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The Annual General Meeting of the Alva Games Committee will take place at 7pm on Sunday 27th October 2024 in the Cochrane Hall, Alva to which all existing Committee members and all others interested in the Games are cordially invited.   Any items of competent business relative to the AGM should be…

Although the sun managed only the occasional appearance during the day, the 166th Games were nonetheless acclaimed universally as a huge success. The Park was looking at its best and was in great condition for the athletes and cyclists. The new Dancing Board and Cover were received well by the 145 international…

Well, they have only gone and done it again. Winners of the inaugural Shop Window Competition in 2006 - and a few more after that too - Nicols Opticians in West Stirling Street were the unanimous choice of the judges this morning as they appraised the windows of the shops…

A most memorable Prize Bingo Tea held earlier tonight at the Cochrane Hall saw the previous seasonal total blown apart. The crowd of just over sixty were treated to some fantastic fun with some of the finest prizes yet offered at our monthly fund raisers. The best strawberry tarts in…

On a thoroughly awful night with strong winds and driving rain, we were still fortunate to have 56 players come along for the penultimate Prize Bingo Tea of the current Season. To all of them we send a very heartfelt thanks. The prizes were well spread throughout the Hall and the…

On the best day on the weather front so far this year, we had 60 loyal supporters come along for the monthly prize bingo. Mary and Christine had put together an outstanding array of prizes which were very well received in the Hall. The Jam Shed red in the Special Raffle…

18th ANNUAL BEST DRESSED WINDOW COMPETITION JUDGING – TUESDAY 9th JULY 2024 THEME – CHARIOTS OF FIRE – ALVA’S OLYMPICS The competition has gone from strength to strength since its comeback after the pandemic in 2022 and the quality of the entries has been truly outstanding. 2024 is Olympic year, again in Paris, but…

We are delighted to announce that, for 2024, entries for our Athletics and Hill races may be made online. Entries for track running events will close on Saturday 6th July after which NO entries for track events will be taken. Although entries will still be possible on the day for Hill…

With apologies for the delay in reporting, but we had another bumper evening last night at the pre-Easter Prize Bingo Tea in the Cochrane Hall. In spite of quite awful weather during the day, we still managed a healthy crowd, inspired to attend, in part at least, by the Creme…

At tonight's Committee meeting, we decided to keep Alva at the forefront of Highland Games by introducing a new Female Heavyweight event to the programme. This will take place along with the Juniors, beginning at 10.30am, but before the Open competition. There will be four individual disciplines and five prizes in each.…