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This post is a little bit later than normal after a Bingo Tea. More attendees, more prizes and more cash raised all meant that it took a little bit longer to clear up, but boy was it worth it. An unrivalled 70 people squeezed into the hall tonight for the…

A full inspection of the arena today disclosed that the ground has a good covering of lush grass on FIRM ground although the rain which has fallen since then will have softened it somewhat. There is very little water in the burn and the path up to the Golf Course from…

A packed hall tonight for the 2nd last Prize Bingo Tea of the 2015 - 2016 season as the lighter - and brighter - night seems to have drawn out over 60 supporters.  A fantastic array of prizes was on display and the interval goodies were all well received. A total of…

The 11th Annual Best Dressed Shop Window contest will have as its theme "A Right Royal Occasion" to mark various occasions in the history of our Royal Family. HM the Queen has just turned 90, following upon her becoming Britain's longest reigning monarch and her ever present husband, HRH the Duke…

The Committee is delighted to announce that the Guest of Honour for the 2016, 160th Famous Alva Games is Alva resident Iain Anderson. A well known face around the county for many a decade, Iain has had a long standing interest in the Games both in the town but also…

D Campbell Lyon 1930 - 2016 Life President, Alva Games Committee It is with much sadness and a great sense of loss that we have to announce the passing on Monday 22nd February of our Life President, Daniel Campbell Lyon, peacefully, after a short illness. He had been a life long…

Tonight's Bingo Tea was a mixture of the happy and the sad. Sadness at the news that this was the first ever such night not under the auspices of the late Campbell Lyon but happiness that he would have been delighted by the turnout of 60 hardy souls on a…

The Annual General Meeting of the Alva Games Committee will take place on Sunday 1st November 2015 at 7pm in St John Vianney Church Hall, 16, East Stirling Street, Alva to which all existing committee members and all other interested parties are warmly invited to attend. Any person with competent…

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The 150th Celebration of the Famous Alva Games and the Civic week preceding it received a timely boost today when it was announced today that Heritage Lottery funding to the tune of £34,000 had been awarded. This funding will secure the full programme of events which will be held throughout the…