Getting to Greenacres

Ross Barr was presented with the Carmunnock and Rutherglen Curling Club Gold Medal on Tuesday at Greenacres.  This was presented by President Brian Hudson.  This was last awarded In 2017. Well done Ross!

Bearsden Curling Club is a curling club located in the town of Bearsden, a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. Curling is a sport that is played on ice, where players slide stones across the ice towards a target area, known as the “house”. The objective is to place the stone as close as possible to the…

Geraldine’s 2024 curling season got off to a good start when she was playing with Glasgow Ladies in their Bonspiel on Thursday 4 January at Greenacres. The format of the Bonspiel over eight ends required playing two ends then moving on to play a new rink. Geraldine was in Kirstine Cochrane’s rink who narrowly beaten…

Simon, Ross and Alison competed in the National Masters Championships for curlers over 60.  This was held over 1 – 4 February at Greenacres Curling Club.  The Masters Championship is a Scotland wide competition with teams competing from 14 different Scottish rinks from Aberdeen to Stranraer.  The rinks playing included several previous National and World…

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…

The past two weekends have seen our member, Simon Blyth, busy umpiring in two Scottish Curling competitions. The first being the Asham U17 Slam held at Hamilton Ice rink where Simon advised that he was very impressed by the standard of curling played by these youngsters, with some 14 year olds playing incredibly well.  Twenty…