Sun shines on Cowdenbeath Gala

Published 22 Jun 2010 08:48 0 Comments

THE sun shone on Cowdenbeath Gala on Saturday as participants rolled back the years to celebrate with an 'Old Cowdenbeath' theme.

The colourful gala parade, led by the Civic Week queen and princesses, set off from Woodend Industrial Estate and processed down the High Street to the park for an afternoon of fun and games including pony rides and stalls.

Bands taking part in the parade were Kingdom Brass, Dunfermline Town Brass, Buckhaven and Methil Brass Band, Kelty and Blairadam Pipe Band, Kirkcaldy and District Pipe Band, Les Wood and his Dixielanders, Rosanate Drumming Band, with Brian Anderson, Kennoway Pipe and Tullis Russell providing entertainment on the High Street. Marchers included the children from St Brides and Hill of Beath Primary Schools.

The park entertainment was split across two arenas and included Kingdom Brass Band juniors and seniors and a display of karate by the Karate Youth Initiative who train at Dunfermline Police Station. Other highlights were the Zodiac Dance Group trained by Stacey Keatings, fresh from their recent appearance on Britain's Got Talent; a display from the DAFT Dogs from Kennoway, the Cowdenbeath Majorettes, Sparkles Dance Group and the Luv to Dance Group. Children's favourite Cobblers the Clown provided plenty of laughs.

The arena also hosted the final of the boys football tournament between Crossgates and Foulford Primaries. The match finished 2-2 but Crossgates came through 4-2 after extra time.

A total of seven teams had contested the earlier rounds of the five-a-side football schools tournament, held at the leisure centre, with squads from Hill of Beath and St Brides joining those from Crossgates and Foulford.

The Triples Bowls Final was played at Broad Street Bowling Club with members from Crossgates and Lumphinnans also taking part. Winners: C Handyside, M Godsell & W Atkinson; Runners-up: D Greer, M Watkins & R Morgan.

Visiting Abbotsford and Roselea Nursing Homes, the Queen and Princesses presented flowers to Nellie Adamson at Abbotsford and Stella Pinni at Roselea. Flowers were also presented to Betty Scott from Sunnyside Court and Ann Inglis at Meldrum Court. On their visit to Valley House, Yvonne Haddow received the flowers.

The Old Cowdenbeath theme produced some imaginative entries for the float, best dressed windows and best frontage competitions. Winning floats, Juniors: 1 Hill of Beath Primary & Nursery, 2 Rascals Nursery, 3 Sparkles Dance Group. Special award went to Cowdenbeath United Football Team. Seniors: 1= Partners Bar and Bliss Hairdressers, 2 46th Scout Group, 3 CACA. Best Dressed Windows: 1 Big Impression, 2 Littlewoods Catalogue Store, 3 The Car Stores. Best Frontage: 1 Lorna Clarke (hairdressers), 2 Barnardos, 3 Wee Jimmies.

Pet Show Winners: First best in show - French Lop Rabbit, Marley, entered by Cindy Rosie, 296 Broad Street; 2nd Dutch Rabbit, Dutchis, entered by Samantha Rosie, 296 Broad Street; Special Albino Guinea Pig - Roxy, entered by Heather McKenna, 206 Broad Street. 1st Chinese Hamster - Dinky, entered by Janet Scott, 11 Selkirk Avenue; 2nd Hamster - Rudi, entered by Ryan Scott, 35 Rae Street; Russian Dwarf Hamster - Palo, entered by Janet Scott, 11 Selkirk Avenue; 1st Guinea Pig - Patch, entered by Kayleigh Jamieson, 23 Braemount; 2nd Guinea Pig - Fuzzy, owned by Sophie Barnes, 10 Pilkham Court; 3rd Guinea Pig - Mario, entered by Eirann Scott, 35 Rae Street; 1st Kitten - Sooty, entered by Owen Rafferty, 48 Blamey Crescent; 1st Happiest - Bullmastiff Puppy, Kaos, entered by Alison Duncan, 10 Pilkham Court; 1st Best in Show - Dog - Scruff, entered by Jodi & Demi Campbell, 34 Woodend Place; 2nd Best in Show Bullmastiff Puppy - Cally, entered by Alison Duncan, 10 Pilkham Court; Special Dog - Lee, entered by Jill Gilruth, 38 Natal Place; Three Tortoises - 1 Freddie (80), 2 Duke (7), 3 Doddy (11), entered by Ellie Morris, 104 Lumphinnans Road.

Mary Maxwell of the organising committee said, "The Civic Week Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped in some way to make this year's Gala a huge success, and also the large crowd of spectators along the route."

Tweet

Post a comment

Your Comment:

Registered users log in here

Username or email

Password

If you are registered with us, you can login here. If you are not registered, do so now.
Once logged in you wont have to complete word verification each time you post.

Prefer not to register?

Screen Name *required

Email (not displayed) *required

Usernames must be 4 - 20 characters. Registration only takes a few minutes. Registered users can also take part in competitions and other features of the site.

Word Verification:
Enter the text as shown.

Return to the main index, get more from this section or browse our News archives.

Follow @dunfermlinep