Alloa & District Rifle Club NSRA ten metre Air Rifle League Div 1 Rnd 2 Alloa V Leicester & District Alloa won by 38 points Robin Law 197 Miss.Seonaid McIntosh 196 Mrs.Shirley McIntosh 193 = team total 586 ex 600 Fife & Kinross SBRA Div 1 Rnd 5 Alloa A v Larbert A Larbert A won by 16 points R.Law 96 T.Kenny 96 W.McAulay 96 N.Brown 95 W.Crawford 91 + team total 474 ex 500 Div 4 Rnd 5 Alloa B v Perth C Perth C won by five points K.Miller 998 S.Norval 95 J.Norval 92 D.Bremner 84 Miss.V.Walls 84 + team total 453 ex 500 Perthshire SBRA Div 2 Rnd 3 Alloa A v Perth A Perth A won by eight points R.Law 99 W.Crawford 95 T.Kenny 95 W.McAulay 95 N.Brown 94 + team total 478 ex 500 Div 5 Rnd 3 Alloa B v Clachnacuddin Alloa B won by nine points A.Nicol 98 Mrs.W.Thomas 97 S.Norval 95 T.Bremner 94 J.Norval 92 + team total 476 ex 500 Alloa ROYAL BLUE RSC: Bus v Queen of South leaves Alloa at 4.50pm. Tickets and seats available. Bus travels via Hillfoots. Last pick up at The Ab (Tullibody). You can also order for home games v Dumbarton and Livingston and away game v Hibs. Text or telephone John Talbot on 07974051015 before 7pm. No Sundays please. New members and guests very welcome.

ST MUNGO’S SHAMROCK CSC: Bus on Sunday v St Mirren at Celtic Park leaves Peppe’s Bar, Alloa at 11am via Tullibody and Stirling. Names for Partick 1.1.15 and Kilmarnock 5.1.15. For all travel and ticket information telephone 07877852613. A warm welcome to all visitors and prospective new members.

TOMMY CRAIG CSC: The bus on Sunday will leave at 10.45am Peppe’s and 11.15am Vinney’s. Seats and tickets available, 07905414143. Tote; Stokes 6mins, 1-0, no winners, £1000 on Sunday. Names required for Partick and Kilmarnock away ASAP.

Dollar Golf Club: Results The wet, cold weather with hard greens recovering from the low overnight temperature only added to the challenge for Round 7 of the Polish Cup played on Saturday 6th December. However, the good turnout and the scores returned belied these difficult conditions.

Saturday 6th December - Polish Cup (Rd 7) Div 1: 1st Jerry Cant (12) 41 pts; 2nd Darren Hulston (+5) 41 pts; 3rd Jamie Aitken (+2) 40 pts.

Div 2: 1st Martin Smith (22) 40 pts; 2nd Alan Millar (15) 39 pts; 3rd Terry Young (17) 38 pts.

Remember Dollar has summer greens all year and with special offers available for groups of four or more it’s the place to play your winter golf - see www.dollargolfclub.com for details.

LADIES SCOTTISH LEAGUE 29.11.14.

Alloa at home to Headwell had a comfortable win with all four teams winning with an excellent majority of 42 shots.

Alloa (A) 94 - Headwell (H) 52 L Orr, V Stuart, A Bell, J Deacon (A) 22 - L Cook (H) 16.

M Craig, B Douglas, J Morton, V Hislop (A) 21 - S Hunter (H) 11.

J Keir, A Peebles, M Leel, M Scott (A) 27 - C Ewing (H) 6.

A Aitken, B Maltman, J Thomson, J Wallace (A) 24 - S Ewing (H) 19.

Alloa at home to Cumbernauld on 6.12.14.

GENTS SCOTTISH LEAGUE 29.11.14.

Alloa away to Fraserburgh finished with only one win and were only three shots behind after five ends, but after 15 ends they were 35 shots behind although reducing the score by 11 shots they still lost by 24 shots overall.

Alloa (A) 73 - Fraserburgh (F) 97 D Craig, A Craig, G Morton, K Storf (A) 7 - S Murray (F) 27.

S Hunter, G Flynn, N Soloman, G Craig (A) 24 - R Clark (F) 16.

R Craig, R Hunter, I Inglis, C Craig (A) 18 - R F Clark (F) 27.

J Keir, F Murphy, J Budge, I S Inglis (A) 24 - D Murray (F) 27.

GENTS SENIOR LEAGUE 3.12.14.

Alloa away to Falkirk were only three shots behind after five ends, but with only one winning team they were well beaten by 26 shots overall.

Alloa (A) 40 - Falkirk (F) 66 R Grandison, C Macleod, P Stark, J Budge (A) 4 - J Phillips (F) 19.

B Pearson, H Malkiewicz, A Deas, D Fletcher (A) 13 - W Craigie (F) 21.

T Neil, I Louden, S Harris, B Rattray (A) 13 - A Fletcher (F) 8.

D Buist, W Walker, A Noblett, C Walker (A) 10 - L Ramsay (F) 18.

Next game - Balbardie at Alloa tonight (Wednesday) 10 December.

SCOTTISH LADIES LEAGUE 6.12.14.

Another fine performance from Alloa ladies at home to Cumbernauld. Ten shots ahead after five ends got Alloa off to a good start, they never looked like losing and finishing with two up, one down and one draw and a winning score by 14 shots.

Alloa (A) 85 - Cumbernauld (C) 71 A Aitken, B Maltman, J Thomson, J Wallace (A) 22 - M Whiteman (C) 20.

L Orr, V Stuart, A Bell, J Deacon (A) 16 - A Cairnie (C) 16.

C Jackson, B Douglas, J Morton, V Hislop (A) 26 - R McIntyre (C) 13.

J Keir, A Peebles M Leel, M Scott (A) 21 - I Hannah (C) 21.

Next game - sway to Abbeyview on Saturday 10 January 2015.

Alva Swifts YFC Under 15 football team with their recently purchased new strips kindly sponsored by Howdens Joinery, Stirling. The picture shows the team with David Inkster, Depot Manager, Howdens Joinery Stirling. It was taken on 6 December 2014 at Dumyat Park, Menstrie prior to their FVFDA League match against Bannockburn Amateurs FC which Alva Swifts won 4-3. The lads have improved this season and are performing well. They currently sit fifth in the league after 10 games. The team wish to express their thanks to David and Howdens for sponsoring the team.

World champion Joanne Eccles (GBR) captivated crowds at the FEI World Cup Vaulting 2014/15 second qualifier at the Salon du Cheval in Paris over the weekend, winning the female individual competition, followed swiftly by the Pas-de-Deux with her younger sister Hannah (GBR).

Defending FEI World Cup Vaulting and former world champion Nicolas Andreani (FRA), known as “Nico” to his many fans, also stormed to male individual victory in Paris, where a total of 18 athletes from seven countries battled it out.

Joanne Eccles displayed her full range of style and skill on WH Bentley, lunged by her father John Eccles, earning an outstanding 8,828 points, which gave her 15 World Cup points as she targets the Finals next year.

This was her first international competition since securing her second consecutive world title at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014 this summer. Before heading to Paris, Eccles said she wanted to show “how amazing vaulting is.” She explained: “when spectators enjoy my performances I enjoy them even more.” In Paris, she definitely reached her goal, impressing the audience with two clear and extremely difficult freestyles, including performing her unique one-handed handstand, which has become her trademark this season.

Individual vaulters now have an additional 20 seconds to impress the judges following a recent rule change to extend the one-minute routines. Eccles, the 25-year-old dentist from Scotland, talked about these precious extra seconds. She said: “It allows more time to really engage the audience and to truly feel the performance.

“It was a great competition in Paris as always, and the arena and organisation were brilliant for us and the horses.” Corinna Knauf (GER) finished second with Echt Stark and her sister and lunger Alexandra Knauf, with Hannah Eccles (GBR) securing third on WH Bentley also lunged by her father John Eccles.

Nicolas Andreani secured the male individual spot 705 points clear of his nearest rival. His classy performance on Just A Kiss with Marina Joosten Dupon, who has been his lunger and coach since he started vaulting as a child, earned him 8,933 points.

“Thanks everyone for your great support!”, said Andreani to his loyal fans, who came in droves to cheer him on in Paris. Lukas Klouda (CZE) finished second with Echt Stark and his sister and lunger Petra Cinerova, with Lukas Heppler (SUI) also collecting vital FEI World Cup Vaulting points with third place on Waimar CH lunged by Barbara Zürcher. The Pas-de-Deux competition in Paris ended with the same duel as last year, but this time Germany’s Pia Engelberty and Torben Jacobs on Danny Boy lunged by Patric Looser were denied the number one slot by Joanne and Hannah Eccles, who finished with a 285-point lead (8,828).

Gera Marie Grün and Justin van Gerven (GER), training partners of Engelberty and Jacobs, finished third.

On Saturday 29 November, Clackmannanshire’s only girls football club had their fourth annual awards ceremony. In an fantastic evening over 30 girls were recognised for their efforts throughout the season.

Girls coordinator Sandra Reynolds said: “It was was a great testimony to the efforts of everyone at the club and to continue to grow the section from the two teams we originally had in 2010 to now have girls from eight-year-old to 15 year olds and we are very much looking forward to next season already.

“Special recognition must go to all our girls, they have been great ambassadors to the club and their teams throughout the season.” Girls from the clubs u9s and u11s teams received mementos for the season, the club was fortunate enough to have girls represent the club at Scotland international matches, with players winning PCS player of the tournament.

The u13s in their first season together as a squad my say their highlight was being drawn at home to Celtic in the Scottish Cup. Major winners for the season were Keira Quinn winning Top Goal Scorer; Cassie Brown special improvement award; Taylor Thompson Players Player of the Year; and Rhona Cameron Player of the Year.

Our 15s have gone from strength to strength this season. Sarah-Louise Waugh, top scorer; Caitlyn Reynolds, Amie Buchanan, Rebecca Lavery special improvement awards; Kayleigh Robertson, Player of the Year and Memphis Bernard Player of the year.

As 2015 approaches Tullibody Community Lassies are looking for players to join their existing set ups at u9s, u11s, u13s, u15s and u17s teams, if you’d like to join our teams please contact Sandra on 07548449424, no experience necessary.

All our coaches are experienced and qualified and we are looking to allow every girl the opportunity to play organised football.

CLACKMANNANSHIRE BOWLING CLUBS POOL LEAGUE Here are the results from week nine Tulliallan 3 - 6 Clackmannan; Menstrie 4 - 5 Alloa East End A; Alloa East End A 2 - 7 Tillicoultry; Sauchie 4 - 5 Dollar; Alva South 6 - 3 Burns Club.

Skol Cup Draw - Pre-lim 11 December Burns Club v Tulliallan; Dollar v Tillicoultry Quarter Finals 18 December Alva South v Clackmannan; Sauchie v Menstrie; Alloa East End A v Alloa East End B Winners of pre-lim v each other.

LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 27.11.14.

Congratulations to Maureen Wallace who won a really close game against Veronica Hislop by 21 shots to 20 shots with the results going right to the wire. Excellent performance by both players.

MAY ROSS FAMILY TROPHY 27.11.14.

Final: Margaret Jackson, Heather Kennedy, Maisie Scott (Alva South) 16 - Ann Aitken, Liz McKay, Veronica Hislop (Cambus B) 10.

Runners-Up 3rd & 4th Positions: Mary Crichton, Joyce Mitchell, Jean Deacon (Alloa Co-op) 9 - Janette Hunter, Kath Jackson, Val Stuart (Alloa) 8.