Welcome

The new blog is now officially up and running. Hopefully members will find it usefull and informative.

Singles Competition - First Round

The first round of the annual singles competition takes place this Thursday 11 March at 6.15pm.

The draw can be found here.

Winter League - Final Result

The postponed game and title decider was played earlier this afternoon.

It was a tense evenly matched game which was decided by the last stone. Charlie Miller managed to steal a single shot against the hammer in the final end to beat Paul Lewis 8-7 to win the league.

The final table can be found here.

End of Season Bonspiel - Cancelled

Unfortunately the John Geddes Bonspiel scheduled for Saturday 3 April has had to be cancelled due to lack of numbers from both Rotary and ourselves.

With it being scheduled for the Easter Weekend it was always going to be difficult. Curl Aberdeen is once again hosting the Scottish Mixed Championships during the previous weekend so the above date was the only real option.

The club will do it's best arrange a more convenient date for next year.

Andrew Mitchell Points

The Andrew Mitchell Points competition will be held in Curl Aberdeen on Friday 5th March. Members are encouraged to participate for themselves and support Aberdeen for the team prize.

Details here.

Points Competition - Results

15 members took part in the annual points competition this afternoon. The Claret Jug was won by Robert Shand, Gus Sword was runner up.
 
The results can be found here.

Top Ten Challenge

This popular competition will take place on Sunday 28 March at 10.00am at Forfar Ice Rink and due to members requests ACC has entered a team.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Top Ten Challenge, it is aimed at teams of around 10 people, and consists of some games of 4 vs 4, some games of triples, some pairs, and then finishes with 2 players from each team playing “hot shots”. Team scores are based on total shots scored in all the games plus the points scored in the hot shots. Entry fee is likely to be around £120 per team, but then there are cash prizes for the winning teams. These details are based on prior years and have to be confirmed by the organiser / sponsor.

Please make my job easier and add your name to the list on the club notice board at the ice rink to take part.

More details are availble from Dave Taylor, Area 9 Secretary.

Points Competition

The annual Points Competition takes place on Sunday 21 February at 12.15pm. Please note the earlier than normal start time

This competition is open to all members, Just turn up on the day.

Grand Match Report

A report signed by Jim Paterson Convenor of the Grand Match Committe and Colin Grahamslaw the Royal Club CEO has been posted on the Royal Club website here. The report looks at the events of the first ten days of January 2010. It addresses some of the contentious issues, such as the confusing information that was distributed prior to the event being cancelled.

Grand Match 2010 ?

With this prolonged cold spell what's the chances of a Grand Match in 2010 ? Keep your eyes posted on the RCCC web site for updates.

The story of the last Grand Match on the Lake of Menteith in 1979 is well told here.