The cricket season is about to start, and there’ll be a couple of posts about preparations for that in the coming days, before the first match at home against Edinburgh South 2 on Saturday 26th April.
Meantime, we need to celebrate the outcome of the major competition that takes place at the Club over the close season. The Celtic Bhoys are cock-a-hoops after their Factory Cup Carpet Bowls triumph!
In a repeat of the 2023 final, Celtic Bhoys defeated the Agriculture Boys 13-9 to win the club’s 2025 Factory Cup. However, a new-look Ex-Standard Bearers team came within a whisker of reaching the final themselves, with their semi-final against the Celtic Bhoys going to an extra end after finishing 8-8 – the Celtic Bhoys eventually clinching victory. The other semi-final saw the Agriculture Boys overcome Bob’s Babes 15-9. In the 3/4th place play-off, the Ex-Standard Bearers defeated Bob’s Babes 16-7.
Competition organiser Lorna Blake presents the Factory Cup shield to Celtic Bhoys skip Kenny Paterson, watched by his teammates John Coyle (left) and Derek Roden. Lorna herself later received two presentations – one from the SCC Committee and one from the Factory Cup players – in recognition of all her hard work over the winter months.