Tom Holmes Competition - 8th March 2026

The 'prestigious' Tom Holmes trophy was played for on the 8th of March. This event is a favourite of many club members (myself included) due to its unusual format. More information about the Tom Holmes can be found in the Tom Holmes tab at the top of the website, but essentially, if you have skipped and won the trophy, you can no longer skip. This means that there can be people who have never skipped in their whole playing career playing with 3 others who may have skipped for many years. The games are short and fun, with players supporting those less confident in the house. Then there's a meal after, what more to love!

This years winners of the Tom Holmes were:

Angela Downie, Robin Copland, Kerry Clark and Anne Anderson

Well done!

2026 Tom Holmes Winners (Left to Right: Robin Copland, Angela Downie, Kerry Clark, Anne Anderson) Picture Cred: Karen Munro.

Tom Holmes Trophy 2024

On the 16th of March, Currie and Balerno came in their masses to Murrayfield to compete in the Tom Holmes trophy. This is a favourite competition within the club due to the unique make up of the teams. Once you have won the trophy as skip, you are no longer able to. This means that teams are helmed by people who wouldn't normally get the chance to (or usually don't want to) skip. As it's only 3 2-end games, the pressure is completely off and the whole afternoon is good fun all around.

Winning this year was Josh Kellock's team of Josh, Jenny, Morag and myself (which I was thrilled by considering I won it last year! And I was subbing for my Mum.)

Winning team for the Tom Holmes trophy (pic curtesy of Niall Gunn) 

The day before was also my 30th birthday and fellow Ides of March twin John Steven who was 60 and the club surprised us with a delicious cake.

Following on from a delicious meal from Parsley and Thyme catering, the main competition of the night went underway...the bottle sliding! A bottle of Highland Park (kindly donated by Donald Kennedy) and a bottle of Champagne (kindly donated by Betty Gibb) were the prizes. Colin Barr won the whisky and Jennifer Marshall won the champagne. £110 was raised in total, which will greatly help the clubs funds.