Following last years win of the Waldie Griffith Trophy by East
Lothian Province, which included three Aberlady players in the squad of
16, the Sir Richard Waldie Griffith Trophy is now on public display.
This is as part of the exhibition at the new John Gray Centre in Haddington by East Lothian Council Celebrating
Sport.
For over 100 years, curlers from around Scotland have
competed for the honour of taking this huge silver trophy back to their
home area. East Lothian first won it in 1911, the second year of the
competition. It has not been seen in public in East Lothian since that
date although East Lothian won it again in 1965 and 2010. In February
2012, East Lothian won it again for the second time in 3 years. The
sixteen curlers from six East Lothian Clubs took the competition with
the highest average shots-up, more than twice that of the runners-up !
It
is planned to have a further exhibition on two aspects of East
Lothian’s Curling history in the John Gray Centre in the autumn.
This is an extract and adaptation from the press release by David Affleck. The full press release can be found by clicking here
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