C&B Doubles Competition 2025 - 2nd November

Our annual doubles competition took place on Sunday the 2nd of November, with an impressive 16 pairs taking to the ice over 2 sessions.

There were a lot of mixed fortunes, with some high scoring ends!

The results are as follows:

Winners: Robin Copland and Ian Keron with +16(!)

Runners Up: John Steven and Joe Barry with +7

Third place: Betty Gibb and Allan MacLennan with +6

Special thanks to Jen and Dave for keeping the scoring and organising the sheets for all teams, its no mean feat!

Also thanks to all the subs that allowed us to keep all 16 pairs playing! We literally couldn't have done it without you!

Ian and Robin, winners '25 (Photo credit: Karen Munro)

Kettle Round 4.25 - 31st October 🎃

On the spookiest night of the year, 4 brave teams took to the ice! 

Fearsome Fleming (Skipped by Phil Barton) took on the Menacing Dave Munro. A close game which came down to the last end and was eventually won by Munro

On the other rink, Ghoulish Gunn took on Abominable Aitken (Skipped by Vicky Gumley). A good couple of ends at the start of the game for Gunn meant they were out of reach for Vicky so the win ultimately went to Gunn.

Here is the lurid league table after the first games of round 4 (not much of a change!):

League table after Round 4.25

And the scary score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 4.25

Kettle Round 3.75 - 24th October

The remaining 6 teams to compete in round 3 took to the ice on Friday. Some big scores and good curling on difficult ice, and one very close game!

Karen was very lucky, with the ice going in her favour, against Niall Gunn. A 6 in one end really took the game in one direction which made it very hard for Niall to come back from. David Aitken's team, who was skipped by Vicky, took a nice win over Mike Wood's team (skipped by his daughter Louise). The close game was Brian Fleming (skipped by Katie Wood) against Kerry Clark. Katie came back 6-0 down to draw the game 7-7 going into the last end, where Kerry finished the game with Bruce Mouat level draw right to the button to win the game.

Here is the league table after the games on the 24th of October:

League Table after Round 3.75

Here is the Score sheet after the 24th of October:

Score Sheet after Round 3.75

Kettle Round 2.75 and 3.125 - 17th October

Due to the game on Thursday the 16th, it means that these games were the final games for round 2 as well as the first games of round 3, which makes it great fun trying to think about the what to call each round!

Karen had a very close game against her Dad which came down to the last end! Tricky ice meant the game was very back and forth. The other sheet saw Niall and John go head to head. A run of 4 ends at the start set the game up for John, and despite a couple of ends, the game ultimately went to John.

Here is the league table after the games of the 17th of October:

League Table after Round 2.75/3.125

Here is the score sheet after October 17th

Score sheet after Round 2.75/3.125

Kettle Round 2.5 - 16th October

 This C&B game is a bit unique, being played on a Thursday. The reason behind this is that it was originally scheduled for 24th October but since most of the players were going to be away and would need subs, it was decided to rearrange for the 16th. 

Although the result appears as if the game was one-sided, that was far from the case. After 6 ends the teams were level at 4-4 and during the last end Dave was lying shot with just 2 stones left to throw. Dave attempted to play another shot into the house but wrecked on a guard which left John a shot to remove Dave's lonely stone from the house, which he performed perfectly, to leave his team lying with 6 shots.

Here is the league table after this unusual game:

League Table after round 2.5

Here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after round 2.5

This blog was brought to you by Dave Munro (under the close supervision of Karen!)

Kettle Round 2.1 - 10th October

Our first split night of the season took place on the 10th of October with teams numbered 1-4 playing each other. From the look of the scores, it was a good night of curling (for 2 of the teams at least!). Well done to Kerry for securing her second win of the competition already, and to Mike for securing his first.

Here is the current league table:

League table after Round 2.1

Here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 2.1

Doubles Competition - Pairings

 Hi all,

Our doubles competition is on the 2nd of November. Current pairings are below:

If you need a sub or have already secured one, let the committee know so we can sort the pairings out ahead of the competition. Thank you!