Wingate - The New Normal

 Under the new social distanced regime, the Wingate got under way last night.

Maybe it was the lack of a live audience or maybe some people really need two sweepers but both games resulted in surprise winners. All the winners of the Rosebowl, going back to season 2014-15, were beaten!  Is THIS the new normal?

Our reigning champion, Dave Munro was defeated by Willie Kerr 6 - 3.  Willie was the victor in 2014-15.

Meanwhile Willie's newly promoted daughter Rowena beat her fellow 'Young One' and new father Sandy Nicoll, the 2018-19 champion 7 - 4.  Is this too many sleepless nights for Sandy or have the Kerrs been secretly training under cover of lockdown ?

Answers will follow.

RCCC Rink Champs & Swan Fixtures

 RCCC Rink Champs & Swan have now had their finalised draws made.

Please note that fixture dates and times have changed from those initially intimated.

The good news is that we have secured a bye in the Swan and are straight through to the semi finals where we will face either Corstorphine or Currie & Balerno. (ouch!)

Session Times Updates etc - and yet more Covid Info

The session times on the syllabus (Fixtures tab) have now been updated to give the CORRECT times based on Murrayfield's allocation of 'stagger times'.  Dates for Province Competitions have also been added.

PLEASE AMEND YOUR DIARY ACCORDINGLY.

We have also added a complete list of players and reserves at the bottom of the fixtures page.

Please note   There is some conflicting information for the new 'sweeper rules'.  We previously stated that the designated sweeper (one only per stone) would sweep between the hog lines only.  New information suggests that they sweep from the delivery hog line all the way to the tee line.  As there is no sweeping allowed behind the tee, the skips (lazy) will take no part in active sweeping.

THIS POINT WILL BE CLARIFIED BEFORE THE FIRST GAME.

Scottish Curling have provided a short video on new arrangements (NB Parts of this may be varied based on individual ice rinks facilities) :-

https://youtu.be/iGc7OrCqn-U

Updates 7-9-20

Please note that the following updates have been made :-

• Covid Risk Assessment updated to reflect Murrayfield Guidelines.
• Curl Edin's - Return to Curling Protocols has been added to the Covid Tab
• Draw/Dates for the RCCC Rink Champs has been added to the Fixtures
• Dates (but not draw or times) for Swan Trophy have been added to fixtures