The Waldie Griffith in East Lothian

Following last years win of the Waldie Griffith Trophy by East Lothian Province, which included 4 Haddington players in the squad of 16, the Sir Richard Waldie Griffith Trophy is now on public display.  This is as part of the exhibition at the new John Gray Centre in Haddington by East Lothian Council Celebrating Sport.
For over 100 years, curlers from around Scotland have competed for the honour of taking this huge silver trophy back to their home area. East Lothian first won it in 1911, the second year of the competition. It has not been seen in public in East Lothian since that date although East Lothian won it again in 1965 and 2010. In February 2012,  East Lothian won it again for the second time in 3 years.  The sixteen curlers from six East Lothian Clubs took the competition with the highest average shots-up, more than twice that of the runners-up !

It is planned to have a further exhibition on two aspects of East Lothian’s Curling history in the John Gray Centre in the autumn.

This is an extract and adaptation from the press release by David Affleck.  The full press release can be found by clicking here

Swan Trophy & RCCC Rink Champs

The draw for the Swan Trophy sees us drawn against Edinburgh Ladies on the 1st November, with a potential meeting against Currie & Balerno in the second round.
The draw for the RCCC Rink Championships sees us drawn against the Mighty Gogar Park on the 21st October.
The full draws for both competitions is now on the 'Fixtures' Page

Summer Bowling 2012

The winning touch - Sandy & Megan

A big thank you to Shelagh and James for organising this years summer activity.  Congratulations on picking almost the first dry evening of the summer.

It was a very relaxed evening with some occasional bowling to keep us away from the bar.  The experienced old hands were shown how to master this game by the youngsters.  Sandy Nicoll eventually took his second win in three years, this time partnered by Megan Dun.  The fact that Sandy was wearing a bowling club tee-shirt should have tipped us off that he was something of a ringer.

Shelagh takes time out from the organisa

After some time, we were forced inside, due to the onset of darkness and a resurgence of midges.  The conversation and consumption of even more food and alcohol continued and was enjoyed by everyone that managed along.



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Dave tries a slide delivery

Summer Bowling

Summer must be here - it hasn't rained for at least 4 hours and it's the Haddington Curling Club Annual Bowling tomorrow night.
The hardy ones will need no reminding that it is at the Gifford Bowling Club starting at 7pm tomorrow (Friday 20th July)