Curling Update

 

We now know that Murrayfield Curling will remain closed for a further week.  

It is now expected to reopen on Monday 2nd November 2020.

Most of the games lost by the first two weeks of shutdown have now been rescheduled although one of these is now postponed due to the extra week !

Please check the revised syllabus on the fixtures tab.

ALSO NOTE :- we now have a member that is shielding and have had to reintroduce a ROTA.  Details are also on the Fixtures page.  PLEASE check when YOU are playing on the ROTA

PLEASE CHECK YOUR GAMES CAREFULLY.  THIS SITE WILL HAVE THE MOST UP TO DATE SCHEDULES.

Start - Stop

 More news on rescheduled games will be announced - at some stage !

Season 2019-20 Now Complete

When the shots Competition was curtailed last season, Team Callander was in a commanding position, with the silverware theirs to lose.  Team Good, with a very 'good' performance could still take possession of the Aberlady Medal.

Six months after the original game should have been played, the skips, like The Avengers assembled.  Would Dale and his squad maintain the high standard from last season, or would they bottle it ?  When they took to the ice, Dales team looked confident.  This could have something to do with John's team abandoning him !  Unfortunately, not enough players arrived to play this fixture, the game was therefore forfeit  and Team Callander took the clean sweep of trophies.

Last season, Sandy Nicoll was the first member to take the clean sweep of all four major trophies.  This has now been replicated with the victorious Dale Callander, David Wyllie, Rosie Clark and Pam Clark.  (Rosie was also a joint winner of the Pairs High Road and new Gill Daley Achievement Trophy, while Pam walked away with the Ladies Points Trophy.  David also took the Thirds Medal)

Congratulations again to one and all for a momentous season.

President V Vice 2019-20

 

Six months late and  under the new 'THIS is the new normal' regime,

a confused bunch were shepherded onto the ice by the Covid Officer to settle last season's (but not last year's) President v Vice President.

This yielded two very different games.  

Julia (for the President) was involved in a close tussle with Dale which resulted in a 6 - 4 victory for the Vice President.  Meanwhile John G (for the President)  was struggling against last season's (this year's) wooden spoon holder, Mike.  John eventually managed to pick up a three in the final end, to go down by 12 - 3.

Overall, a win to Rosie Clark, The Vice President by a total of 18 - 7.  The President, Pam Clark, was absent from the game and has, so far, declined to return the trophy.

Meantime under cover in the car park and darkened doorways, Graeme presented various winners with their trophies, in a very clandestine way. 

The first photo is John Good posing with the Pairs trophy which was eventually given to his partner Cathy Maclean.  The second is our new Gill Daley Achievement Trophy being received by Justyna Konowrocka, which was awarded to her jointly with Rosie Clark.

Swan Trophy

This season we have entered the Swan Trophy.

I have included the draw, which sees us pitched against Oxenfoord on Thursday 26th Nov at 2.30pm and updated the syllabus accordingly.  Both can be found on the Fixtures Tab.

This is a double rink competition, meaning we require 8 players.  To date, we only have four (Mike, Graeme, John G and Pauline).  If you would like to play please let Mike know asap.

Session Times - and yet more Covid info

 The session times on the syllabus (Fixtures tab) have now been updated to give the CORRECT times based on Murrayfield's allocation of 'stagger times'

PLEASE AMEND YOUR DIARY ACCORDINGLY.

Please note that there is some conflicting information for the new 'sweeper rules'.  We previously stated that the designated sweeper (one only per stone) would sweep between the hog lines only.  New information suggests that they sweep from the delivery hog line all the way to the tee line.  As there is no sweeping allowed behind the tee, the skips (lazy) will take no part in active sweeping.

THIS POINT WILL BE CLARIFIED BEFORE THE FIRST GAME.

Scottish Curling have provided a short video on new arrangements (NB Parts of this may be varied based on individual ice rinks facilities) :-

https://youtu.be/iGc7OrCqn-U

Updates 7-9-20

Please note that the following updates have been made :-

• Covid Risk Assessment updated to reflect Murrayfield Guidelines.
• Curl Edin's - Return to Curling Protocols has been added to the Covid Tab
• Dates (but not draw or times) for Swan Trophy have been added to Syllabus
• President v Vice Pres teams added to Syllabus