East Lothian IBC gents side Scottish Premier League programme springs into its winter action on Saturday October 3 and the defending champions open with a challenging away visit to Blantyre.
The garden county side will compete in the B section which also comprises Dundee, Coatbridge, Aberdeen and Falkirk.
News is that the team from the Meadowmill stadium is more or less status quo from last season which means four major stars in the s
hape of Alex Marshall, Paul Foster, Graham Robertson and Willie Wood all have skipping duties.
The full team reads:
J Higgins, Dav Oliver, B Wyllie, G Robertson skip.
S Wyllie, S A Thomson, A Jeffrey, A Marshall skip
M Higgenbotham, J Hogg, S Kennedy, P Foster skip.
M Johnston, J Stevenson, Dek Oliver, W W Wood skip.The ladies side also enter their Scottish League campaign on October 3 as they prepare to compete in Division 1C and open with a home match at Meadowmill stadium against Portobello.
Team convener Sheena Currie has been dealt a major blow as it emerged she has lost the services of ace skip Janet Fairnie for the foreseeable future due to illness while fellow skip Diane Rowan is unavailable for the opener due to holiday commitments.
Skipping roles have been handed to Nancy McNeil, Rose McAinsh, Alicia Irvine and Morag Wood while Currie has also decided to blood some young talent in her line-up in the shape of the Hoggan sister,s Dee and Kim, along with junior cap Emma Brown.
The full team reads:
M McGowan, J Farrell, E Brown, N McNeil skip.
K Hoggan, B Ford, Y Veitch, R McAinsh skip.
D Hoggan, I Combe, A McLean, A Irvine skip.
N Bauld, J Russell, M King, M Wood skip.More bowls news in East Lothian News, October 2, 2009