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!

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

Lymphoy Cup - Last of Round 3 and Start of Round 5!

Last Friday (21st of February) saw Kerry Clark go against John Steven and Andrew Galloway go against Mike Wood. Both games passed some large ends back and forth but ultimately John and Mike came out on top. This makes the race for the top a lot tighter!

Here is the league table after the game on the 21st:

League table at the end of Round 3 and start of Round 5.

And here is the Score sheet

Score sheet after the end of Round 3 and start of Round 5.

Lymphoy Round 3.5 and 4.25 (or something like that!)

Ah, Valentines Day...the perfect day to take to the ice and avoid having to take your partner out for a meal.

We are almost through Round 3 of the Lymphoy and there is no change at the top. Kerry's team had a win over Jennifer's team and Mike's team had a win over Brian's team. That means Kerry is out on top with 8 points with Mike behind on 6. They are, however, the only teams to have played 4 games, so there is a chance that someone may catch up although it will be difficult!

Here is the league table after last Friday's game:

League Table after 14th Feb

And here is the score sheet:

Score Sheet after 14th Feb

Lymphoy Round 2.5 and 3.25

Round 2 is now complete with Brian and Jennifer's teams taking to the ice against The Munro's. 

Karen and Brian did not have a good night with some pretty big loses (Brian lost 8-2 to Dave and Karen lost 13-6 to Jennifer's team, skipped by Maggie Barry). We even discussed just heading to the pub about half way through! 

Anyway, here is the league table now that Round 2 is complete and we are halfway through Round 3:

League table after the completion of Round 2

Score sheet after the games on the 7th February

Score sheet after Round 2 completion