walker (Blantyre), R. Campbell (Alloa), A. Robertson (Dundee); E. Brown (East Lothian), S. J. Gowans (Buchan), M. Keenan (Dumbarton), S. Ewing (Headwell); L. Barnett (West Lothian), C. Campbell (Falkirk), P. Martin (Lanarkshire), G. Blair (Midlothian); S. Laidlaw (Midlothian), K. Gardner (Coatbridge), M. O’Donnell (Bainfield), M. Cooper (Ardrossan). Reserves: D. Hogan (East Lothian), N. Orr (Falkirk).
Aberdeen Ex-Presidents team to play David Leslie's Select at Aberdeen Indoor on Sunday at 1.30pm is:
D. Hogg (Wo), A. Paterson (Ns), J. Clunie (B), B. Gordon (B); A. Aitken (Wo), W. Moir (Unat), W. Dawson (N), I. Haw (B); G. Watt (W), E. Murdo (Wo), J. Simpson (Bal), G. Paterson (W); I. Kennedy (N), S. McClenaghan (C), W. Mair (Cs), C. Walker (B); J. Riddoch (W), A. Birnie (Unat), W. Laird (Ns), S. Robison (P); J. Jamieson (Unat), W. Whyte (Unat), G. Craigen (Ag), A. Bruce (Ns); H. Cooper (N), R. Gordon (C), W. Smith (B), H. McIntosh (Ns); G. Fraser (Wo), L. Skinner (C), J. Muirhead (P), D. Lamont (Ns)