Kettle Round 6.75 and 7.50 - 12th December

 We are quickly approaching the end of year and with it the end of the Kettle Competition, and what a competition it is turning out to be.

Kerry had a decisive victory over Dave which takes her into contention for the top prize! She needs to win her last game next week and she needs Karen to lose with fewer ends for the Kettle to fall into her hands. If Karen wins or draws, she wins the Kettle! 

Here is the league table to have a look at...

League table after the completion of Round 6

Score Sheet after the end of Round 6:

Score sheet after the completion of Round 6.

Kettle Round 6.50 and 7.25 - 5th December

 4 teams took to the ice on the 5th of December, 2 teams with their last games of the competition! Despite a valiant win by David Aitken against Karen Munro's team (skipped by his wife, Morna), David falls short of first place, finishing on 8 points. The only team that can catch Karen at the top is Kerry if she has back to back wins in her last 2 games, but even then it will be tied points so will come down to ends!

Intense finish to the competition is imminent...I for one can't wait but unfortunately I won't be able to make the last game so I will be waiting patiently for the cards to come through!

Anyway, back to the games at hand, here is the league table after the games on the 5th of December:

League table after the games on the 5th of December.

Score sheet after games on the 5th of December:

Score sheet after games on the 5th of December.

 

Kettle Round 5.75 and 6.25 - 28th November

 Hi all,

Apologies for the delay in posting the results of these games! 

I'll skip straight to the scores and league table as that what everyone wants to see!

League table after the completion of Round 5 and start of Round 6:

League table after Round 5 is complete.

 Score sheet for the games on the 28th:

Score sheet after games on the 28th of November.

🥌Indoor Grand Match 2025🥌

 On the 15th of November, over 1000 curlers from all over Scotland took to the ice in 12 ice rinks to compete in the Grand Match.

The Grand Match was first held in 1847 in Penicuik when it was played outside. It was played outside for many years, with some 2400 players at the last 3 (thats 300 rinks!). It was a battle of North vs South.

Unfortunately, global warming and new health and safety rules meant to would be nearly impossible for an outdoor event of this scale to be held on a frozen lake and so the last Grand Match outside was played in 1979 on the Lake of Menteith.

In 2000, the Royal Caledonian Curling Club initiated an indoor version to be held across Scotland, in temperature-controlled ice rinks with nice safe ice. It was so popular that it was decided that it would take place every 5 years. Unfortunately, with the Covid pandemic taking hold in 2020, the Grand Match was cancelled for that year and there was a little uncertainty if it would be held again.

Luckily for all curlers, the RCCC made it happen in 2025, with the support of 12 ice rinks and many curlers (and a sponsor of Ambassador Cruise Line). North vs South, all for the love of the game. The games were played over 3 sessions.

Currie and Balerno had 2 teams out, one having an early start to play away in Aberdeen at 10am and a home team playing at Murrayfield. Both teams won their games for the South, which were added to the running total and after all games were finished and scores totaled, the South took the victory for the 5th time!

Here are a selection of pictures taken at Curl Aberdeen by one of the C&B teams:

Selfie with Father and Daughter (Photo credit: Karen Munro).

Selfie with our opposition, Banchory Curling Club (Photo credit: Karen Munro).

Jen and Betty taking a well deserved rest (Photo credit: Karen Munro).

Selfie with the team (Photo credit: Karen Munro).

The traditional stacking of the brooms at the 4th end (Photo credit: Curl Aberdeen).

The traditional 'dram' (whisky or Irn Bru) after the broom stacking (Photo credit: Curl Aberdeen).

Kettle Round 5.25 - 14th November

 Round 5 got off to a bang with 4 teams taking to the ice on the 14th of November.

Brian Fleming took on Niall Gunn and despite a strong start from Brian, a three, followed by a steal of another 3, just gave Niall the edge to take the win.

Dave Munro gave a strong, dominant performance against David Aitken, taking a 10-5 win.

Here is the league table after the first half of Round 5:

League Table after Round 5.25

 Here is the score sheet after the start of round 5:

Score Sheet after Round 5.25

Kettle Round 4.75 - 7th November

 Round 4 was completed on the 7th of November, with the final 4 teams going against each other. With two of the named skips not there, it was anyone's game!

 John Steven was up against Mike Wood's team, and despite a dominant start from Wood's team (skipped by Susan MacFarlane), it was John who took the win with a 1 in the last end!

Kerry Clark was up against Karen Munro, with Karen's team holding their own and claiming another win.

Here is the league table after the completion of Round 4:

League table after Round 4

Here is the Score sheet after the completion of Round 4:

Score sheet after Round 4

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)