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.Cambuslang
Bowling Club can proudly boast of
its charity work :-
| 1.
A.MacF Memorial
Donations to charity 1992-2019
28 competitions |
£60,948 |
| 2.
CBC Charity
fun
day
2003-2009 |
£
7,668 |
| 3.
Cambuslang's Director
'great' charity
walk 2004
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£
5,132 |
4.
Cambuslang BC various
club fundraisers
to
2021
St.Andrew's
Hospice - PETAL -
CHAS - Boys
Brigade
|
£10,271 |
5.
Cambuslang BC
welcomed 'TheFoundersTrail'
group to the club in 2022
and donated to their Graves
Restoration Project
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£212 |
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Charity
Total
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£84,231
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Alex MacFarlane
Memorial, every May.
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| Past
Winners
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In
memory of
Alex MacFarlane
1963 - 1991
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Cambuslang
Bowling club embarked
on charity work in 1992
after a tragic road accident
involving one of our young
members, Alex MacFarlane,
who died on Boxing Day 1991
aged only 28. Harry
Faulds at a Board of
Directors meeting suggested
that the Club should have a
Charity Fund raising day in
memory of Alex.
With the blessing of the
MacFarlane family and the
endeavors of a young member
Jim Montgomery Jnr, a close
family friend, the
Directors and members of
Cambuslang Bowling Club
under the
presidency of Jim Montgomery
Sen held the first"Alex
MacFarlane Memorial Charity
Day" on May 1992. |
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| 27th
Charity
bowling day
- Sunday
27th May 2018 |
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See
Video
showing a compilation of
photos up to
2006
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British
Heart Foundation
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In March
2006 the British Heart
Foundation Glasgow
Cardiovascular Research Centre
in Glasgow University opened
a Clinical
Investigation Unit in
Alex MacFarlane's
memory.
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1992 - 2019
BENEFICIARIES
~
Bravehound
~
Bridgeton Community Learning
Campus
~
The Scope
Club
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REACH
Lanarkshire
Autism
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MND Scotland
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The
Beatson
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'Speak
out Scotland'
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Teenage Cancer
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Prostate Cancer
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Glasgow Southern
General
Neurological Unit
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McMillan
Nurses
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Pte.Scott
Meenagh
(2 Para)
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Whitlawburn Adult Training
Centre
Prince
& Princess of Wales
Hospice
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Marie
Curie
Cancer Care
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Jonathon Gibson Trust. 3yr
old Austic boy's trip
to USA clinic
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British
Diabetic Society
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Rodger
Park
Nursing Home
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IDAS
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Erskine
Homes
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 The
club's charity day itself is
one of sadness but also joy
as everybody participating
knows what it means to the
family, the Club and most of
all the charity.
Local businesses and
friends donate prizes for
the raffle each year and
we
are overwhelmed by their
generosity year after year,
our thanks go to
everyone whose donations
make this charity day so
successful
The support we receive
from Bowling
Clubs within
and outwith the area
cannot
go unmentioned. Every year
we have 96 bowlers and
their friends supporting
this charity event and
making the day the great
success that it is.
The MacFarlane
family
kindly donated a "quaich"
which is played
for each year and presented
to the winning rink.
| The day is
hectic with
preparations
starting around 7.30
am. then Past
President Harry
Faulds the
"master of
ceremonies" kicks
off proceedings at
10 o'clock informing
everyone which
charity will benefit
from the days
fundraising. Glenda
and Jim Montgomery
then swing into
action cajoling
everyone for
their £'s as the
tombola board swirls
and swirls all day.
At the days
end the trophy is
presented to the
winning team
followed by the
presentation of the
cheque to a
representative from
the nominated
charity. |
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Currently the
organising & work for this
charity day is co-ordinated by
family friend, Glenda
Montgomery and Alan
Johnston a Cambuslang
director and family friend.
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List
of Winners
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Like
your Charity to be
a beneficiary?
Then please write
to our
Secretary at
the club or e-mail the
webmaister.
Board of Directors
consider all
applications.
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Est.1874