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!

AGM and Prize-Giving 30th April 2025

Currie and Balerno CC's AGM was held on the 30th of April at Currie Rugby Club. The meeting was chaired by President Betty Gibb, who passed over to new president Kerry Clark, with Jenny Barr and Dave Munro filling out the top table. Trophies and prizes from the season were handed out after the AGM has wrapped.

The Winners from the 24/25 season were as follows:

Kettle: Karen Munro, Josh Kellock, Lois Copland and David Aitken

Harlaw Cup: Shona Watt, Dave Munro, Joe Barry and Stuart Ronald

Doubles: Vicky Gumley and Lois Copland

Points Shield: Dave Munro

Butter Dish (runner up): Kerry Clark

Rosebank Cup (Ladies points): Kerry Clark

Tom Holmes: Ally Henry, Graham Paterson, Kim Dalland and Francis Kennedy

Lymphoy Cup: Kerry Clark, Jenny Barr, Ally Henry and Allan MacLennan

Glenbrook Quaich: Mike Wood, Katie Wood, Kate Torrance and Stuart Ronald

Club Achievement Award: David Aitken

The award for most ends won went to Mike Wood's team in the Lymphoy competition with an impressive 54 out of a possible 56 ends played!

Thank you to the committee, the players and the subs for making the season a great one. Special thanks to Jenny for organising not just the committee, but the ice, the teams and the rink itself. She does so much behind the scenes which allows the season to go without a hitch!

Kettle Winner: Karen Munro

Harlaw Cup: Dave Munro

Doubles Winners: Vicky Gumley and Lois Copland

Points winner: Dave Munro

Ladies points winner and overall runner up: Kerry Clark

Tom Holmes: Graham Paterson

Lymphoy Cup: Jenny Barr and Kerry Clark

Glenbrook Quaich (and ends winner): Mike Wood

Lymphoy Cup Round 7 (Finale!)

Currie and Balerno's season wrapped up on the 21st of March with everyone out on the ice. Some large scores were had over all games which led to some big scoring games! One interesting thing is that each on the losing teams only scored 2 points! The other scores differed massively from 13 (Jennifer Marshall's team taking a 7 in the last end!) to 7 (Dave Munro's team skipped by Betty Gibb, as Dave was off partying up the stairs!).

The only game that really counted on the night was Mike Wood vs Kerry Clark. If Mike peeled or won, the Lymphoy cup was his but unfortunately for him, Kerry's team (with super subs Rachel Macrae and Annie Fleming) were too strong and the game ended 10-2 to Kerry, meaning the final results are:

Lymphoy Cup winners: Kerry Clark, Jenny Barr, Ally Hendry and Allan MacLennan

Glenbrook Quaich winners: Mike Wood, Katie Wood, Kate Torrance and Stuart Ronald.

Well done to everyone on a great season!

Final league table:

League table after Round 7

Here is the Score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 7

Lymphoy Cup Round 6 finished

 The 4 final teams to complete round 6 did so on Friday 14th March. My team were against Brian Fleming's and my Dad's were again Jen's.

 My game was a race for the wooden spoon and despite my best efforts (I will be dreaming of the angled tap up I had to make on the 5th end for a while!) it looks like we may be the recipients of said spoon...Brian's team were on fire.

On the other sheet, a middle table challenge was on. Jen was victorious, snatching a 3 in the second to last end to seal the deal.

Next Fridays games are going to be interesting. The only real game to watching will be Mike Wood vs Kerry Clark. If Mike wins or draws, he will win the Lymphoy. If Kerry wins, she will leapfrog him into the top spot. Should be an interesting game! 

Here is the league table after the end of Round 6:

League table after Round 6.

Here is the score sheet:

Lymphoy Cup Round 5.75 and 6.5

 On the 7th of March, we had our first 4 sheet game in a while! It was really nice to see everyone out on the ice and nicer still was people staying for a meal afterwards.

On the ice we had John Steven vs Dave Munro. If John had won this game, it would have put him in serious contention for the trophy but Dave held his ground winning 6-5 (with one end coming down to a measure where the winning stone was literally a millimetre closer to the centre, so close the thirds couldn't decide!). 

On my game against Andrew Galloway, I had a strong start then Andrew's team made a comeback to peel the game 5-5. Another peel was had in Kerry's game against Brian. That peel may have lost Kerry the title! It will all come down to her game against Mike Wood's team in the last game!

Jennifer's team had a tricky game against Mike but Mike did come out on top.

Anyway, league table:

League table after Round 5.75 and 6.5

Here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 5.75 and 6.5

Lymphoy Cup Round 4 complete and 5.5

 Last Friday (28th of February) saw Dave and Karen Munro's teams finally complete Round 4 of the Lymphoy, meaning we are over halfway through the competition and it is very close at the top!

John Steven's team were against Karen's, however John and third, Morna, were away representing Currie and Balerno at the Rink Championships up in Perth. John brought in new club member, Andy McDiarmid to skip and had Rachel Macrae at lead. They played out of their skins and Karen (me) was left with some difficult circus shots! It was tough!

I don't want to speak on Andrew Galloway's behalf but I hope he felt my sympathies from the sheet over after a lose against my Dad.

Any way...enough about those games! The league table:

League Table after Round 4 finished and Round 5.5

Here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 4 finished and Round 5.5

Lymphoy Cup Round 4.75 - The Catch-up Game

The game that was postponed by Storm Eowyn on the 24th of January took place on Sunday (23rd of Feb). This saw Jennifer Marshall's team take on Andrew Galloway and John Steven take on Brian Fleming. A close game between Marshall and Galloway finished with Galloway taking the win. The other game was a little less close, with team Steven taking the win.

Here is the League table after the game on Sunday:

League table after Round 4.75.

Here is the Score sheet after that catch-up game:

Score sheet after Round 4.75