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Sixty bingo fans attended the last monthly prize bingo tea of the season last night. This was the best turnout of the whole year and the amount raised reached a new record. The overall amount raised during the run exceeded £2,000 for the first time. This provides invaluable financial support…

The Annual General Meeting of the Alva Games Committee took place on Sunday 31st October 2010 at 7.15pm in St. John Vianney Church Hall, East Stirling Street, Alva. All expressed their disappointment at the weather in July and at the effect this had had on the attendance but were nonetheless pleased…

The 154th famous Alva Games took place in conditions which were far from ideal. Mist and drizzle were the order of the day and that sadly meant the loss of the highland dancing to the Johnstone Centre before a single step was placed on the Boards. The colourful and intricate…

A number of serving members of the Gurkha regiment are due to take part in the 154th Games to be held on Saturday 10th July 2010. Eleven have put their names forward to take part in the British Championship Hill Race and they will also be performing a number of…

GUEST OF HONOUR 2010 - MATTHEW WEBSTER Our links with Australia have been growing over the last few years with the numbers of highland dancers from down under increasing year on year, the attendance of Melbourne based heavy weight athlete Aaron Neighbour and with the Open 90 metres having been won…

This competition was judged yesterday (6th July) by the usual judging panel - to ensure consistency of course - of Provost Derek Stewart, Margaret Malcolm and Doreen Harvey of the Community Council and Craig Dunbar, Games Secretary. In what proved to be one of the closest contests ever, the unanious…

The Alva Games committee is both proud and delighted to announce that its Life President Campbell Lyon has received the magnificent honour of being made an Honorary Member of the Showmen’s Guild of Great Britain. This award was bestowed upon him on Friday 20th November at the Annual Luncheon of…

The Annual General Meeting of the Alva Games Committee took place on Sunday 25th October 2009 at 7pm in St John Vianney Church Hall, East Stirling Street, Alva. A very positive report was placed before the members attending with all agreeing that the 2009 games had been one of the…

Over 50 people attended the final bingo tea of the current season held last night. A record total was raised on the evening and this helped the attendees beat the fund raising target they had set themselves last year. The Bingo Tea season provides the Games with about 10% of the total…

The Games Committee is delighted to be able to announce a number of new attractions for visitors to the 153rd Famous Alva Games on Saturday 11th July. First, we are pleased that a travelling corps of fifes and drums from Denmark, De Gronne Tamburkorps, (The Green Fifes & Drums Corps)…