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