Individual Points Competition

Another evening of skill and gamesmanship that is known as the Individual Points competition was held last night.  A fuller report and all the scores can be found on the results page.

Leswalt Bonspiel

As a final word on the Leswalt 150th anniversary bonspiel there is an article in the latest edition of the RCCC's e-zine  - Your Curler
Just click on the link to find out all about John Good's 'unforgettably humorous' speech on Aberlady's success.

Thirds on a Knife Edge

And so with the Christmas break looming, the last of the Thirds Competition has been played for this year.  It is now balanced with only a bottom of the table clash scheduled for 11th January and the top of the table clash on 18th January left to determine the final positions.
Dont forget that before then on Monday 19th December at 7.30, we still have our Individual Points Competition (see post below). This is open to ALL club members, rink players and reserves and even anyone from the non-playing members list !

Leswalt Bonspiel - photos

Leswalt have put photos on their Facebook Page.
See if you can spot our boys and girls on ice and at play.
Graeme did not have it all his own way on the trouser front.
Click on the photos on the top of the page

Points Competition

Our annual POINTS COMPETITION is on :-
Monday 19th December at 7.30. 
and is open to ALL Members and Reserves.

For those unfamiliar with a Points Competition, it is a solo competition, so no fear of letting anyone (other than Yourself) down !
It consists of a series of exercises (Take outs, draws, tap ups etc) with 4 attempts at each type of shot.
 
Most importantly it is a FUN competition which allows you to practice shots that you may not have had the chance to play before. You will also play about twice as many stones as you would in a normal club match.
 
The benefits:-

• Its Fun
• Its good practice.
• (If you ask the skips they will try and give you pointers and help)
• It is for ALL standards, from beginners to experts.
• It allows you to measure your progress (against yourself or others)
• It show your skips how good you are !
• It allows you to witness gamesmanship between the skips.

Come along and try it out.

Morgan wins a (the) Trophy

In a tight aggressive game that would decide the destination of the Club Trophy, Morgan's foursome edged Graeme's team 6 shots to 4. Almost as tight was the decision whether an eighth end should be played or not.  Had Morgans final stone come to a rest or was it still spinning ? (the jury is still out !).
Congratulations to Morgan, Dale, Sheena and Rosie.

Incoming American Men's Tour

East Lothian Province has been asked to provide one four-man team (sorry ladies, this one is men only) to play a game against one of the incoming American teams at Murrayfield on 18 February 2012 at a time yet to be announced.

 

East Lothian Province's President, John Shedden, has asked each of the 8 clubs to nominate 1 player, from which the team, of 4, will be selected. 

 

If you wish your name to be put forward, please contact John Smail as soon as possible. 

Leswalt 150th Anniversary Bonspiel

Congratulations to Our President Liz Nicoll and her team of Morgan, John (Good) and Graeme who travelled to Stranraer to take part in the celebratory bonspiel of the Leswalt club, on Saturday 29-10-11.
There were 20 teams from all round the country taking part, and our squad took to the ice at 10.30 in the morning.  Despite the ice being very challenging, with slight frost, some fast patches and some areas of fall back Morgan managed to skip us against a very experienced Leswalt side to an impressive score to nil.  The Leswalt skip advised that he had been curling for 50 years and that was the first time he had been grannied (wish I had been so lucky).

John & Muriel

Our second match was against our previous opponents son and current President of Leswalt.  This was a much tighter match, but Aberlady still ran out the winners, losing only one end, although that definitely flattered our team.
Following the Bonspiel was a Grand Dinner at which Aberlady were awarded the overall prize and John Good offered thanks on behalf of all the competing teams.
(Apologies for the lack of photos, but I left my camera in Stranraer - Photos by Liz)

Edinburgh Curling Club Centenary Dinner

For anyone who expressed an interest in attending next year's centenary dinner of Edinburgh Curling Club.
We have been informed that the tickets are now available and should be paid for asap.

The Trophy Competition

The first match in the Trophy Competition saw the two skips from the Knockout Competition facing each other.  This time both were present on the ice.  First blood, and revenge went to Morgan with a big score win against Mike.  This may only serve to make him mad

Knockout Competition

Congratulations to Mike Wood and his team, who narrowly won the final, in the skips absence.
Cathy Maclean skipping in place of Morgan was just pipped at the post.
Interesting to note that neither designated skip was on the ice for the final.  (Could this be the next generation?)
The scores and results are on the Results Page.

Dale watches the hard work with interest

Dale watches Sandy work HARD

Welcome to the New Aberlady Curling Club Website

Due to difficulties editing the new RCCC microsite, we have moved to blogger and created our own web/blog site.
We will maintain the RCCC microsite with a link across to this site.
Please note, the RCCC site will not be updated with results, news and events.

You may like to bookmark this site or add it to your list of favoutrites which will make it easier to find and connect to and keep updated with the latest information, scores, standings etc.

Features of this site include the facility to add comments to any of the items that appear on the Home Page.
In addition, if your browser features an RSS Reader, you can add this site to it via the buttons at the bottom of the page and you should receive automatic updates any time this page is updated.

Many thanks to Bob Cowan (SkipCottage) for his encouragement and help and his continued permission to borrow from his site.

We are still learning the functionality of this site, so if you notice any errors etc, please contact Graeme.

If you have any news that may be of interest to the club please also contact Graeme.