Spring League Winners

With one game to spare James Florance, Robert Shand, Alan Simpson & Jill Johnston have finished in top spot and have yet to lose.

Well done to James and his team.

Results - Points Competition

17 members played the Points this afternoon.

Ali Macrae lifted the Claret Jug scoring an impressive 31 points out of a possible 40. Chris Forbes and Robert Shand were runners up with 26 points.

The score sheet can be found here.

Results - Spring League Round 6

C Morrison v J Florance (3-7)
M Fisher v L Fisher (2-11)
G Stanley v A Shand (6-8)
C Forbes v K Beaton (9-8*) [*club rule 1 invoked 6 shots added to K Beaton score]

Results - Singles First Round

F Fraser, N Bruce, G Stanley v G Fisher, A Shand, F Glascodine (15-8)
J Florance , M Fisher, P Knoll v L Fisher, S Birnie, R Morrison (15-5)
M McArthur, G Sword, R Shand v A Dunbar, I McKay, C Forbes (10-7)

The semi finals will be played on Thursday 9 March at 8.30pm.

Team Knoll v Team Forbes
Team Bruce v Team Shand

All the scores can be found here.

Results - Mixed Doubles Semi Finals & Final

This competition was played to it's conclusion tonight.

Semi Finals
M Fisher & A Shand v K Beaton & G Fisher (5-3)
C Ross & P Ward v F Fraser & R Shand (3*-3) [*denotes - win on ends]

Final
M Fisher & A Shand v C Ross & P Ward (5-1)

Congratulations to the winners. This enjoyable competition would benefit by being expanded provided additional lady members are willing to participate.

Mixed Doubles becomes an Olympic event in 2018.

All the scores can be found here.

Results - Spring League Round 5

C Morrison v G Stanley (2-6)
C Forbes v A Shand (7-7)
M Fisher v J Florance (4-13)
M Coutts v L Fisher (12*-8) [*club rule 1 invoked 6 shots added to M Coutts score]

Results - Spring League Round 4

C Morrison v M Fisher (1-9)
C Forbes v J Florance (3-7)
M Coutts v A Shand (6-11)
K Beaton v L Fisher (11-3)

Results - Mixed Doubles First Round

F Fraser & R Shand v J Cresdee & N Bruce (4-2)
C Ross & P Ward v F Glascodine & A Shand (5-1)

K Beaton & G Fisher v H Ogg & C Forbes (3-2)
M Fisher & G Stanley v A Dunbar & A Macrae (5-4)

The semi finals and final will be played on Thursday 23 February from 8.30pm.

Relive The 1979 Grand Match

Footage from the BBC archive of the last Grand Match, held 38 years ago this week, has appeared on the news website showing thousands of curlers on the Lake of Menteith.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38925370

The Royal Caledonian Curling Club records show the North were victorious over the South 3937 shots to 3144.

http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/curling-history/grand-match/

A longer film can be found in the Scotland On Screen web archive.

https://scotlandonscreen.org.uk/browse-films/007-000-000-327-c

As ever Aberdeen CC have two rinks entered into the Grand Match should Jack Frost oblige.

Hope you enjoy the films !!

Results - Spring League Round 3

G Stanley v J Florance (5-8)
C Forbes v L Fisher (9-7)
M Fisher v A Shand (8-5)
M Coutts v K Beaton (10-3)