Speirs Trophy

Congratulations to Alison Barr who this weekend won a silver medal playing for Team McIntyre in the Scottish Curling Masters Championships. The Ladies event was won by the favourites, team Adam from Stranraer but the results were very close. The two teams met in the round Robin stage and peeled at 12-12!! They then met…

Great to see our club members out and about playing in Bonspiels and Championships with other Clubs:- The National Gateway Bonspiel was held in Stranraer on 22/23 March where two of our Bearsden curlers were playing – Eli and Stefan, supported by Emily.   There were teams from Inverness, Stirling, Fife, Moray, Edinburgh and Glasgow….

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…

Saturday 11 March saw two rinks from Bearsden Curling Club travel to Perth Curling Rink to participate in the Annual 1911 Centenary Club Bonspiel. This Bonspiel is held between four clubs who were all founded in 1911 and celebrated their 100th Anniversary in 2011, when it was agreed to hold the Annual Bonspiel. The clubs…

On Saturday 2 March Bearsden members met Gateway members in a friendly match at Greenacres, with the aim of a fun game and potential recruitment of new Bearsden club members. We were introduced by Emily to her fellow Gateway members Ross Wilson, Graeme Lashley, Bernard Healy and Eli Lai (who currently subs for Bearsden).  Our…

Bearsden played against Dumbarton in a close game on Wednesday 29 November in the round robin. The game concluded with a 7-6 win to Bearsden. Now through to the semi-finals on Wednesday 13 December brings us up against the skill of Kelvinside. Ross, Simon, Alan and Alison – we will give it our best!