Lymphoy Teams and Draw 2026

🥌 Merry Christmas and Happy 2026 (when it comes!) 🥌

 The committee hopes that everyone had a nice and relaxed festive period and that you are raring to go for the second half of the season!

The Lymphoy Cup start on the 9th of January with all 8 teams taking to the ice. Talking of teams, here are the teams for the Lymphoy Cup 2026:

Here is the draw for the Lymphoy:

Kettle Round 7 - Kettle Complete! 19th December

 Well, with the end of 2025 coming too fast, Currie and Balerno's first competition of the year, the Kettle, has come to an end.

To win the trophy for the second time in a row, all Karen Munro's team had to do was win or draw, and despite being without their named skip or their named lead, they won their game against Mike Wood's team.

On the other sheet, Kerry Clark was hoping for Karen to lose in the hopes of bunny-hopping her to the top spot, but a 4-all draw was how her game against John Steven ended, keeping her in second place. Interestingly, that game was 8 ends, both teams got 4 ends each and the game was tied 4 a-piece! 

So congratulations are in order for the winners of the Kettle this year:

Karen Munro, Morna Aitken, Joe Barry and Allan MacLennan.

Taking home the Harlaw Cup this year is:

Kerry Clark, Shona Watt, Anne Anderson and Jill Gillard. Well done!

Karen's win means she is the first female skip to win the Kettle back-to-back and the first back-to-back win since Niall Gunn retained the trophy in the 2009/2010 season!

Here is the final league table:

League Table at the completion of the Kettle Competition.

Score sheet:

Score sheet at the completion of the Kettle Competition.

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)

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!

Kettle Round 1 - 3rd October

I hope everyone had a lovely summer and are now ready for a new season of curling!

It was great to see everyone out of the ice for the first game of season, first of our Kettle competition and the opening day for the ice rink! 

4 good games were had, with most being pretty close (sorry Mike!) and it was great to catch up with everyone. We had tricky ice in our game which meant playing down one side of the ice which made for an interesting game. It was a close game and a fun one!

Here is the first league table of the season!

League table after Round 1

Here is the score sheet so far:

Score sheet after Round 1

Kettle Teams and Draw 2025

 Hello Everyone and Happy New Season!

 I hope everyone has had a lovely summer and is excited to get back on the ice! The committe has been hard at work sorting teams out for the upcoming season and the draw has been released!

 The teams for our first competition, the Kettle, are as follows:

The draw is as follows:

Summer Night Out

On the 24th of May, C&B took over World of Bowling at Edinburgh Corn Exchange (and by take over, I mean we booked 3 lanes of bowling and then the crazy golf). It was a great evening, with some impressive bowling and putting skills, and some less so!

We first took on the bowling, with some high-scoring lanes, and some not so high-scoring (cough cough, my lane!)

I was really close, I promise!

Stuart-The King of Bowling

We then headed through a magical portal to the crazy golf next door. We split off into groups and tried our hardest to get those coveted hole in ones...and I think some people actually managed it!

Morna getting her ball out of a tricky situation!