14 January 2009: The Dumbarton Reporter is looking to do a story on any expatriate Scots who are returning to the area during this Homecoming Year. It captures the essence of the Vale and its people and its closing lines are a fitting summation of where we have come from and indeed of this collection; “And the Levenach The committee would like to encourage fellow members to share your stories and successes so we can keep each other appraised of what has been happening up the loch and around the system. We will also be installing sanitising stations in both the rod room and workshops this will continue throughout the club and its facilities in the coming days to ensure that the club its ready to reopen safely when it’s time to do so. View >, 17 October 2011: Added an interesting submission about Jimmy Lappin's commando and SAS army service in WWII. Members are advised that the bar is now closed and all hall bookings are cancelled until further notice in accordance with government guidelines on coronavirus. Most if not all members would love nothing more than to go for a sail or carry out some maintenance on your boat or engine.

Then eat your weetabix and be at the club for 9am sharp!
The story of the loving cup is on this page. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Can you help with this? Angling will be from boats only and by fly only including dapping. We urge all members to respect the lockdown and remain indoors as much as possible until the crisis has passed. Vale now have friendlies with their own amateur side and Goldenhill pencilled in - however, despite the uncertainty over when they’ll next be in competitive action, Brown is delighted with how his squad is shaping up for the return of senior football to Alexandria. “It would be a real shame to lose the buzz around starting in the new West of Scotland League and lose some of the people who were starting to come down. Initially that wasn’t something that was going to be allowed. That experience is something we’ll need for when we play the bigger teams this season.”. ", Marie Farrell, Director of Clyde Sector, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, said: “We have been working with Police Scotland on the planned excavation of a number of sites in the grounds of the Vale of Leven hospital. He has published a collection of his poems, titled “Song of the River” – the subject matter of the poems is wide-ranging but inevitably at their heart are the people of the Vale and the Valley itself.