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The Games Committee is delighted to announce that our Guest of Honour for 2008 will be Clackmannanshire Citizen of the Year, Roy Ramage. He will be joining the President and Chairman for lunch and then perform the opening ceremony at 1pm. Alva resident Roy is former head teacher of Tillicoultry…

The revived football tournament will be held again this year for the third time since its reintroduction at the 150th games in 2006. The date will be Thursday 10th July. The details of the age groups and the entry form itself are available on our Entry Forms page. Go there…

Games Secretary, Craig Dunbar, had the pleasure of being invited to the Annual Presentation Dinner of the British Open Fell Runners Association held last night in the Carleton Club in Morecambe, to mark the link between the two organisations. He was also called upon to make the presentation of the…

Provost Takes Over Chair of Alva Games Committee Tuesday 6th November 2007 Provost Derek Stewart has taken over as Chair of the Alva Games Committee for the 2008 Games. The Provost was voted in unanimously as Chair at the Committee's Annual General Meeting on Sunday (4 November). He will now take the…

The President, Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer all had the pleasure to be invited to attend the Centenary Luncheon of the Scottish Section of the Showmen's Guild at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow on Friday 26th October. In truly august company including the Provost of our own Wee County and the…

The Annual General Meeting of the Committee will be held on Sunday 4th November 2007 at 7pm in the St John Vianney Church Hall, East Stirling Street, Alva. All exisitng Committee members and any other interested person who wishes to contribute in the years ahead to the continued success of…

The judging of the Shop Window contest took place on Tuesday 10th July when the panel of judges including Margaret Malcolm & Doreen Harvey of the Community Council and Depute Provost Harry McLaren inspected 16 colourful displays along the main street following the theme of "A Day at the Races".…

The hugely successful 7 a side youth football tournament will be run again this year in conjunction with the Sports Development Team of Clackmannanshire Council. The event will be run in 3 age groups, namely U9, U13 and U16. It will take place on Thursday 12th July and the qualifying…

Please note that the next meeting of the Alva Games Committee will be held on Sunday 1st July 2007 at 7pm. This meeting will be held in our usual venue of St John Vianney Church Hall, East Stirling Street, Alva.…

We are delighted to advise that the DVD showing highlights of the 150th Games and all of the events which took place during the Civic Week is now available by post on contacting the Secretary whose details appear on the Contact Us page. It lasts for about thirty minutes and…