Rennie is Go

The first of the Rennie Games got underway with lots of new faces (and lots of talent) on the ice.

On paper the Munro rink (minus Dave Munro) against the Nicoll Jnr Rink looked an easy draw.  It turned out to be anything but. Andy Aberdein skipping for Dave and new stars Emma Watson laying down excellent lead stones and Sean Barron playing excellently in third, taking the first four ends.  Team Nicoll then threatened to make it a game of two halves, with a good draw  for 3 and lying well in the sixth end, only to see a double bounce shot from Andy take the end.  All was not lost as Sandy came crashing back in the final end, making a draw for 3 and securing a peel at 6 - 6.

On the other sheet the Forbes quartet taking on Team Ian Donald.  Colin Walker, another new member, making his come back to the sport after several years,  also performed well at lead but even with the support of JP and Shelagh, making a welcome return to her slide delivery, were unable to hang on.  a stolen 4 in the fourth end enabled Team Donald to run out 7 - 4 victors.

Wingate underway

 The League games started last night with two games.

James Pates rink took on the McDiarmid squad.  All seemed to bubble along evenly until five six.  In the final two ends Andy McD managed to rustle up 9 shots (the final end, a steal of 5 was presumable down to James chasing a big end).  The final score was 12 - 4.

Meanwhile the defending champion, Morgan took on the Maguire Rink, Graeme skipping his first Haddington league game, in his own name for circa ten years.  Defending champ got off to a slow start, giving away a 4 - 0 lead after three ends but getting them ALL back in the fourth.  A couple of traded 2 shot ends, saw them going in to the final end with the Maguire team with the hammer.  With lots of stones in the house, it eventually came down to a measure with team Nicoll taking the lead for the first time in the game and the win 7 - 6.

A long way to go though. 

Start Your Engines

The Opening Bonspiel , last night threw up some interesting scores and facts.

Firstly, Congratulations to the winners - Ian Donald, John Good, Sean Barron and Sally Brown.  They managed a decisive 11 - 3  (and six ends to one) victory over a rink containing two of our Coronation League stars.  A big 4 in the first end and it looks like the McDiarmid rink was playing catch up.  By the time they scored their 3 in the fourth end, they were already down 6 - 3. .... Meanwhile

On the other rink there was another one sided battle with our next president beating our past president 6 - 2.  With Vice President Richard's team taking the first five of seven ends.  It was a tight game with all the ends except the first, going for singles.

 An interesting fact (courtesy of Andy McD) was that of the 16 players on the ice, 7 had been with the club for two years or less.  Three of them, for the first time and one for the second.  We hope that they all had fun and will be with the club for a long time (Maybe even become treasurer/web master etc sometime!) So it was a big welcome to Emma, Sean (both in Dave Munro's rink in the Rennie) and Grace, our newest junior superstar/supersub.

 Coronation League update.

Although our league season has just started the Coronation League has been going for two weeks.

We started off the season with a strong 10 - 4 win against a useful East Linton team.  The loss of a 5 in our second game sealed our fate with a 4 - 9 loss to Mid Calder .   

Season 26/27 starts tomorrow

Well Murrayfield opens tomorrow and we officially start with a Practice Ice Session on Saturday 3rd October at 12.45.

Remember that if you dont attend, we will assume that your curling will be perfect for the rest of the season !.

Our Opening Bonspiel is on Wed 14 Oct @ 18.00 and will be followed by a supper (a poll will be put round on the WhatsApp Chat group for meal choices) 

REMEMBER, that if you cannot play in the OB or ANY other game, please try and find a sub and let your skip know.  This matters hugely, not just for the enjoyment of the game but also for club finances !!! 

OK Let's Go -- see you on the ice. 

Swan - Double Rink - Trophy

 The draw for the Swan has been added to the Fixtures Tab

Season 26/27 .... & Springcleaning

The ice for 26/27 has now been booked.

Our 26/27 Syllabus and fixtures, including teams etc can be found on the FIXTURES tab, below.

Get your game dates and times in your diary NOW ! 

 

Over the next couple of weeks, I will be tidying up this website etc for the new season. 

The Next Generation

Following up on our President's charm offensive on social media, during the Olympics (which he then left to Graeme to sort out!).  We had eighteen people contact the club, wanting to try curling and perhaps join the club. 

After supplying them with lots of information, we finally arranged a Come and Try Experience, led by Graeme and assisted by Andy McD, Euan and Richard (their help was invaluable).  We ended up with 7 complete novices and one 'Lockerbie Boy', who had curled when at school.  The majority of the others were unable to make the date and will hopefully rearrange for the start of next season.

They were taught the rudiments of delivery and we then went on to have a competitive three end game.  There was definitely some potential on show, so hopefully we will see some of them in our ranks next season.

Big thanks again to my three helpers.