Christmas Bonspiel 2022!

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…

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…

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…

Allan Cup – Update Our first tie in the year’s premier Dunbartonshire Province Curling Competition took place on 9 October Our valiant team of Brian, Eli, Eilidh and Simon were up against the tournament winners for the last three years, Kelvinside.  Kelvinside had their ‘A’ team of international representatives out to play. This turned out to be…

This was a keenly fought competition between the Ladies and Gents of Bearsden Curling Club.  Due to the shortage of female members in the club some of our gents very kindly assisted in the Ladies Team.  Surprisingly, for the second year running, the Gents came out on top!  Apparently by a 6 point lead…… though…