Kid's Treasure Hunt

The Gala Week Events got off to a good start on Sunday morning with the Kid's Treasure Hunt.

Twenty two children turned up at the playpark to compete in the event.

Naomh Gibson won the Pre School Event and Kayleigh Graham won the Primary School Event.

Gala Bowls

On Sunday afternoon Crawford Bowling Club had their Gala Bowls which was well attented with some new faces appearing to try out the game. Refreshments were served in the clubhouse at the interval. The weather stayed fine for most of the day.

Fifteen pairs turned out for the Gala Pairs which was won by Ronald Thomson and Robert Clingan with a 6-2 win over Nancy Brown and Steven Gibson.

Car Treasure Hunt

Monday evening's poor weather didn't prevent a good number of people assembling in the car park for the Car Treasure Hunt. The route took the road down towards Moffat and onto the Edinburgh road up to Broughton before turning back towards Coulter and onto the Biggar road and back to the Village Hall in Crawford via Abington. Tea and Coffee was served in the hall as the teams waited for the results.

Brian Miller won the event with a time of 59 minutes and

Karen Wight was in second place with a time of 61 minutes.

Winner of the Lucky Number was Molly Wilkinson.

Darts

Winner of the darts competition held at the William's Rest was Mike Roebuck who beat Leanne Dunn.

Dominoes

Lisa Wilkinson beat her mother, Molly in the final of the dominoes competition, also held at the William's Rest.

Pool Competition

The Pool Competition was held at the Crawford Arms Hotel on Thursday night. Benjy Smith was the winner and Simon Kerr was the runner-up.

Gala Quiz

Bad news at the Gala Quiz. Crawford drew upon all its resources of intelligence to try and ensure that a local team won. Despite the huge effort this was not to be the case and The Luddites from Leadhills won the event, beating The Queen Mother's Court by answering the sudden death question. Ah well, maybe next year.

Gala Day Bowls

Gala Day

The Gala Day Parade assembled at the the Heatherghyll and waited on the arrival of the Judges, after their tour of the Decorated Houses, to judge the Floats and the Fancy Dress.

Judging completed, the Parade departed on it's way through the village towards the field.

Proceedings continued down at the field with the Crowning of the Queen starting off the events. This was followed by the presentation of the prizes and gifts for the Judges and Carriage Driver.

After that it was on to the fun and games. The three inflatables proved popular as usual and were busy throughout the day.

The Medieval Swordsmen entertained the crowd with a fine display of their skills and their Archery and Crossbow firing was well patronised.

For a full report of the Gala Day and the Weeks events see the Lanark Gazette.