Fraser Cup Week 3

Jim Henry continued his unbeaten run tonight with an 8-4 victory over Ronnie Wilson.
There were good wins also for David Gray, Scott Thomson, David Hope and Jimmy Niblock.

Jim leads the way with 6 points, closely followed by 3 teams on 4.

The latest league positions are shown here.

5 Gangrels reach Final of Province KO

Congratulations to Steell McFadyen's rink of David Gray, George Hodge and Ken Ross for a magnificent run to the final of The Province Knock Out Trophy.

Action from the final

Unfortunately they came up against the fifth Gangrel, Jim Dunlop, who starred as third for Bert Andrew's Crosshill Rink.  Steell's comment, after losing 9-1 was "played rubbish".  When I saw them in the semi they definitely were playing well and they deserve our heartiest congratulations.

The First "Your Curler " magazine

The Royal Club has just published its new eMagazine called Your Curler.  All of us who are members of the RCCC and who have registered their email address should receive an email link directly to their inbox.

If you have still to register your email you can do so by contacting RCCC at www.rcccmembers.org and adding your details.

If you are not an RCCC member and would like a look you can use this link.

Happy reading.

Week Two

Week two saw Jim Henry surge to the top of the league with an 11-2 victory over Bob Cherry. There were also wins for David Gray, David Hope and Robert Boyd, while Ernest Mutter's team drew for the second time, finishing 4-4 with Ronnie Wilson.

All the results are here.

Opening Night

Ronnie Wilson's first official task as President was to welcome everyone to a new season and to ask Honorary President Jim Watson to throw the first stone.  Jim's stone, ably marshalled by Robert Boyd, slid unerringly towards the house and the new season was underway.

There were a few oohs and aahs, mainly as unused muscles were reminded of their duties, and some enjoyable games were played.

There were wins for Jim Henry, Jimmy Niblock and Francis McCrossin.  Robert Boyd and Ernest Mutter drew 8-8, but the result of the night surely belonged to Bob Cherry's team. Trailing 7-5 at the last end they somehow conjured up a 6 to win by 4 shots.

All the results are here, or you can find them using the link to the Fraser Cup at the right of the page.

Afterwards, we all enjoyed an excellent meal and some good chat.  The club also took a few moments to remember our dearly departed friends Bill Beaton and David Murphy.

The New Season

Everyone hoping to start the new season on tip top form will be pleased to see that Training Ice has been booked for 20th September at 5.00 pm. All are welcome.

Monday 26th sees the first game of the season at 5.00 followed by a meal at 7.15.  Again, everyone is welcome to the meal.  Any reserves not already playing that night should let Bob know if attending.

The website is up and running again (we never really closed!) and the Club Fixture and Open Competition pages are ready to use.  Please let me know if I've made any major errors.  Results pages will be updated as the games are played.

Many of our members have said they like seeing results of our teams in outside games, so I would encourage all skips to email me with details of progress on a regular basis.

Our Motto is "The game first, the result second"

"Good Curling" and I hope everyone enjoys their season.

Message from Bob Cherry

Bob has asked me to let you know that we are one playing member short for next year's teams. If any non-playing members or reserves are interested in playing a few more games, then please let Bob know.

This would also be an opportunity for asking friends if they would be interested in joining the Gangrels Club.

Any suggestions would be welcomed.