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…
Skip Joan has been leading the charge in this particular competition with success. On 11 October Joan, Geraldine and Hazel were joined by Charlotte Tierney who kindly agreed to fill a gap in our team, Together they had a 10 – 2 win against a team skipped by Libby Torrance. This momentum continued on 18…
Allan Cup Our rink of Simon, Alan, Peter H and John met Cawder House in the first game of this competition on 27 September and came away with a hard fought peel. In the second game, on 30 October, Ross, Simon, Alan and Alison did their best against a very able Alma rink who proved…
Bearsden CC participated in the first Dunbartonshire Province competition of the season, the Cuthbert Cup, on Saturday 14th October. The competition is played between eight clubs with two teams from each club; one team playing at 12:30 and one at 16:00. The Bearsden team for the 12:30 match was: Simon Blyth (skip), Peter Harden, Drew Crawford,…
Bearsden members are out and about at the start of the curling season. John Dunlop in the Irish Curling Association’s first game of the new season at Greenacres Ice Rink. John was in the winning rink with team mates Maria O’Neill, Charlotte Tierney and skip Neil Fyfe.
Bearsden members, Campbell Denholm and Valerie Browning had a very successful Bonspiel at the North West Castle Hotel in Stranraer during the first week in October. They were both attending the Wengen Curling Club Reunion Bonspiel. Sixteen rinks competed for various trophies. As can be seen from the photos, both Valerie and Campbell featured in…
President Ross Barr donned his Irish team shirt at the weekend to play in the Kinross International Friendly Bonspiel. Celtic Connections was established by mixing two Welsh Seniors with two Irish Seniors. This partnership was formed through friendships established at recent World Championships. Other teams playing at this Bonspiel came from USA, Poland, Canada, Denmark,…
The 23/24 season started on Friday the 22nd September with the Opening Bonspiel. 4 Rinks competed for first place with wonderful prizes at stake for the winners and runners up. In first Place the Rink comprising Peter Hardern, Alison Barr, Drew Graham and Campbell Denholm. In second place and holding their valuable runners up prizes…
Arrangements are in place to organise Rinks for the forthcoming season. Rink Team Sheets are being prepared and members will be asked to confirm availability for the dates allocated to us. Ross has also put out a call for the Opening Bonspiel Friday, September 22, 2023 18:00 2 rinks Greenacres Opening Bonspiel
The Closing Bonspiel of the RCCC Ladies Branch Glasgow was held at Greenacres Curling Club on Wednesday 22 March. Club members Geraldine and Valerie participated in this Bonspiel, having also flown the Bearsden CC flag in the Opening Bonspiel on 5 October 2022.The successful rink included Valerie, shown below with her rink members – Caroleen…
