World Men's Curling Championships

The 2013 Ford Men's World Curling Championships start in Victoria BC, Canada this Saturday, March 30th.
If you've enjoyed watching Eve Muirhead's Team winning the Gold Medal in Riga, then  details of the Men's competition can be found on this website.  Some of the games will be covered on Eurosport.

Scotland will be represented by David Murdoch and his team of Tom Brewster, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow and Greg Drummond.

Your Curler Magazine

The latest issue of The RCCC Your Curler ezine has just been released.  It features articles on Ayr's magnificent wins in the Morton and Maxwell Trophies, plus a nice piece from Pat Galloway about Kirkoswald's 175th Anniversary Celebrations.
You can access the magazine with this link.

Frame Salver, A.G.M. and Prizegiving

The Frame Salver was won tonight by David Gray and his team of Jim Dunlop, Richard Morrison and Peter Reynolds. It was their good fortune to catch their opposition skip (President David Hope) when his mind was obviously on the forthcoming A.G.M.  He needn't have worried, because the A.G.M. was very well conducted.

I hope to publish the President's and Match Secretary's reports in due course, but in the meantime here are some photos of the Prizewinners.

Fraser Cup Winners
Ronnie Wilson (skip) Robert Boyd, Peter Reynolds, Ronnie Peat

President's Cup Winners
Ronnie Peat (skip) Ronnie Wilson, Peter Reynolds, Robert Boyd

Kirkbride Rosebowl Winners
Ronnie Wilson (skip) Ronnie Peat, Robert Boyd, Peter Reynolds

Kirkbride Rosebowl -  Low Road Winners
Jimmy Niblock (skip) Francis McCrossin, Robert Charters, Colin Naismith

Drew Duncan Quaich Winners
Steell McFadzean and Forbes Watson (with Peter Kennedy and Harry Peters )

Frame Salver Winners
David Gray (skip) Jim Dunlop, Richard Morrison, Peter Reynolds

Points Winner
Robert Boyd ( 45 points)

Pairs Trophy
Robert Charters and Bert McKay

Jim Hendry presenting the Sportsman's Award
to David Hope

Kirkbride Rose Bowl Finals + Women's World Championships

Two contrasting games tonight. The Low Road Final was never very close and despite having only three players, Jimmy Niblock, Colin Naismith and Robert Charters won the Low Road with a 12 - 4 victory over Scott Thomson, Austin Thomson, Ian Ruthven and Ernest Mutter.

Low Road Finalists
On the right are the winners, Jimmy Niblock, Colin Naismith and Robert Charters

The High Road Final was a different game entirely, with the lead changing hands regularly and some good shot playing evident.
At the last end, Jimmy Begg's team of Euan Lawrence, Peter Galloway and Charlie Jack had a two shot lead. Jimmy with his first stone drew half behind cover, in the four foot, for first shot, but this was matched by an angled tap back and roll by Ronnie Wilson to lie two.  Jimmy then managed to get another shot close, but there was doubt about whether it was second or third shot.  Ronnie Wilson drew the tee line for two and was delighted when the measure was declared in his favour.  A three meant his team of Ronnie Peat, Peter Reynolds and Robert Boyd had won 7-6.

Kirkbride Rosebowl Winners
Peter Reynolds, Ronnie Wilson (skip), Robert Boyd and Ronnie Peat

Runners Up
Euan Lawrence, Peter Galloway, Charlie Jack and Jimmy Begg (skip)

Titlis Glacier Mountain

Women's World Championships

If you were able to see some of the World Juniors last week, you may also be interested in Women's World Championships.  These start on Saturday 16th  and are taking place in Riga, Latvia.

Scotland will be again be represented by Eve Muirhead's team and they will be hoping to improve on last year's 6th place.

You can follow the games on Eurosport, although the Scotland teams don't feature all that often. The Schedule of games can be found here.

Last Year's AGM Minutes

There is now a page for AGM minutes.  These can be found by clicking on the page link on the right hand side, or by following this link.

Kirkbride Rosebowl Semis

Semis tonight and in the High Road there were wins for Ronnie Wilson against David Gray and Jimmy Begg against Bert McKay. Ronnie & Jimmy play the final on Thursday 14th at 5.00pm.

It was good to see Gerry Watson on the ice and I'm sure I speak for us all when I say that we're thinking of him at this difficult time.

The Low Road semis saw wins for Austin Thomson (subbing for Scott Thomson) and Jimmy Niblock.  Their final is also next Thursday at 5.00.

New Rinks for Frame Salver

Thanks to everyone who responded to Bob's email about the reduction in rinks from 10 to 8 for the Frame Salver.

A new draw has been made and the rinks will be as follows:

Rink 1             D Hope, C Jack, F Watson, E Mutter

Rink 2             D Gray, J Dunlop ,R Morrison, P Reynolds 

Rink 3             B McKay, E Lawrence, B Grassom, B Cherry 

Rink 4             S McFadzean, F McCrossin, R Charters, P Galloway

Rink 5             S Thomson, R Peat, K Ross, R Boyd

Rink 6             J Begg, C Naismith, A Thomson, G Watson

Rink 7             R Wilson, G Hodge, A Brown, D Moulds 

Rink 8             J Niblock, A Hastie, D Kidd, J Henry