Administrative Positions Held by Club Members

Presidents of Associations
Glasgow Bowling Association ­ James McDonald, George Palmer
Glasgow Ex-Presidents Association: James McDonald
Glasgow Bowling Clubs Secretaries Association: Gwyn Morgan, George Palmer
Clydesdale Bowling Association: James McDonald, Alan Henderson, George Palmer, David Stein, Gwyn Morgan and Jim Kerr
Holmes Cup Bowling Association: James McDonald, George Palmer and Gwyn Morgan
Govan League: Robert Philips and Danny Hughes
Govan League Darts & Dominoes: Jackie Ralston, James Lunney and Jock Robertson
Wober League: Walter Ronald
East Renfrewshire Ladies Bowling Association: Margaret Lunney

County Players

Glasgow Bowling Association
Since the early eighties Thomas Allison, Len Niven, George Palmer, Robert McLellan, Robert Philips and Edward Waltham have had the honour of being selected to represent Glasgow in the Scottish Cities' and Counties Championship.

East Renfrewshire Bowling Association
In 2001 another milestone for the club was reached when Grace Palmer and Anne Whitelaw were selected to represent East Renfrewshire Bowling Association in games against neighbouring associations.

Miscellaneous

Langlands Rose Bowl
In 1981 two community policeman working in the Linthouse area of Glasgow, namely Jim Laird and Neil McLeod, who worked closely with Langlands School for Handicapped Children, organised a competition involving all the bowling clubs in the area, to raise funds to build a small swimming pool for the school. Jim who was a member of Hillington Estate Bowling Club and Neil who was a member of Hillpark Bowling Club managed to get a local jeweller to provide a trophy for the winners. This trophy was known as the Langlands Rose Bowl and was first played for at Fairfield Bowling Club in September 1981. The first winners were Hillington Estate Bowling Club with a rink comprising of George Palmer, John McGilp, Billy Hughes and Bob Peacock. On receiving the trophy on behalf of Hillington Estate, President Archie McKenzie intimated that as the winners Hillington Estate would host the following year's event. This formula was adopted for all subsequent winners and all money raised through entry fees, donations and a raffle was given to the school. Over the years a good deal of money has been raised for this school and indeed it is the main recipient of charity money disbursed by Hillington Estate Bowling Club. Unfortunately this trophy has not been competed for since the late 1990s, but hopefully will be resurrected in the not too distant future.

Govan League
In 2001 Hillington Estate Bowling Club won the Govan League for the first time since 1967. In a keenly contested contest both ourselves and Linthouse Bowling Club were equal on points at the conclusion of the league fixtures and therefore a play-off had to be arranged. This took place at Govan Bowling Club on Saturday 25th August 2001 when two rinks from each club competed against each other. Hillington Estate managed to prevail in both games which were a credit to bowling, both with the quality of shots played and the dignity and decorum displayed by the players of both clubs. It was a remarkable achievement in that Hillington Estate used only nine players throughout the campaign. The following were the nine players: John Hill, Jackie Ralston, Charlie McDevitt, George Palmer, Brian Hope, Steve Berry, Jackie Moffat, Joe Brisbane and Jim Dorward.

Honoured Member

Dick MacTaggart M.B.E.
It may also be of interest to note that Dick MacTaggart M.B.E., arguably Scotland's best-ever amateur boxer was a member of the club for many years before retiring to Troon. Dick won a gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne, Australia and won the Val Barker Trophy, which is awarded to who is judged to be the best boxer. He also won European and Commonwealth gold medals and was British champion on numerous occasions.