Memberships for 2009 — still held at £10 per club and £2 for an individual — are now due!
The Annual Senior Bowlers’ Competition -
NASC Senior Shield Mixed Triples
will be held at
Ardrossan Bowling Club on FRIDAY 21st AUGUST 2009
at 9.30am for 10am start.
Clubs sending teams must be current members of
North Ayrshire Sports Council,
who are supporting this event.
The prestigious SALSC National Junior Bowls Tournament will be hosted by the current Champions,
North Ayrshire Sports Council, this year. The event will be held at Blacklands Bowling Club,
Kilwinning on Saturday 27th June 2009. Full details are available
here .
North Ayrshire Sports Council comes of age.
The idea of forming a local Sports Council came about over
25 years ago and has grown from strength to strength through these
many years.
NASC Cup - 2009
On a beautiful May morning 26 anglers turned up to fish the North Ayrshire Sports Council Cup at the Busbie Muir Dam just outside Ardrossan. A blanket of excitement and anticipation submerged the competitors before the start generating an electric atmosphere.
Full report
Kenny McClymont
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Magnum Open 2009
The Magnum Open figure skating competition was held at the rink on the weekend of the 7th and 8th March 2009
with a record entry this year of over 240 skaters.
Full report
Graeme Holmes
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NASC Quiz Night - 2009
“A good way to spend a Friday Night” was the verdict from more than
one of the assembled participants at the Argyle Centre Saltcoats on 20th March 2009.
Full report
EL
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Cunninghame Cup, December 2008
On a very cold and frosty morning on 7th December 2008, nineteen crazy, brave,
or a mixture of both, anglers battled their way up hill and along very slippery
roads to get to Fairlie Moor to fish the Cunninghame Cup.
Full report
Kenny McClymont
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Shibumi Karate Club Championship, December 2008
The Shibumi Karate Club Championship held in December 2008 had a fantastic turn out.
Our Club greatly benefited from the support given by the Sports Council in supplying the trophies.
A great time was had by all, encouraging everyone to continue with their Karate training.
Photos
Sarah MacDougall, 1st Dan
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Sports Council Rifle Competition November 2008
A successful rifle shoot involving all Member Clubs was held the Garelochhead field
firing range. The match comprised a series of disciplines to test both ‘open’ sights
(mainly on vintage and veteran rifles) and optical or telescopic sights.
Full report and photos
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NASC Black Powder Competition - 29th June 2008
A Black Powder Pistol Competition, hosted by Shandon Club, at Inverclyde Range Largs on
Sunday 29th June 2008 was supported by North Ayrshire Sports Council. Congratulations to the
Man of the Match, Mr J Burnhill, who swept the board in all three disciplines.
Full report
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Sea-Fishing: West of Scotland Sea Fishing Contest - 31st August 2008
On Sunday 31st August Saltcoats Slabs was the venue of the West of Scotland Sea Fishing Contest
supported by North Ayrshire Sports Council when a total of 35 attended made up of Juniors and Seniors.
Full report.
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Two Bowl Junior Pairs - 27th July 2008
Audrey Campbell and Chris Carswell from Blacklands win the final of the Two Bowl Junior Pairs 2008 competition.
Full report
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SALSC Junior Bowling Championship - 28th June 2008
North Ayrshire’s Braw Lads team secured victory at the SALSC Junior Bowling Championship
to become Champion Junior Bowlers of 2008.
Full report
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Hockey Rules in the Garnock Valley - 17th May 2008
On Saturday 17th May Garnock Hockey Club held a junior coaching session
and tournament at Meadowside in Beith for primary school children.
The enthusiasm, behaviour and skill of the children was extremely encouraging
and very promising for hockey locally.
(full results).
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North Ayrshire Sports Council Cup for Fly Fishing - 19th
April, 2008
The North Ayrshire Sports Council Cup for Fly Fishing
was fished for on Saturday 19th April 2008 at Middleton Fishery,
set amid the green pastures of the lower slopes of Brisbane
Glen near Largs.
(full results).
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Annual Quiz Night - 28th March 2008
The North Ayrshire Sports Council 2008 Quiz Night on 28th
March was rated a huge success, held in the convivial surroundings
of the Argyle Centre, Saltcoats. The Annual Winners’ Shield,
kindly donated by Mr and Mrs Maloney proprietors of FAIRWAYS
in Irvine, suppliers of fine trophies to discerning sports people,
is now in its second year.
The Quiz Team Aguilera from Eglinton Ladies Hockey
Club took the honours this year.
Read more about how they did it.
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Ayrshire Table Tennis Championships - 24th February, 2008
NASC supported the Ayrshire Table
Tennis Championships, organised by North Ayrshire
Table Tennis Club. More than seventy five children
from all over Ayrshire competed. The new facilities at St Matthew’s
Academy enabled the club to host their biggest tournament to
date, which included adults for the first time in the first
senior championship to be held for over 20 years. An exhibition
match between two current Scottish Internationalists, brothers
Chris and Richard Main, enthralled the crowd of over 200.
(full results).
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Speed Skating: NASC Open 2008
The North Ayrshire Sports Council Speed Skating Open
was held at the Magnum Leisure centre on Sunday 10th
February, 2008. This event had the biggest turnout
the Ayrshire Flyers have hosted at the Magnum. The event attracted
skaters from around Scotland, England and Wales.
It was an exciting afternoon of racing, with lots of hard
fought races and some dramatic falls. The medal table saw
Ayrshire Flyers with 9,
Mohawks 5, Nottingham 3,
Dundee 2 and Flintshire 1.
Full results.
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Table Tennis
Richard Main from North Ayrshire Table Tennis Club has just
returned from the Algarve in Portugal where he was representing
Scotland in the Portuguese Youth Table Tennis Championships
as part of the British squad.
(read more).
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