Details of Fixtures now added to Website

The details of our club games, fixtures and Open Competitions have now been added to our website.

Please have a look and let Ronnie know of any errors.

Rinks for Season 22-23

 The rinks for next season have now been finalised and are as follows:

RINK 1                         RINK 2                       RINK 3

J. Dunlop (S)                J Niblock (S)              W. Scott (S)

R Charters                    P Kennedy                 G Watson

F Hogg                          A. Chapman              D. Cattanach

K Ross                           R Wilson                   R Peat                     

RINK 4                          RINK 5                       RINK 6

G. Todd(S)                    P Galloway (S)             E Mutter (S)

S. McFadzean              D Hope                         R Cherry

R. Morrison                   A. Hay                          J Begg

D. Gray                         P Reynolds                   G hay

David Graham will play for Richard Morrison over the period 17 Nov - 13 Dec and for David Hope while absent on the Canadian Tour Jan/Feb 23 (dates to be confirmed).  He will also be the first choice Reserve for all other gaps.

Rinks for Drew Duncan Quaich and Frame Salver

Rink 1                           Rink 2                            Rink 3                        Rink 4

J Dunlop (S)               J Niblock (S)                  W Scott (S)                   G Todd (S)
J Begg                         G Watson                       D Hope                         S McFadzean
E Lawrence                 A Hay                             F Hogg                         N Henderson
R Wilson                     K Ross                            G Hay                          P Reynolds

Rink 5                           Rink 6                        Rink 7                        Rink 8

P Galloway (S)             E Mutter (S)                P Kennedy (S)            A Chapman (S)                              R Charters                    R Cherry                      R Peat                         D Cattanach

D Gray                         S Bloomfield                D Graham/Morrison   J Gall
J Lyburn                       A Henry                        J Gall                          A Gall

Reserves: Nil

A Meal and the AGM follow the Frame Salver 

AGM

Following the closure of the Ice Rink and the cancellation of the Frame Salver and AGM on 14th March, a rearranged  AGM took place on Monday 28th March.

The minutes have been published and can be found by clicking the link at the right-hand side of this page.

President Peter Reynolds gave an excellent summary of a season in which the club had to cope with many outside issues but praised the enthusiasm with which we had managed to keep going.

His full report is contained in the minutes.

Kennedy Pairs Results

 There were 8 pairs teams challenging for the Kennedy Pairs Trophies yesterday afternoon.  The first session started at 2.30 with Peter Reynolds and Jim Dunlop prevailing over Bob Charters and Francis McCrossin, and Ken Ross and Jimmy Niblock  winning their game against Gordon Todd and George Hay.

Winners in the lower half of the draw were Ronnie Peat and Peter Galloway, in a very close game against Gillian Watson and Steell McFadzean and David Gray and Bob Cherry, who won against Ernest Mutter and Fraser Hogg.

5.15 saw the start of the semi finals and it was at this point that all the participants were thankful that we were only playing three stones each this year.

Ronnie and Peter won against David Gray and  Bob Cherry by 4 shots to 1, and Peter and Jim won comfortably over Ken and Jimmy.

The final was extremely close. Ronnie & Peter picked up two shots in the first end and then lost three in the second. The third end had three of the Reynolds/Dunlop shots in the four foot but Ronnie's last stole the shot.  Peels starting the final end and again it looked good for Peter and Jim but a raise by Ronnie put a shot in the four foot and Peter Reynolds last stone could not beat it.

A very good game which really could have gone either way.

Kirkbride Rosebowl Final Result

Last night's KRB final between Team McCrossan and Team Peat Skipped by Bob Cherry, was a hard-fought event and a real nail biter at the end!  Team Peat (Bob Cherry, Gordon Todd, Euan Lawrence and Jim Dunlop) set the scene by taking a shot in each of the first 2 ends.  This goaded Team McCrossin (Francis McCrossin, Jimmy Niblock, David Hope and Peter Galloway) into action by taking 2 in the third end to draw level and then creep ahead to lead 6-2 at the close of the 6^th end.  

Just when the leaders thought they had their hand on the trophy which was on display at the Rink end, Skip Bob pulled off a superb score of 2 on the 7^th end with 1 minute of time remaining before the bell.  

It was all to play for in the concluding 8^th end with the score 6-4 and Team Peat were lying 2 to at least peel with the last hammer stone to be played by Team McCrossin.  Francis played a perfectly crafted stone to draw into the 2 lying stones to limit the lead to 1.  The final score to Team McCrossin was 6-5.

Kirkbride Rosebowl Semi-Finals

 Francis McCrossin and his team of Jimmy Niblock, David Hope and Anne Hay started their game by scoring three against Ken Ross's team.   Thereafter they seemed to show no mercy.  To be fair, they let Ken score 2 at the third end, but that was all.  A resounding win by 11 shots to 2.

On the other sheet, David Gray scored singles at the first two ends, but Ronnie Peat's team of Euan Lawrence, Gillian Watson and Bob Cherry then took control.  They finished up winning by 9 shots to 2.

Next week the two victors will play each other, at 5.15, for the trophy.   

Kirkbride Rose Bowl First Round

 The Kirkbride Rose Bowl is our Knockout Competition and the first round was played tonight. When there are only 6 teams the draw can get quite complicated, but after this round it begins to make sense.

The Highest Winner was Ronnie Peat's team, who found some form again and beat Team Reynolds by 10 shots to 1.

Second Highest Winner was Francis McCrossin, who had a close game with Peter Galloway. Four ends where they scored two shots were sufficient to win by 8 shots to 5.

The closest game was between David Gray and Ken Ross, with David winning by 7 shots to 6.  These two teams fill the places of 3rd and 4th Highest Winners.

The draw for next week's games is therefore 

Ronnie Peat  v  David Gray

Francis McCrossin v Ken Ross

Earlier in the day, Richard Morrison skipped Ronnie Peat, Ernest Mutter and Fraser Hogg in the final group game of the Ross Low Trophy.  A tied game against Ayr &  Alloway was sufficient to top their section and progress to the semi final, which will be on 28th February at 12.00, against Dundonald.  The winners will play that afternoon at 2.30 against either Galston or Troon Portland.