ISSUE 47 | MARCH 2017 | ROYALCALEDONIANCURLINGCLUB.ORG Yo u r Curler keeping you connected with Scottish Curling CLUBS & RINKS FEATURES COMPETITIONS Celebrations, Notimations are open Bronze for Scotland competitions and for the Scottish Curling at the World Women’s anniversaries have been Awards, sign up to Championship, taking place at ice rinks Adult Camp or find out plus reports from across the country! more about Disability competitions played Curling… in Scotland! ISSUE 47 | MARCH 2017 | ROYALCALEDONIANCURLINGCLUB.ORG | CLUBS & RINKS CLUBS & RINKS LOCKERBIE ICE RINK 50TH ANNIVERSARY Lockerbie Ice Rink has celebrated its 50th anniversary with an Anniversary Bonspiel on Friday 13th January which saw 120 curlers taking to the ice in 3 sections. The Anniversary cake was cut by Mrs Vi Miller and Margaret Taylor. On Saturday 14th January a dinner was held at one of the local hotels to celebrate curlers who have curled and are still curling at Lockerbie over the last 50 years. The photograph shows curlers who have and are still curling at Lockerbie Ice Rink since it opened 50 years ago. JACK BARR MEMORIAL SALVER MATCH AT GREENACRES Since it was presented in 1975, Neilston CC and Barrhead Fereneze CC have held an annual match at Greenacres Curling Club for the Jack Barr Memorial Salver. Barrhead won in the inaugural year of 1975 but, over the intervening years, fortunes have shifted and the majority of matches have been won by Neilston. For the last 24 years in a row Neilston have won the Salver but this run ended on 28th January when Barrhead finally won the trophy again. It was a close match with Barrhead A team winning 9-7 and the B team winning 7-5. After the match both teams and supporters went on to enjoy a dinner at Greenacres. The photograph shows the winning Barrhead teams with the trophy - John Young, Gordon Hamilton, Alistair Duncan, Neil McClune, Robert McKenzie, Robert Humphrey, Bill Bishop (Ian Farquhar not in photo) ARTICLE: ROBERT MCKENZIE PHOTOGRAPH: ROBERT HUMPHREY WHEELCHAIR CURLING COMPETITION AT LOCKERBIE Lockerbie Wheelchair Curling Club applied to the Aviva Community Fund and were awarded a grant to hold a new competition for wheelchair curlers with the aim of promoting the growing sport and encouraging wheelchair users to participate in, and be actively involved in a local community club. Two teams from Lockerbie welcomed players from Braehead WCC, South Lanarkshire WCC, Stranraer WCC, Northern Ice Wheelchair Curlers, and the Welsh Wheelchair Curling team to take part in a mixture of very competitive games and Hotshot Challenges on Friday 17th March. A representative from Aviva presented the prizes to the overall winners from South Lanarkshire WCC and the runners-up from Northern Ice. Lockerbie 1 was awarded the prize for the most points in the Hotshot Challenges and a special award was given to Rebekah Nimmo from Stranraer when she was voted by all the participants to be the ‘Player of the Tournament’. ARTICLE: ISOBEL COWAN 2 PHOTO: ISOBEL COWAN ISSUE 47 | MARCH 2017 | ROYALCALEDONIANCURLINGCLUB.ORG | CLUBS & RINKS SCOTTISH ROTARY CHAMPIONSHIP For the first time the ‘Ramshead Competition’ was held over the weekend, 10th - 12th March, with nine teams competing from the following Rotary Clubs: Aberdeen St. Fittick, Edinburgh, Forfar, Inverkeithing & Dalgety Bay, Perth Kinnoull, Dumfries Devorgila, Inverness, Leith and Perth. At the end of the round robin games the teams topping the two 3 sections were Perth Kinnoull and Dumfries Devorgila. The remaining seven teams joined other Rotary teams to contest the Rotary Jewel This means that the three teams representing Scotland in the 2018 Rotary World Curling Competition. Curling Championships at Hamilton Ice Rink, 7th to 13th April 2018 are host club, The Ramshead Final was a close affair with the Dumfries team East Kilbride, 2016 Winners, Dumfries Devorgila and 2017 Winners, Perth Kinnoull. holding the upper hand going into the last end 4-2 up. Needing Photo shows 2017 Ramshead Winners Perth Kinnoull: Colin Moreland (skip), three shots to win skip Colin Moreland played a difficult double George Delgaty, Willie Monks and Ian Stevenson raise take out of two Dumfries stones to get the required three for ARTICLE: GEORGE DELGATY victory. PHOTOGRAPH: FRANK SLOAN DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE NEXT YOUR CURLER? Complete our online form by... th APRIL 19Visit the 2017 RCCC website or click >> North West Castle - Stranraer Ice Rink - CLUB OUTING? 2017-18 CURLING WEEKENDS BUILD YOUR OWN CURLING PACKAGE! from ONLY £150 per person FULL BOARD Acommodation includes Dinner, Bed & Breakfast Rate includes 2 Nights DBB, 2 Buffet Lunches and one on-ice session per night stayed. and a minimum of 3 games of curling! Famous Grouse 13 - 15 October 2017 1 night DBB £60.00 Berkmann Wine 27 - 29 October 2017 2 or more nights DBB £50.00 Single room supplement £10.00 Courvoisier 3 - 5 November 2017 Highland Spring 24 - 26 November 2017 Why not add in a little something extra? Prize Weekend 5-7 January 2018 Additional ice costs (per session) £5.00 Glayva 12 - 14 January 2018 Snack lunch - soup, sandwich & tea or coffee £6.00 Grants FULL 26 - 28 January 2018 2 course lunch with tea or coffee £12.50 Glenfiddich LIMITED SPACE 2 - 4 February 2018 3 course lunch with tea or coffee £15.00 Beefeater 9 - 11 February 2018 Afternoon tea (sandwiches, scones & a selection of cakes) £9.95 Tennent Caledonian 23 - 25 February 2018 Afternoon cream tea - tea or coffe with scones £3.00 Teachers 2 - 4 March 2018 BOOK NOW t: 01776 704 413 | e: [email protected] Rate based on 2 people sharing a classic room ISSUE 47 | MARCH 2017 | ROYALCALEDONIANCURLINGCLUB.ORG | FEATURES FEATURES ADULT CAMP Bookings are now open for the Royal Caledonian Curling Club’s annual Adult Camp, which will be held in Stranraer from the 29th September – 1st October 2017. This all-inclusive residential weekend is designed to get your curling season off to a great start. If you are interested in learning more about the sport and your performance, Adult Camp provides a variety of workshops and training to up-skill you no matter what your curling ability. Get to know new curlers in a fun, sociable and relaxed environment while improving your game for the coming season. You will experience workshops in topics such as strategy, tactics, sweeping, delivery, balance along with a chance to analyse, review and develop your performance led by highly experienced RCCC coaches. Allocation is on a first come first served basis and a deposit of £100 is required on application. For more information and to apply for your spot at the RCCC Adult Camp, click here! >> 2017 SCOTTISH CURLING AWARDS Young Curler of the Year Team of the Year Grassroots Coach of the Year Ice Diamond Award © WCF / Richard Gray 2014 To nominate, visit: www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org ISSUE 47 | MARCH 2017 | ROYALCALEDONIANCURLINGCLUB.ORG | FEATURES LEARN MORE ABOUT DISABILITY CURLING Helen Kallow recently joined the RCCC in a new position, Disability Curling Development Officer. Here, she explains how YOU can get involved in disability curling! Did you know? ¡ 7 in 10 disabled people want to take part in more sport and physical activity, but less than half the number of disabled people take part in sport or physical activity for 310 minutes once a week compared to non-disabled people ¡ 64% of disabled people would prefer to take part in sport with a mixture of disabled and non-disabled people ¡ Around 8 in 10 adults said that the being coached increased their enjoyment of playing sport and had increased their passion and commitment to sport Previous research conducted by sports coach UK identified that coaches can be less confident in providing for disabled athletes and may need to develop their technical skills to improve in this area. Curling, with its emphasis on friendship and good sportsmanship, is an ideal sport for many people who have a range of disabilities. As the Disability Curling Development Officer, I am here to help clubs, coaches and rinks to be more confident at including people with a disability in the activities they provide. I will be organising a number of courses over the coming months to help with this, some of which are still under development. If you are interested in any of the following, don’t be afraid to get in touch to find out more: ¡ Introduction to Wheelchair Curling ¡ Advanced Wheelchair Curling ¡ Introduction to Visual Impaired Curling ¡ Curling Specific Disability Inclusion I am also hoping to run a small number of pilot projects for groups which have expressed an interest1 in curling, such as adult day centres. If you think you would be interested in being part of a pilot project, where you would be given support to introduce people with a range of disabilities to curling, please let me know so training can be arranged. I have already enjoyed getting out to meet some of the groups and seeing the great work being done to include people with disabilities across the country, thank you for the welcome! Photos: Isobel Cowan If anyone has any requests for other training or information, please contact Helen by email [email protected] or phone her in the office on0131 333 3003 ext. 2004 ISSUE 47 | MARCH 2017 | ROYALCALEDONIANCURLINGCLUB.ORG | COMPETITIONS COMPETITIONS DATES for your & EVENTS DIARY MAR - APR Simply click on the dates for more information. 30th March – 2nd April 7th – 9th April LODE LATVIAN MIXED SCOTTISH CURLING JUNIOR MIXED DOUBLE CURLING CUP DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Riga, Latvia TH Braehead Curling 31st March – 2nd April 11th – 16th April CITY OF PERTH LADIES PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP INTERNATIONAL Toronto, Canada Dewars Centre, Perth 19th – 22nd April 141st April EUROPEAN MASTERS NATIONAL VIRTUAL St.