Pairs Competition

Despite another 'limited' turn out resulting in frantic format changes the Pairs was an enjoyable event.  The
five teams ran a full round robin with the top two teams heading to the final.

CONGRATULATIONS to Sandy Nicoll and John Harcourt who took the High Road win and to the runners up (Low Road winners) Morgan Nicoll and Jeff Lewis.

Club Apparel - Excellent Xmas Gifts

 XMAS IS COMING (sorry).
Now is the time to order your new curling clothes.
There is still a small stock of jackets but everything else seems to be available.
Costs include embroidery.  If you only want the club logo and not your name, you can deduct £5.
Jacket  (slightly different with red collar/cuff trim and extra chest pocket) £40
Sweatshirt (red) £30
Sweatshirt w collar and 1/4 zip £35 

Cotton button polo shirt in red or black £25 (approx).

Each item has a link to the Catalog

Polo shirts come in Red body with black panels or Black body with Red panels.

I want to be placing an order in the next couple of weeks, so please let me know.  I will have some samples with me at the next few games.

Busy few days - Catch up

 First up, The Rennie is now underway and the first leader is our "new" skip, ,Ian Donald.  Ian has missed both games so far but his team is topping the league by a single end from Karen's Rink.

The Rink Championship has been and gone for us this season.  We lost our first game to an in form Barbarians side ... but we did manage to take 1 !!!! end. (They were very good!)

Following requests we have now started a second WhatsApp group.  The first group is for requesting subs/reserves and for players answering the call ONLY.  The second group is for general chat and for important information (and anything else)

Finally !

WELCOME to Joanna Hull, Debbie Belcher, Sean and Louise Blinstone and Joanna Hull who have all joined our reserve roster for the season.

Opening Bonspiel

Team Sandy v Team McDiarmid

This was a tight game through to the sixth end when Team Sandy scored a big 5 .  Vice President Andy fought back with a 3 in the last end but the balance of power remained with Sandy earning his team an 8 - 5 victory

Team Aberdein v Team Maguire

Things were looking comfortable for Team Maguire right up until the last end.  With a lead of 4 shots Graeme was left, with his final stone facing a 4 for for the peel.  A wide strike resulted in a lucky resuly cutting the deficit down to 3 and a win of 6 - 5.

THE WINNERS are therefore Sandy Nicoll John Harcourt and Euan Forbes (3 man team).

Wingate is Go

 Season 24/25 is underway.

The first Wingate game saw one team missing its titular skip but to make up for that there were 5 other skips/former skips on ice and one team being led by someone who usually prefers to lead (It was explained as a 'tactical issue' !).The game itself was a cagey affair  with Andy Aberdein taking the 'man of the match' award for some excellent shots against, at times, significant pressure.

The final score of 7 - 7 seemed a fair result and bodes well for the upcoming season.

Pairs Competition & EL Bonspiel & Waldie-Griffith

 Thanks to an ever vigilant President it was noted that there was a further error (conflict of dates) on the Syllabus.

The club PAIRS Competition is on 9th NOVEMBER from 12.45, as per the right panel in the syllabus not october as per the left hand panel (Sorry).

This has now been updated on the 23-9-24 update on the fixtures tab.

Also confirmation that the EL Bonspiel on 16-3-25 is a SUNDAY, not friday as previous years.

Finally the Waldie-Griffith is on Saturday 8-3-25 from 14.00 against Border Province and is at KELSO

Update 17-9-24

The Syllabus (inside) has now been updated , this update includes most of the details for Province competitions. NB. The Bonspiel is on a Sunday, not Friday as per the issued version.  The date for the annual Dinner and Prizegiving has also been brought forward a week to Friday 4-4-25. 

A copy of the latest version has been included on the fixtures page and should be printable.  If anyone needs the current version of the syllabus sent to them (electronically) please email graeme and ask.

The Draws for External Competitions have also been added to the fixtures page.