Our Competitions

GLASGOW WEST LEAGUES AND COMPETITIONS
BEARSDEN CURLING CLUB, BEARSDEN SKI CURLING CLUB, PARTICK CURLING CLUB

Rules of Curling Competitions for Season 2026-27

Competitions


Glasgow West League
This is the main competition and is split into two leagues – an autumn and a spring league. The
format is a double round robin. There are seven rinks in the Autumn league – three from Bearsden, two
from the Ski Club and two from Partick. There are six rinks in the Spring league – these are composite
teams from all thre clubs. Games are played over eight ends, or to the bell, whichever is the sooner.
The league will be decided on points, then ends and then shots up.
Firth Medal
This will be a daytime competition involving five rinks – two from Bearsden, two Ski Club rinks and one
Partick rink. The format will be single round robin, followed by a final played by the top two rinks. Games
are played over eight ends, or to the bell, whichever is the sooner. The round robin stage will be decided
on points, then ends and then shots up.
Frame Cup/Bearsden Bowl
A competition for less experienced members and new players. This will be played as a single round
robin involving composite rinks made up by Bearsden and Ski Club rinks. The top two teams from the round
robin stage will progress to the final. Games are played over eight ends, or to the Bell, whichever is the
sooner. The Frame Cup is awarded to the winner of the Final and the Bearsden Bowl to the Runners Up.
Centenary Trophy
For season 2026-27, the Centenary Trophy is presented to the top Bearsden rink in the Glasgow West
Autumn League.


Speirs Cup


For season 2026-27, the Speirs Cup is presented to the winning rink in the Glasgow West Autumn
League.

Competition Notes

  1. Knock-out competitions – the finals of the Firth Medal, and the Frame Cup/Bearsden Bowl.
    1.1 In the event of “Peels” ends shall count. If these are also equal, one stone will be played by a
    nominated
    member of each team, the first of which shall be measured and removed before the second
    member plays.
    1.2 Normal sweeping is permitted but not behind the tee.
    1.3 Only stones which reach the house will count and the nearest to the tee will be the winner.
  2. The Frame Cup/Bearsden Bowl is a competition for less experienced members. The purpose of
    this competition is to encourage members to improve and develop their skills higher up the rink
    than they may usually play and therefore unsolicited advice should not be offered. Skips from the
    Glasgow West League, the Firth and Rink competitions, and more experienced players, should
    not skip, play last stones, or play higher up the rink than second.
  3. It is the duty of each member, when unable to play, to obtain a substitute and to inform their
    Skip. Subs should pay the appropriate ice fees to the player they are replacing.
  4. In all cases, the winning Skip is responsible for providing properly completed score card,
    signed by both Skips. A box for collecting score cards is provided on the Bearsden CC notice
    board at Greenacres. The winning skip should also send a photograph of the completed score
    card to the Recorder, Peter Hardern :-panda@peterhardern.plus.com

Rules of Play (as they apply to the aforementioned Competitions)

  1. Decisions by the BCC/SKCC/PCC Match Secretaries on the interpretation of the Rules will be final.
  2. Play will be in accordance with RCCC Rules but subject to the following club additions:
  3. Substitutes must be members of one of the three clubs, and will be called upon in the following
    order:
    2.1a Members from own rink.
    2.1b Reserves from the mother Club Whats App Group with priority given to Reserves – maximum
    three and may play in any position except skip.
    2.1c Reserves from another club – maximum three and may play in any position except skip.
    Penalties
    The Penalties are shown below:
    Breach of the rules – game conceded – penalty six shots.
  4. Only three players – Skip can play only two stones each end – no penalty.
  5. Only two players – game conceded – penalty six shots.
  6. Player(s) late for the start of the game – No penalty if fourth player (ie player to make up 4) is late. If
    third player (ie player to make up 3 in the team) is late – penalty one shot for every five minutes after
    the start of the game –  maximum penalty four shots.
    Ice Money and Payment of Dues
  7. Any team which fails to appear shall be liable for the payment of their own ice and that of
    their opposition.
  8. Where the game is conceded because only two players are available for one of the rinks, then
    a “bounce” game should be played to use the ice.
  9. All Substitutes (as defined in the Rules of Play para 2 above) must pay for their ice. The appropriate
    ice fee should be given by the Substitute to the player they are replacing or the skip on the night.
    Conveners
    The role of the Convenor is to form a team from the pool of players in the rink to play in each of the
    fixtures. This can be facilitated by the use of Consolidated Rink Spreadsheet on which there are three
    separate pages for the Autumn League, Spring League and the Firth/Frame/Bearsden Bowl. Non
    Availability can be signified by N/A, players selected shown with a X, skip identified with an S and a
    blank indicates that the player is available but not playing. An example of this is shown on the
    Consolidated Rink Spreadsheet marked example.

Version 4 – August 2026