On Tuesday night we had a very close first five ends in our game against Bearsden Ski Club. However, inthe last two ends we managed to come to the fore finishing with a 10 – 5 win. Well done Ross, Simon, Alan and Alison. Keep going strong!!
The existing Penalties are; Penalties 2. Only three players – Skip can play only two stones each end – penalty four shots. 3. Only two players – game conceded – penalty six shots. 4. Player(s) late for the start of the game – penalty one shot for every five minutes after the start of the…
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 Curling Club was well represented at the Irish Curling Association’s Open Championship for the Fyfe Trophy at Greenacres this weekend. This Bonspiel was in the form of 4 x 4 end games, Schenkel system. Geraldine, John, Drew, Alison and Ross all competed over the day, and proudly brought home a few medals. John received…
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…
Curling Canada have posted eight YouTube videos related to the development of curling and includes marketing, inclusivity and funding. Links to each video can be found in the Curling Resources page under a new section called Curling Development
