Campbell’s Visit to Switzerland.

Thursday 7 November saw 24 Canadian Ladies Curlers being piped from their tour bus into Greenacres Ice Rink to play the fifth game of the Canadian  tour, having played at Stranraer and Lanarkshire Ice Rinks since their tour commenced on Monday 4 November.  In total they will curl at 15 different rinks throughout Scotland before…

On Sturday the 15th of February the BCC Gents emerged victorious ov the Ladies. Simon Blyth graciously accepted the winners accolade. The trophy has to be found before a formal presentation can be made! The word is Ross has it.

The 1911 Centenary Bonspiel is an annual event between the four curling clubs who were founded in 1911 viz. Bearsden, Craigie Hill, Monifieth and Wengen. It was first held in 2011 to mark the centenary of the four clubs. Bearsden CC won the1911 Centenary Bonspiel Trophy last March at Perth Ice Rink and, as the…

The first round game against Cadder took place on Tuesday 9 January.  Despite winning six out of the eight ends played, Bearsden came second in the 10 – 8 game.  Sounds like a good effort by our team. Thanks to Simon, Peter, John and Alan for representing us.

Sunday 17 March saw 24 curlers from the above clubs venture onto the ice at Greenacres to challenge their skills in specific shots. The competition took the format of each curler having two attempts at nine specific shot disciplines, ranging from guards and draws to tap-backs, double take-outs and drawing through the port! A maximum…

This week saw both Simon and Ross compete in their respective rinks in the Qualifying Rounds for the Scottish National Masters. This was held at Greenacres over 7 – 9 November. The Finals will take place on 1 – 4 February, again at Greenacres. Simon was playing in the Gillespie Rink alongside Ian Gillespie, They…