In the President's mini league, there were wins for Ronnie Wilson and David Hope by 11-3 and 7-5 respectively over Steell McFadzean and Scott Thomson.
The Vice President's league saw Bert McKay's team beat Jimmy Begg by 6 shots to 5.
The up to date positions are shown here.
Strathcona Cup
Latest results from Canada show that Scotland are up overall by 585 points to 481. Alistair Henry's team are contributing their fair share of wins. A long way to go.
Keep up with their progress here.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Continental Cup
If you remember, I showed a great quadruple take out (see here) by Tom Brewster on our website at this time last year. It was taken from the Continental Cup. Well the 2013 edition of the Cup starts on Thursday 10th January and last for 4 days.
This competition features 6 teams from North America against 6 teams representing the Rest of the World. Scotland has two teams, Tom Brewster and Eve Muirhead, as part of the World team.
The WCF is providing a live feed so we can watch some great curling, including skins games. If you're interested, the link is here.
This competition features 6 teams from North America against 6 teams representing the Rest of the World. Scotland has two teams, Tom Brewster and Eve Muirhead, as part of the World team.
The WCF is providing a live feed so we can watch some great curling, including skins games. If you're interested, the link is here.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The Season So Far
David Hope has sent the following review of the season to date.
Gangrels Story of the Season so Far
The story of the season so far has been
mixed for our various rinks that play in the open competitions within
the ice rink.
The Eglinton Jug saw Gangrels 2 skipped
by Robert Boyd, David Gray, Steell McFadzean and Robert Charters
start the competition with a win against Ardrossan. Later on they met
Symington where they recorded another victory. On Thursday in the
quarter finals they came up against Sorn 2 with Sorn 2 coming out
victorious.
Gangrels 1 skipped by David Hope,
Francis McCrossin, Richard Morrison and Jim Henry went out in the
first round when they were beaten by Troon Portland 1.
In the day League “A” Gangrels 1
has lost 1 and 1 won game. League “D” Gangrels 2 has played 3
games winning 1 and losing 2.
In the Ayrshire Province Knock Out
competition we were represented by Skip Robert Boyd, Jimmy Begg,
George Hodge and Richard Morrison who were playing Stewarton Heather
who came out victorious.
In our annual match against Beresford
Ladies we managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat putting
together some large ends. The caterer’s gave us a most excellent
meal, which was enjoyed by the company present.
In the Kyle and Carrick Challenge
League we are represent by the rink of Russell Boyd, David Hope,
Peter Galloway and Ken Ross. Currently we have played 4 games and
managed a win, peel and 2 losses.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Strathcona Cup
Our President's Cup games resume on Jan 14th at 5.00 pm - please check schedule of games to see if you're playing.
In the meantime, we wish Alistair Henry all the best as he leaves with the rest of the Scottish Team to tour Canada on Wednesday 9th January.
Billy Howat and Andrew Kerr are just two of the other weel kent Ayrshire names amongst the 61 who will be trying to regain the trophy for Scotland, playing just 427 games in the process!
You can follow their progress over the following three weeks by following this link. We wish them every success.
Updated 7th January 2013
Here is some more info that Alistair has sent us re the Tour
In the meantime, we wish Alistair Henry all the best as he leaves with the rest of the Scottish Team to tour Canada on Wednesday 9th January.
Billy Howat and Andrew Kerr are just two of the other weel kent Ayrshire names amongst the 61 who will be trying to regain the trophy for Scotland, playing just 427 games in the process!
You can follow their progress over the following three weeks by following this link. We wish them every success.
Updated 7th January 2013
Here is some more info that Alistair has sent us re the Tour
I have been aiming to go on this specific tour for 30 years – ever since Dad returned from his in 1983. He still meets with (surviving) Tourists every January and has not missed any in the 30 years. There are 60 playing tourists – selected from nearly 100 applicants. Each Central Rink will play 32 games, with most days featuring 2 games. We will be on the move by 8 a.m. on most days and all our travel is by bus – unlike some of the other tourists who are flying between some locations. It is a hectic schedule but as you only get to do this once in your life, we’ll make sure we enjoy it and bring back (and leave behind!) many happy memories.
I have a supply of Gangrels badges and will be passing these to my direct opponent at each match we play. The whole event will be done on a competitive but friendly basis with the importance of meeting and enjoying the company of new, fellow curlers.
The most relevant tabs for myself are those featuring the Central Tour. I suggest that the Tourists, Itinerary and Results tabs are the key ones. I am on Central Team 1 and our tour starts in Ottawa on Wed before moving east to Montreal and then down the St Lawrence through Toronto to Niagara Falls area. We then return to Toronto to meet up with the East and West Tours for a grand finale and closing banquet. We get back to Edinburgh on Sat 2nd Feb.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Your Curler Issue 11
The latest issue of the Your Curler Magazine has now been released. You can view or download the e-zine by following this link.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Drew Duncan Quaich Results
Steell McFadzean and his team of Peter Kennedy, Forbes Watson and Willie Scott started with 8 shots in the first three ends and eventually triumphed by 11-5 over Scott Thomson's team.
Their 6 shot win was enough to secure this year's Drew Duncan Quaich competition.
The full results:
Steel McFadzean 11 Scott Thomson 5
David Hope 10 Ewan Lawrence 6
Jimmy Niblock 8 Bert McKay 4
Ronnie Wilson 5 David Gray 5
It was good to see David Kidd curling with us again and he wishes it known that he is available as a reserve for the next half season.
Afterwards, we retired to the bar where an excellent meal was provided by Hazel and her team at Passion Caterers.
Their 6 shot win was enough to secure this year's Drew Duncan Quaich competition.
The full results:
Steel McFadzean 11 Scott Thomson 5
David Hope 10 Ewan Lawrence 6
Jimmy Niblock 8 Bert McKay 4
Ronnie Wilson 5 David Gray 5
It was good to see David Kidd curling with us again and he wishes it known that he is available as a reserve for the next half season.
Afterwards, we retired to the bar where an excellent meal was provided by Hazel and her team at Passion Caterers.
Monday, December 3, 2012
European Curling Championships
The European Curling Championships starts this Saturday, 8th December, in Karlstad, Sweden.
Scotland's teams will both be competing in the "A" Division, with Tom Brewster's team of Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews (from Ayr) and Michael Goodfellow taking on the Czech Republic in their first game.
The women's team are skipped by Eve Muirhead, with Anna Sloan,Vicki Adams and Claire Hamilton.
Some of the games will be shown on Eurosport and the schedule can be found here.
For the first time, the WCF have arranged live TV coverage on the WCF You Tube Channel. This should provide more extensive coverage of the event and is available by following this link.
For the first time, the WCF have arranged live TV coverage on the WCF You Tube Channel. This should provide more extensive coverage of the event and is available by following this link.
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