THE NATIONAL GOVERNING BODY FOR CURLING IN SCOTLAND
CONTENTS
RCCC Officials & Headquarters Staff ...... 3 In Memoriam ...... 5 Membership of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club ...... 6 Current Membership ...... 6 New Clubs ...... 6 Resigned Clubs ...... 6 Clubs that have completed 100 years continuous affiliation ...... 6 Clubs that have completed 150 years continuous affiliation ...... 6 Members who have been awarded 50 year medals ...... 6 Teams who have been awarded Eight-Ender Awards ...... 7 Reports ...... 9 Board ...... 9 Finance ...... 10 Areas Standing Committee ...... 10 Ladies’ Standing Committee ...... 11 Club and Member Development ...... 12 Coaching ...... 14 Competitions ...... 16 International Relations ...... 17 Marketing & Communications ...... 18 Performance ...... 20 Results of RCCC Competitions ...... 23 Roll of Honour ...... 27
Photo credits on the front cover: Winter Olympic Teams: WCF / Richard Gray World Junior Men’s Curling Championships: WCF / Richard Gray World Universiade Men’s Team: Bucs Media Winter Paralympic Team: WCF / Alina Pavlyuchik European Teams: WCF / Jesse Kushneryk World Senior Women’s Team: WCF / Richard Gray
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 2 RCCC Officials & Headquarters Staff A Company Limited by Guarantee with a share capital Registered in Scotland under Company Number SC232571
FOUNDED 1838
Patron HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Honorary Members HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH G ROY SINCLAIR
President ALAN DURNO (Fochabers)
Vice President DAVID HENDERSON (New Abbey)
Board of Directors ALAN DURNO (Fochabers) President WILLIAM NICOLL (Bank of Scotland Fife) Chairman BRUCE CRAWFORD (Abbotsford Curling Society) Chief Executive Officer KAY GIBB (Northern Lights) Director TREVOR DODDS Oxenfoord) Director ROBERT KELLY (Reform) Director CATHERINE MCLEAN (Aberlady) Director GRAHAM MCWIGGAN (Beechnuts) Director
Honorary Vice Presidents L McINESS (Canadian Branch RCCC) G KRAILO (Grand National Curling Club of America)
Past President WILLIAM DUNCAN (Bank of Scotland – Perth & District)
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 3 Headquarter Staff
Chief Executive Officer BRUCE CRAWFORD
Office Manager Development Manager SUZY WAKEFIELD (CDO Network, Club & Junior) JUDITH MCCLEARY Finance Manager ALASTAIR A HIBBERT¹ Development Manager (Adults, Competitions & Disability) Marketing Officer SHEILA SWAN STUART MCLEAN National Coaching Officer Marketing Assistant LYNNE MACKENZIE JONATHAN STRANDBERG High Performance Coach Administration Officer NANCY SMITH² RACHAEL LEE Assistant Performance Coach Administration Officer BRAD ASKEW MARGARET MACKAY
Administration Officer JOAN YOUNG¹
¹ Part-time ² Also based at sportscotland institute of sport
Other Officials & Advisors
Chaplain REV WILLIAM HOLLAND (New Abbey)
Company Secretary & Legal Adviser COLIN LIDDELL BA (Oxon), LLB, WS J & H Mitchell WS
Independent Accountants THOMSON COOPER
Representatives to International Federations World Curling Federation
HEW CHALMERS (Stoneykirk)
EDITH HAZARD (Airleywight Ladies)
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 4 In Memoriam (Names as supplied at the time of issuing)
Club Name Benmore & Kilmun James Brown Blairgowrie James Craig Boswall Harry Holmes Bught Ladies Sheila MacDonnell Cambo Jock Steel Coldstream & Hirsel Muriel Strother Coupar Angus & Kettins Alistair J Lyburn Crawford Priory Betty Whiteford Crossmyloof Dan Young Dollar and Devon Vale James Guthrie Dornoch James Steven Dryfesdale Matt Murdoch (RCCC President 2008/09) Drystanes Robert Elliot Dunfermline Ladies Joy Bowie East Kilbride & Haremyres Margaret Craig, Minnie Craig, Irene Taylor Edinburgh Medical George Romanes Edzell Marion Inglis Fairburn Rod Mackay Falkirk Ladies Anna Smith (RCCC Ladies’ Branch Honorary President) Falkirk Ladies May Patricia Smith Forfar Ladies Joan Fraser Glenrothes Derek Wilson Gogar Park Kenneth Gumley (RCCC President 1988/89) Gourock Ladies Mairi Young Hercules David Forster Inverkeithing Joey Divito, Alvaro Gagliardi, Peter Ritchie Kennoway May Wellington Kinross Dr Derek Anderson (RCCC President 1990/91) Kinross Ladies Margot Gibson Largo James Murray Logan John Wilson Lundie & Auchterhouse James Scougall Markinch Nelson White Monifieth Eric Bruce, James Fraser New Abbey Elizabeth Purdy Northern Lights Lileas McKenzie Raith & Abbotshall Andrew Adamson Raith & Abbotshall Ladies Pat Keith, Betty Kilgour, Betty McLay St Andrews Effie Johnston St Leonards Margaret Hunter Stoneykirk William H Fergusson Stratheden Dorothy White Strathkinness Jimmy Walker Thornton John Mitchell Tulliallan John Miller
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 5 Membership of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club
Current Membership 630 Affiliated Local Clubs 12,792 Associate Members
New Clubs Biggar High School Clyde Coast Virtual Disnae Virtual East Kilbride Virtual Hamilton Virtual Kirkcudbright Academy Lathallan School
Resigned Clubs Avoch Belmont Ladies October Ladies RBS (Dundee & Perth) Temple
Clubs that have completed 100 years continuous affiliation Glasserton
Clubs that have completed 150 years continuous affiliation Belmaduthy Blythswood Cardross
Members who have been awarded 50 year medals Name Club John Cadwell Arbroath Peter Fraser Belmaduthy W. Logan Forrest Coldstream & Hirsel David B. Cockburn Cupar Curling Club John Strang East Kilbride & Haremyres David Arnot Evenie Water Janet Dun Ford Ladies James Warden Fothringham John Syme Fothringham Aline Murray Greenock Ladies John Ross Leswalt
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 6 Teams who have been awarded Eight-Ender Awards
Team Club Played at Competition Gay Deas Orwell Ladies Kinross KDLB Senior Edna Nelson Orwell Ladies Curling Pairs
Graham Davidson Kelvinside Academicals Greenacres Reform Fraser Davidson Reform Division 2 League Stephen McClymont Kelvinside Academicals Stuart Horne Kelvinside Academicals
James Ewart Broughty Ferry Dundee Erskine Cup Jean Clarke Broughty Ferry Ice Rink League Angus Macdonald Broughty Ferry David Nicol Broughty Ferry
Adam Keron Oatridge Murrayfield Army Careers Andrew Keron Oatridge Curling Schools Callum Wood Gogar Park Young Curlers Competition Ewan Barr Gogar Park Young Curlers
Neil Kennedy Sorn Ayr Super David Bell Sorn Ice Rink League Gail Thomson Sorn Lorna Munro Sorn
James Turnbull Tulliallan Kinross Green Hotel Robert Wilson Tulliallan Curling League James Scott Tulliallan Mark Lumsden Tulliallan
Alison Paton East Kilbride & Haremyres Lanarkshire Hamilton Mhairi Baird East Kilbride & Haremyres Ice Rink Rosebowl Caroline Morrison East Kilbride & Haremyres Trophy Margaret Young East Kilbride & Haremyres
Enid Brown Dunfermline Ladies Kinross Rosebowl Jeananne Lauder Dunfermline Ladies Curling Trophy Sandra Ritchie Dunfermline Ladies Kim Massey Dunfermline Ladies
Gemmill Jack Dundonald Ayr Lamont Salver Mary Steel Symington Ice Rink Rachel Ireland Ayr Juniors William Steel Symington
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 7 Teams who have been awarded Eight-Ender Awards Team Club Played at Competitions Jenny Bain Edinburgh Ladies Murrayfield Monday League Jill Florence Carrington Curling Moira Kinnear Edinburgh Ladies Ruth Addinall SIAE
Andy Cameron Aberlour Moray Aberlour Kirsty Cameron Aberlour Leisure Centre Curling Club Maureen Walker Aberlour Edward Trophy Suzanne Wright Aberlour
Mandy Graham Beresford Ladies Ayr Dunlop Cup Rena Bain Beresford Ladies Ice Rink Isobel Potter Beresford Ladies Anne Munro Beresford Ladies
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 8 Reports
Board By Willie Nicoll (Chair) and Bruce Crawford (CEO)
The board of directors have continued to focus on their mandate, which is to manage the strategic direction of the RCCC and oversee the governance of the game. The directors take their responsibilities seriously and have worked with staff and volunteers to deliver the objectives set out in the strategic plan 2011-2015. The directors are all committed to the board and the high level of attendance, at 95% reflects this.
The board has continued to monitor potential risks to the organisation and made steps to mitigate risk through the risk register and action plan. The Chief Executive is responsible for operational matters and is charged with managing and reporting risks to the board.
The board has worked to ensure that all of the ice rinks are compliant with EU legislation on the use of R22 coolant chemicals, which will become banned in January 2015. This has been completed fully apart from Moray Ice Rink, which remains the only facility that has not yet converted to new coolants.
A number of special projects were approved by the board for the benefit of the organisation and these included: Digitisation of the annuals for all 175 years into searchable PDF format, now available for purchase on one DVD. Investing in a collections management system for recording all of the significant curling related items held by us. The items are catalogued under the headings of art, history and library and key words can be used to search for items, dates or themes. The collection is growing and will take years to complete, it can be seen at: www.ehive.com/account/5033 and is under the auspices of our charitable arm, the Scottish Curling Trust. The Try Curling legacy programme seeking to capitalise on the upsurge in interest on the back of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Improvement to the various brands under our control: Scottish Curling, Curling’s Cool, Skill Awards and Try Curling.
We have continued to search for new premises for the RCCC and incorporate space for housing the collection of memorabilia, art, equipment, trophies and records in a museum. A number of properties have been assessed and to date no solution has been found, that meets the requirements set out by the board. Graham McWiggan is stepping down from the board this year but has volunteered to continue to offer his support and expertise in this area.
Our commitment to equality has been developed over recent years and it was pleasing to pass the preliminary level of the Equality Standard for sport in April 2014. Several policies were reviewed in the process of achieving this level and these included updating the Equality Policy, Equality Action Plan and we will continue to work in this area as we strive to share the values and practices with clubs and members.
The board have mapped out the process for the creation of the next strategic plan for the RCCC and it will commence soon after the AGM, and will consult committees, staff and members with an aim to have the new strategy in place by the end of October.
We would like to thank all of the volunteers and staff who have made the RCCC continue to be a successful organisation and we will continue to serve our members in the best interest of the sport of curling.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 9 Finance Alastair Hibbert (Finance Manager) and Bruce Crawford (CEO)
This year the board of directors of the RCCC have changed the financial year end from 31 st March to 30th April. As a result the period covered in these accounts is 13 months. The reason for this change was primarily to be able to close the books when a full season’s activity has concluded and to enable better management of budgets when the transactions in the final couple of weeks of April are considerably fewer than in March. The impact of this is that it has previously distorted the bottom line by including a second April which is a month with little income but moderate expenditure.
You may recall that in the financial report last year (2012/2013) there was an extraordinary surplus of £84,000. The budget planned for the year was to be a deficit of £84,000 for 12 months and £115,000 for the 13 month period. The position at the end of this year, as you will see, shows a deficit in line with the budget. A number of factors have come in to play in the year to 30 th April 2014 to create this planned deficit.
The year-end loss includes a portion of the additional running costs for the thirteenth month which amount to £33,000. In addition to the extra month’s costs, there was a plan to invest £82,000 some projects this year that would balance with the previous year’s surplus. The additional expenditure projects were digitising 175 years of RCCC Annuals, pension provision for employees, art restoration, branding, clothing, additional expenditure on Try Curling initiatives to maximise legacy benefits from Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
The Board is comfortable with this outcome and we anticipate that the corporation tax paid for the year 2012/2013 amounting to £20,000 will be recovered. Next year we expect to see a more stable financial position, with the changes made making the budgeting more effective. A full analysis of the income and expenditure for the year will be provided in a visual format on the website as required by 23rd May and for members to see at the AGM.
Areas Standing Committee Alan Durno (President | 2013-2014)
The committee consists of two representatives from the 10 Areas, the President, Vice-President, CEO and Board Chairman. We hold regular meetings throughout the season and two Joint meetings with members of the Board and the Ladies’ Standing Committee. We have a number of sub-committees which have at least one member of the ASC on each, dependent on their interests and skills. These sub-committees have a varying number of meetings throughout the year as required.
During the season we had a number of curling challenge matches, with the true spirit of the game a priority. Firstly, we had the Priestfield Cup which is played for, between the ASC and LSC. This year we played 4 x 2 end games with the ASC victorious.
In December, we had our annual match against The Royal Company of Archers at Murrayfield Curling Rink. This turned out to be a very sociable day with the ASC narrowly winning by 2 shots. In January we travelled to Inverness for our match against Area 10 for the Tamnavulin Trophy. The five Provinces of Area 10 made the most of home ice and won. We also had to field teams to play in the Four Nations at Lanarkshire Ice Rink hosted this year by the Irish Curling Association. We asked interested members to put their names forward and then the teams were picked. This year, we were successful in winning the Tom Ballantyne and Connie Miller trophies against England, and the Marshall Millennium Trophy against Ireland. Unfortunately, we were unable to make a clean sweep as Wales won the Big Bertha Stone.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 10 Twenty male curlers from Switzerland will be touring around Scotland from 8th - 22nd November 2014.
Harry Dodds, Alan Muirhead, Frank White and Peter Fraser have completed their terms of office on the ASC and we thank them for their time and contribution.
I would like to say a special thank you to Ladies’ Branch President Fiona Hardie and Vice President David Henderson for their tremendous support throughout the year.
Thank you to the ASC members for their contributions to the ASC and sub-committees and for attending many competitions and events during the year. Finally, my thanks to all of the staff at Cairnie House for all their hard work and for looking after me so well this year.
Ladies’ Standing Committee Fiona Hardie (Ladies’ Branch President | 2013-2014)
During the past year the Ladies’ Standing Committee (LSC) members have continued to represent the lady curlers of Scotland at our regular meetings. The LSC comprises of 18 Centre Representatives and the executive committee and this year we have held seven meetings and two joint meetings with the RCCC Board and Areas Standing Committee (ASC). We have also had Ladies’ Branch representation on RCCC sub-committees. Within the RCCC, there is an ongoing structure review and we in the LSC are keen to be actively involved.
At the beginning of the season, in order to mark the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the RCCC, Ladies’ Branch celebrated by inviting all past presidents of Ladies’ Branch to join us for our annual Ladies’ Branch Bonspiel. 14 past presidents joined us for lunch and 10 of them curled, the 46 ladies present had a very enjoyable afternoon with all ladies being presented with the 175th anniversary pin.
Our other annual competitions were well organised and successful. On 12th November, we played at Perth against the ASC for The Priestfield Cup but unfortunately were defeated. From 24th to 27th February, the Henderson Bishop Trophy was played at Dumfries, my home ice rink, and it was won by four local young curlers. On 11th March, the Morton Trophy Final was played at Kirkcaldy Ice Rink. The Under and Over’s competition failed to gain entries this year and it was decided to hold a National Ladies’ Branch Bonspiel in October or November. This competition would accept individual entries and will be open to all lady members.
In January, ladies participated in the Four Nations hosted by Ireland at Lanarkshire Ice Rink and regained the Connie Miller Trophy from England.
In November, 16 Scottish Ladies had a very successful 10-day tour to Sweden, winning by 18 shots.
As President, I had the honour of representing Ladies’ Branch both at home and abroad. I attended the Scottish Curling Senior Mixed Championship at Stranraer, the Double Rink Championship at Stranraer, the Scottish Curling Junior Championships at Aberdeen, the Scottish Curling Senior Women’s Championship at Lanarkshire Ice Rink, the Scottish Curling Women’s Championship at Perth, the National Masters at Greenacres and the Scottish Wheelchair Curling Championships at Stirling.
In September, I attended the European Mixed Curling Championships at Murrayfield and in November, I travelled to Stavanger, Norway to attend the European Curling Championships, where Scottish Ladies team, Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Claire Hamilton and Lauren Gray won the silver medal, which I was delighted to present. I represented the RCCC at the World Junior Curling Championship in Flims, Switzerland where the boys’ team skipped by Kyle Smith won silver and I presented the team with their ‘keeper’ stones. President Alan Durno who also attended presented the boys with their medals. I also represented the RCCC at the World Women’s Curling
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 11 Championship in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
I attended the second week of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia where it was a great privilege to be there and watch some very exciting curling and I was of course delighted to see both GB teams receive their medals.
Ladies’ Branch continue to sell merchandise to raise money to go towards funding incoming tours, competition prizes and gifts for our medallists and we are grateful to everyone who has supported us by buying goods and/or allowing us to sell items at their centre or event over the last year.
Ladies’ competitions throughout Scotland continue to be well supported and I would like to thank the volunteers on our LSC who willingly give their time to support our events.
Ladies’ Branch have received an invitation from the Canadian Curling Association for 24 ladies to tour Central Canada in November 2015.
During my year it has been a great honour to represent the RCCC and to support all teams and supporters at national and international level and I am very pleased to be able to report that all the athletes representing Scotland were wonderful ambassadors for our sport of curling.
Club and Member Development Judith McCleary (Development Manager | CDO Network, Junior & Club) Sheila Swan (Development Manager | Adult, Competitions & Disability)
Curling’s Cool This year, over 4,500 children participated in the Curling’s Cool programme, supported by the AM Ross Foundation
Try Curling The Try Curling initiative was rebranded with a new logo, website and promotional materials.
A Try Curling Legacy Conference was held in September to which ASC reps, LSC reps, facility managers & 2 coaches from each facility were invited. The Legacy Conference educated attendees on the aims of the initiative, session objectives, follow-up plans to retain participants and funding.
Throughout the season 5,042 people (1,040 juniors) have participated in Try Curling sessions in Scotland. Beginner courses are split across seasons 2013-14 and 2014-15 to allow new curlers to continue their development.
Development of Junior Curlers 1,178 Junior Members in 21 affiliated Clubs (as at 31 March 2014).
The Skill Awards were rebranded and resources were updated in summer 2013 which are gradually being implemented into junior club programmes.
Junior Development Competitions: following on from a meeting with the existing Under 21 competition organisers, it was decided to create a Slam with entries direct to RCCC. Asham Curling Supplies extended their sponsorship to cover the Under 14, Under 17 and Under 21 Slams.
Competition Venue(s) No. of teams Winners Skill Award Dewars Centre (Perth) 16 Fraser Clark, Stuart Anderson, Tim Challenge Hof & Annabelle Hof (Waterfront) Funspiel Finals Intu Braehead 4 x Under 13 Under 13 - Dumfries 4 x Under 15 Under 15 - Lanarkshire Asham Under Intu Braehead 22 Callum Kinnear, Duncan
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 12 14 Slam Curl Aberdeen McFadzean, Mark Watt & Matthew Lockerbie Ice Rink McKenzie Asham Under Lockerbie Ice Rink 27 Overall; Ross Whyte, Bobby 17 Slam Greenacres Curling Rink Lammie, Neil Topping & Euan Kyle Lanarkshire Ice Rink Forfar Indoor Sports Girls; Katie Murray, Sophie Jackson, Dewars Centre (Perth) Amy Bryce & Lauren Morgan Asham Under Kinross Curling 28 Boys; Bruce Mouat, Duncan 21 Slam Inverness Ice Centre Menzies, Derrick Sloan & Angus Lockerbie Curling Rink Dowell Greenacres Curling Rink Girls; Katie Murray, Sophie Jackson, Jodie Milroy, Laura Ritchie & Heather Morton Newcomers Greenacres Curling Rink 18 (72 entries individually)
Local Partnerships Currently we have local partnerships in place in 16 facilities which either part fund a local Curling Development Officer or support a local Curling Development Group. Regular review meetings are held for monitoring purposes.
Disability Disability Clubs - The number of affiliated Disability Curling Clubs has remained at 11 this season with a membership of 180.
Wheelchair Try Curling – Dundee Ice Arena, Dumfries Ice Bowl and Waterfront Leisure Complex have hosted Wheelchair Try Curling sessions. All venues have held follow up sessions with the view to affiliating a Wheelchair Curling Club next season.
Seminars and Camps We have continued to offer training for groups wishing to develop their skills and tactics, with over 200 people attending sessions across the country.
No. of Seminar Venue participants Ladies Day The Peak (Stirling) 36 Ladies Day Intu Braehead 36 Ladies Day Forfar Indoor Sports 32 Gents Day Forfar Indoor Sports 16 Strategy & Tactics Ayr 24 Club Development Intu Braehead 54 Adult Camp Stranraer 24 216
Club Development RCCC applied for and received curling equipment from the World Curling Federation’s Curling Equipment Programme. Brushes were distributed to the first 60 newly affiliated Virtual Club members of the season.
The number of Virtual Clubs has increased to 12 and membership is expected to increase next season as a result of the Try Curling success in 2013-14.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 13 The National Virtual Club Challenge saw 24 teams compete at Intu Braehead on 29th March. Entry for this competition in future will be direct to RCCC due to the expanding number of clubs. We are delighted that Kays of Scotland has entered a three year agreement to supply prizes.
Coaching Lynne MacKenzie (National Coaching Officer)
This is an abbreviated version of the Coaching report created for the Annual Report. Each objective has been summarised. A full detailed version of this report is available online via the RCCC Coaching Committee or by request from the office.
Strategic Plan: 2011-2015 - Objective 3. Coach Education Promote the training and development of coaches, developing their skills and understanding of the game through courses, qualifications and professional development. These objectives and outcomes were supported by the RCCC Coaching Committee 2013-2014.
Plan and promote courses for those interested in coaching others All courses were published online via the coaching section of the RCCC website. Local interest was generated via Development Officers, local co-ordinators and coaches.
Train entry level coaches In this season, 8 Assistant Coach courses were scheduled throughout the season. Attendance totalled 93, with 83 new candidates and 10 refreshing coaches. Feedback from all the courses is generally positive and are summarised below (detailed in the full report).
Date & Pre-course Course Course 85% Venue 89% 85% 90% 93% Times info. info materials Open Content 91% 91% Relevance 92% Slides 92% Tutors 95% Discussion
Existing coaches (level 1) to develop their qualification Two Technical Coach Courses were run during the season, where a total of 12 coaches attended to develop their coaching qualification. Feedback from both courses is positive and detailed in the full report. A further, 15 Coaches completed their coursework, this season, to become qualified Technical Coaches.
Existing coaches to develop their skills and knowledge Try Curling: The new Try Curling initiative was launched in September at the Olympic legacy conference where over 50 coaches attended. A further six local modules were arranged to increase the coaching workforce recruitment and education. These sessions however were not well attended with a total of 20 coaches attending. Over 20 ice rinks across Scotland hosted the Try Curling sessions with 5,042 participants. Wheelchair Curling: An Introduction to Coaching Wheelchair Curling module was delivered on the 1st of February at Perth. 5 coaches attended to up-skill their knowledge. Skill Awards: Prior to the launch of the newly reviewed and amended Skill Awards, an orientation and feedback session was held on the 17th August at Stirling. 40 coaches attended this CPD session which focused on the content of the Silver Skill Award.
Develop technical and tactical skills of coaches that work with RCA squads A bespoke, residential training camp was held on the 17th and 18th of August for approx. 50 coaches who were leading the Royal Club Academy sessions during the season 2013-2014.
Improve competence and skills of RCA team coaches RCCC Performance Coaches conducted 25 individual coach needs analysis and bespoke training was arranged internally, and through sportscotland’s Regional CPD programme.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 14 Achieve & Maintain UKCC endorsement and quality assurance systems Development of the level 2, Technical Curling Coach qualification, application and delivery within the UK has continued to ensure that standards are being met and are compliant with the UKCC and the Scottish Qualification Authority quality assurance systems.
Develop level 3 formal qualification While some work has been done to develop course content and in particular a reference manual. Targets for this project have been deferred. The realignment to the new four year performance pathway will be the focus next season.
Communicate with all coaches to inform them of developments and recruit coaches to programmes A Coaches’ newsletter is produced, circulated electronically and published online. The dedicated coaching section of the RCCC website is regularly updated and downloadable resources are frequently being added. Direct communication with the NCO is encouraged via email, telephone and face to face conversations.
Conduct criminal record checks on coaches deployed by RCCC At the start of this 2013/2014 season, the RCCC was authorised and notified to begin retrospective checking. To date, (1st April 2014), a total of 184 coaches have been vetted, 76 vetted this season, with a further 26 being processed in the system. There is a monthly limit of how many applications can be submitted and it is expected to take three years to complete all of the retrospective checks.
Develop CPD programme for tutors, assessors and mentors To comply with Quality assurance systems 2 tutors attended the Sportscotland PDA and achieved their tutoring qualification. In addition to formal training, CPD is also provided for the delivery workforce (Tutors and Assessors), which included a two day residential – held in May and two day sessions during the season. These sessions help build rapport within the team while reviewing the structure and delivery of the courses, standards and standardisation, reflections and feedback.
Develop and maintain RCCC register of coaches The coach database system is continually updated throughout the season to recognise all candidates who have attended and achieved a qualification with the RCCC. The register allows the RCCC to track the number of qualified coaches as detailed in the charts below.
Establish appropriate recognition and reward opportunities. Organise Coaches Gathering The annual Coaches Gathering was held on the 15th February with over 60 coaches attending, to provide coaches with the opportunity to network and recognise good practices.
Copies of the new Skill Award practical assessments were issued and substantial feedback has been received. There is an expected requirement to provide training to up-skill coaches delivering the Skill Awards programme and two assessor training modules (coloured awards and metallic awards). This will be a significant summer project, for delivery in season 2014/15.
The coaching committee agreed on a new jacket for coaches and Gilmour Sports won the tender to supply. There is a range of sample jackets to try on for sizing and orders can be made online. Much positive feedback has been received. The provision of the jackets allows easy recognition as a RCCC qualified coach representative.
Time has been taken to thank Pam Mackay for her contributions and many years dedicated to protecting children in our sport. Pam recently resigned from the role of Lead Child Protection Officer. In the interim period, Lynne MacKenzie, RCCC National Coaching Officer will maintain the short term priorities of the role and will be the point of contact for child protection inquiries.
The RCCC continue to promote RCCC Coach of the Year Award and nominate in regional partners’ annual coaching awards. The RCCC Coach of the year 2013 is Andrew Barr from Edinburgh.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 15 Competitions Shelia Swan (Development Manager | Adults, Competitions & Disability)
The RCCC is responsible for the management and/or organisation of 17 Scottish (National) Championships, 3 Slams, 9 other competitions and the various qualification events for the above. These competitions are run for our members and we aim to provide a range of different competitions for all ages and abilities. Over time, a number of competitions have evolved and we aim to ensure that the competitions remain relevant to our members and are enjoyable to play in.
This season saw the introduction of the Asham Under 21 Slam to the calendar, with the aim of co- ordinating the current Under 21 competitions and improve the pathway for junior curlers. This has been a popular and successful addition and will continue to feature in future seasons.
Please see breakdown of entry numbers and venues for Season 2013-14.
Competition Venue(s) Entry No's Braehead, Curl Aberdeen & Asham Under 14 Slam 22 Lockerbie Forfar, Perth, Greenacres, Asham Under 17 Slam 27 Lockerbie and Lanarkshire Greenacres, Inverness, Kinross & Asham Under 21 Slam 28 Lockerbie
Double Rink Championship Stranraer 14
Funspiel Local Qualifiers & Braehead
Henderson Bishop Trophy Local Qualifiers & Dumfries 100
National Master Men’s Curling Greenacres 30 Championship National Master Women’s Curling Greenacres 10 Championship
Newcomers Greenacres 72
Scottish Curling Junior Men’s Perth & Curl Aberdeen 19 Championship Scottish Curling Junior Women’s Perth & Curl Aberdeen 11 Championship
Scottish Curling Men’s Championship Braehead, Dumfries & Perth 22
Scottish Curling Mixed Championship Aberdeen 12
Scottish Curling Mixed Doubles Perth 17 Championship
Scottish Curling Pairs Championship Stranraer 24
Scottish Curling Senior Men’s Ayr, Forfar & Lanarkshire 31 Championship Scottish Curling Senior Mixed Stranraer 16 Championship
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 16 Scottish Curling Senior Women’s Lanarkshire 14 Championship
Scottish Curling Women’s Championship Dumfries & Dewars Centre (Perth) 7
Scottish Junior Curling Club Challenge Murrayfield & Dumfries 20
Scottish Province Championship Greenacres 30
Scottish Schools Curling Championship Local Qualifiers & Murrayfield 54
Skill Awards Challenge Perth 16
The Maxwell Trophy Local & Lanarkshire 8
The Morton Trophy Local & Kirkcaldy 12
The Rink Championship Local Qualifiers & Forfar 108
The organisation of competitions is an important part of the RCCC’s activities and as such was deemed that it should be within the remit of an employee. Sheila Swan (Development Manager) assumed responsibility for Competitions with assistance from Colin Hamilton (Competitions Advisor).
The Committee set out a schedule of meetings with allocated dates for specific topics - Draws, Bidding, Rules and Annual Review.
It was with regret that the RCCC accepted the resignation of Colin Hamilton in December 2013, from his position as Competitions Advisor. Colin was active in all aspects of competition organisation for many years and we thank him for his dedicated time and effort in establishing and improving RCCC Competitions throughout this time.
This season the RCCC invited Competitors and Coaches to complete a survey after each competition to gather feedback and opinion to enable us to deliver competitions and events which support the needs of our membership. The feedback we have received has identified areas for improvement and we will consider areas to develop over the summer months.
It would be impossible to run these extremely successful competitions without the support of a great number of people and organisations; various RCCC Committees (Competitions, Umpires and Rules), numerous Local Organising Committees, facilities and their staff, sponsors and the very many volunteers who support our competitions by umpiring, time-clocking, line scoring and reporting. Thank you all for your continued help and support.
International Relations Bruce Crawford (CEO) We continue to be involved in the governance of curling at an international level through our representatives at World Curling Federation and European Curling Federation.
The key people involved are: Kate Caithness (Edzell CC) who chairs the WCF; Hew Chalmers (Stranraer CC) who is a board member of the ECF and is on the WCF Competitions and Rules Commission; Edith Hazard (Airleywight Ladies CC) is a board member of the ECF; Michael McCreadie (Braehead Wheelchair CC) is on the WCF Athlete’s Commission; Willie Nicoll is a
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 17 member of the WCF Governance Commission; Mike Ferguson (Edzell CC) and Bruce Crawford (Abbotsford CS) are both reps for us on the ECF and WCF.
At the WCF Congress and AGM in 2013, the members approved the new constitution for the WCF and the first AGM under the new rules will be in September 2014. We hope that the contributions of members through the governance review will see a more dynamic and accountable federation that represents our whole community and encourages growth and development of the sport. All of the reps have contributed to the debates on development activities, anti-doping and bribery in sport. At the WCF Congress the RCCC recognised the International Ambassadors and presentations were made by our President Alan Durno.
In December 2013 at the AGM of the European Curling Federation in Stavanger, Norway, the members were informed of the continuing progress to wind up the ECF and pass responsibility for competitions to the WCF. This is in track to be completed in December 2014.
Michael McCreadie has been active on the Athlete’s Commission examining changes to classification and format of play for all athletes. Hew Chalmers has attended meetings of the Competitions and Rules Commission and is contributing to the debates on potential changes to rules and format of competitions. All of this work with other nations in the international setting is important for the future of the sport and we have been fortunate to receive valuable support from UK Sport. We recognise the commitment given by our experienced group of members who represent us in our international work. Mike Ferguson has stepped down from being a rep and has been replaced by Bob Kelly (Reform CC).
Marketing & Communications Stuart McLean (Marketing Officer)
Marketing The position of Marketing Assistant was re-advertised in the summer of 2013 and by August a new member of staff was appointed. This brought some graphic design expertise to the team which allowed us to produce more work in house and with a faster turnaround. We increased our capabilities in design, web development and photo and video editing with a software license for Adobe’s Creative Suite and this has been beneficial to all departments of the organisation. The Marketing team worked with Club and Member Development, Coaching, Competitions, Performance and Office Administration teams on a range of projects but most of the focus this year was on curling development legacy around the 2014 Winter Olympics. Rebranding work was completed on the RCCC’s development programmes with new logos rolled out for Skill Awards, Try Curling and Curling’s Cool (launching in 2014-15). This provided the ground work for further improvements including a revamp of the Skill Awards resources (t-shirts, badges, certificates and coach resource packs) to complement the updated programme content.
A Try Curling ‘tool kit’ was devised for RCCC staff, development officers and ice rinks to help raise awareness of the sport and convert interest into participation. This included a dedicated Try Curling website (see Communications for more), a new ‘Beginner’s Guide to Curling’ booklet and a range of poster templates, banner stands, adverts, photography and pre-written copy and press releases. These promotional tools proved to be a key factor of the campaign’s success around the Olympic and Paralympic Games engaging the public and offering an experience that the public could buy into and they enhanced the level of quality and consistency to its key messages (see Club and Member Development for more).
Member data continues to be gathered and analysed and more surveys like the recent Your Curler reader questionnaire will be deployed to help better inform our products, services and membership offerings. Work also continues to record year on year statistics and data from across the organisation to help us in our future planning and to identify growing trends or areas for improvement.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 18 Communications Website operations were expanded greatly with the development of two new websites, trycurling.com and scottishcurlingtrust.org. Access was also given to britishcurling.com to further improve the profile of curling, particularly during the Winter Olympics.
Trycurling.com was commissioned by the RCCC and built by our new website and maintenance providers Flintriver, with funding provided by the WCF Development Assistance Programme. The main aim of the site was to make it easy for people to get involved in curling with hundreds of taster sessions and beginner classes listed and searchable online. Users could also learn about the basics of the game, locate ice rinks and curling clubs near them and find curling competitions to watch Scotland’s top curlers in action. The site was soft launched in October 2013 but was heavily promoted at the start of 2014 to coincide with the Winter Olympic Games. The website recorded significant levels of traffic during the Games thanks mainly to mentions on the BBC’s terrestrial and red button Olympic curling commentary and the huge amount of dedicated Try Curling coverage generated. The website was deemed to be a major contributor to the success of the Try Curling initiative and the number of participants achieved.
Scottishcurlingtrust.org was designed and built in-house and it is hoped that this online presence will enhance and support the Trust’s fundraising efforts going forward.
Royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org proved to be stable and reliable following its move to a dedicated server with no outages or connectivity issues reported. This was particularly pleasing as visits to the website were up by over 104% in February, its busiest month. Since the website’s launch in late 2011 we now have two year’s website data to assess overall performance and visits to the site are up by 18.5% (2012 to 2013).
Major development work was undertaken to build a new line-scoring system providing an improved competition reporting and results experience for both administrators and users. Coverage of over one hundred curling competitions was achieved through previews, daily updates, game reports, photography and linkages throughout a variety of RCCC communications. Additional regional and national press, television and radio coverage was generated using Newslink, the largest independent news aggregation and delivery service in the UK and trusted source of media publishers.
Comprehensive daily coverage of the RCCC’s major Scottish curling events and Olympics ensured that the RCCC website was established as the place to go for curling reportage. Journalist Mike Haggerty was once again deployed to deliver daily reports on the RCCC website from the World Championships, Junior Championships and European Championships ensuring Scotland’s representatives received coverage in mainstream press. The RCCC once again made use of the WCF online image library to support its international reporting with high quality images and engaged with a number of photographers in Scotland to ensure the same for its national events and initiatives.
BBC Sport Scotland provided live online coverage of The Co-operative Funeralcare Scottish Curling Championships Finals from the Dewars Centre in Perth followed by two one hour highlights programmes on BBC Two Scotland the following week. The profile of curling was raised significantly over the year with many television programmes and broadcasters incorporating curling features or team appearances.
A 50% rise in social media likes and followers was fuelled mainly by the increase in curling interest during the Olympics and Paralympics but also by the quality and content invested in these outlets. A conscious effort was made to generate wider reach and exposure through likes, shares, hashtags and retweets to ensure that social media remains an important part of our communications and means of pushing information to users and driving visitors to our websites.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 19 A Your Curler reader survey provided some useful feedback on the ezine and this was used to make improvements to content and layout. Subscription continues to grow, up 7% on last year, and after 24 issues and three years, Your Curler has secured its place as a valued and worthwhile member communication.
Fundraising In addition to a new brand and website created for the Scottish Curling Trust, a new leaflet ‘Make Curling Your Lasting Legacy’ was produced and posted to all members in the annual membership mailing. This leaflet was designed to showcase the work of the Scottish Curling Trust and inform members on how they can support curling in the future by leaving a donation in their Will. This is a long term fundraising initiative and it is hoped will benefit the sport in years to come.
A.M. Ross Family Foundation generously extended their grant sponsorship of the Curling’s Cool initiative for another year and a successful application to NHS Lothian Trust will ensure that a new ‘Lothian Disability Project’, which will offer wheelchair curling opportunities at Murrayfield, can be implemented in season 2014-15.
Advertising revenues continued to support the member ezine Your Curler and some new advertisers took advantage of our online and event offerings.
The Scottish Championships benefited from its third successful year of sponsorship from The Co- operative Funeralcare. Tullis Russell continued its sponsorship of Scotland’s European and World Teams and supported Curling’s Cool as ‘Official Paper Supplier’ providing all certificates. We were pleased to extend Asham’s title sponsorship of the Under 14 Slam to include the Under 17 and Under 21 Slam events for three years and we welcomed a number of new sponsors to our Scottish Championships and other events.
Much work has been put into generating new sponsorship leads and building attractive proposals and we are pleased to announce that a new title sponsor for the Scottish Senior Championships has been confirmed for season 2014-15. William Grant and Sons will sponsor the Scottish Senior Championships with one of their regional brands OVD Rum.
Performance Nancy Smith (High Performance Coach)
In the Olympic and Paralympic year, the World Class Curling Performance Programme supported 17 men, 16 women and 8 wheelchair athletes. Selection for inclusion into the programme was based on the prospect of athletes having potential for winning Olympic or Paralympic medals in 2014 and/or 2018.
The training and preparation programmes were focused on increased technical training at on-ice sessions throughout the year with appropriate peaking and tapering of training volumes. During the year, the programme was designed to prepare athletes and teams to achieve success on the international stage were both individual and team on the following elements:- Mind-set and commitment Technical delivery and sweeping Tactics Team dynamics
Notable Achievements and Success European Curling Championships, Stavanger, Norway o Silver – Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicky Adams, Claire Hamilton, Lauren Gray, Coaches David Hay and Rhona Martin o Bronze - David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, Tom Brewster, Coach Soren Gran
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 20 World University Games, Trentino, Italy o Silver – Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith, Derek Sloan, Coaches David Ramsay and Cate Brewster o 4th – Hannah Fleming, Lauren Gray, Jennifer Dodds, Alice Spence, Abigail Brown, Coaches Debbie Knox and Cate Brewster WFG Continental Cup, Las Vegas, USA o Represented by David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Tom Brewster, Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicky Adams, Claire Hamilton and Team Captain David Hay. Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia o Silver - David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow, Tom Brewster, Coach Soren Gran o Bronze - Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicky Adams, Claire Hamilton, Lauren Gray, Coaches David Hay and Rhona Martin World Junior Curling Championships, Flims, Switzerland o Silver - Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell, Cameron Smith, Duncan Menzies, Coaches David Ramsay and Nancy Smith o 8th - Gina Aitken, Naomi Brown, Rowena Kerr, Rachel Hannen, Mhairi Baird, Coaches David Aitken and Cate Brewster Paralympic Games, Sochi, Russia o Bronze - Aileen Neilson, Gregor Ewan, Robert McPherson, Jim Gault and Angie Malone and Head Coach Tony Zummack World and Champions Curling Tours (WCT ) & (CCT) o Perth Masters winners - Logan Gray, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Richard Woods o Autumn Gold Classic winners - Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Claire Hamilton o Bern Ladies winners - Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Claire Hamilton Wheelchair International Events o Danish International winners - Aileen Neilson, Gregor Ewan, Robert McPherson, Tom Killin and Coach Tony Zummack o Kinross International winners - Aileen Neilson, Gregor Ewan, Robert McPherson, Tom Killin and Coach Tony Zummack o US Open winners - Aileen Neilson, Gregor Ewan, Robert McPherson, Tom Killin and Coach Tony Zummack
Royal Club Academy (RCA) This season, 12 men (3 teams) and 13 women (3 teams) were supported across 6 Academy Areas. Programme delivery and monitoring focused on fortnightly on-ice training. Gold members also received expert training in the summer months at The Peak, Stirling and further additional team sessions along with psychology/team dynamic support. An RCA Training Day was held at The Peak in Stirling at the start of the season complimented with a RCA Coach Training Day to enhance their skills and knowledge.
RCA Notable Achievements and Success European Junior Curling Tour (EJCT) o Braehead Mens Int. winners – Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Derrick Sloan, Angus Dowell o Braehead Ladies Int. winners – Gina Aitken, Naomi Brown, Rowena Kerr, Rachel Hannen o Oslo Mens winners – Robin Brydone, James Carswell, Calum Greenwood, Thomas Halder Asham Under 21 Slam - introduced this year and sponsored by Asham with 4 events in Kinross, Inverness, Lockerbie and Greenacres. 22 teams entered. Boys’ winners Bruce Mouat, Duncan Menzies, Derrick Sloan, Angus Dowell. Girls’ winners Katie Murray, Sophie Jackson, Laura Ritchie, Jodie Milroy, Heather Morton
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 21 Asham Under 17 Slam - sponsored by Asham involving 5 events in Lockerbie, Greenacres, Lanarkshire, Forfar and Perth. 27 teams entered. Top Team Ross Whyte, Bobbie Lammie, Euan Kyle, Neil Topping. Top Girls’ Team Katie Murray, Sophie Jackson, Lauren Morgan, Amy Bryce. Scottish Curling Junior Finals – All 6 RCA teams qualified to the finals this season with 2 girls’ teams and 1 boys’ team reaching the Final. Scottish Curling Mixed Doubles - Gina Aitken and Bruce Mouat won their second successive title to represent Scotland at the World Mixed Doubles Championships on home soil at Dumfries
Talent Programme 61 athletes were supported through the programme delivered at 16 ice rinks. The evolution of the programme going forward now is to focus the talent ID through the Skill Awards initiative.
Thank You Thanks to all of the individuals and organisations as partners, stakeholders, support providers and coaches. We greatly appreciate your commitment and assistance in the delivery of these performance programmes to provide opportunities for Scottish athletes to perform to high standards on the World Stage. Particular thanks to Dave Crosbee, Performance Director, for his leadership of the Performance programme and to a successful outcome in Sochi. David has since moved on to work in Australia.
Well done to all the athletes who aspire and deliver on the performance pathway to achieve on the World Stage. Please refer to the Roll of Honour page for a summary of our 9 medal achievements.
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 22 Results of RCCC Competitions
SCOTTISH CURLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Men (Inverness) (Aberdeen) Winners: Ewan MacDonald Runners-up: David Edwards Duncan Fernie John Penny David Reid Scott Macleod Euan Byers Colin Campbell
Women (Murrayfield) (Lockerbie) Winners: Kerry Barr Runners-up: Hannah Fleming Rachael Simms Jennifer Dodds Rhiann Macleod Alice Spence Barbara McPake Abigail Brown
SCOTTISH CURLING JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS Men (Perth) (Braehead) Winners: Kyle Smith Runners-up: Stuart Taylor Thomas Muirhead Gregor Cannon Kyle Waddell Ross Fraser Cameron Smith Alasdair Schrieber
Women (Murrayfield) (Stirling) Winners: Gina Aitken Runners-up: Katie Murray Naomi Brown Sophie Jackson Rowena Kerr Laura Ritchie Rachel Hannen Jodie Milroy
SCOTTISH CURLING SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIPS Men (Border) (Greenacres) Winners: Keith Prentice Runners-up: Graeme Adam Lockhart Steele Drew Howie Robert Anderson Stuart Naismith Tommy Fleming Jean Lesperance
Women (Stranraer) (Lanarkshire) Winners: Christine Cannon Runners-up: Isobel Waddell Margaret Richardson Liz Horton Isobel Hannen Dot Moran Janet Lindsay Jackie Craig
SCOTTISH CURLING WHEELCHAIR CHAMPIONSHIPS Winners: Alex Harvey Runners-up: Rosemary Lenton David Bain David Wightman Eddie Fleming Bill Masterton David Telfer Jim Sellar
SCOTTISH CURLING MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: (Perth) Runners-up: (Ayr) Kyle Smith Kim Brewster Hannah Fleming John Penny Billy Morton Karen Barthelemy Alice Spence Scott Macleod
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 23 SCOTTISH CURLING MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: Bruce Mouat Runners-up: Lee McCleary Gina Aitken Judith McCleary
SCOTTISH CURLING PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: (The Peak) Runners-up: (Braehead) Lee McCleary Alan Hannah Judith McCleary Alasdair Schrieber
SCOTTISH CURLING SENIOR MIXED CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: (Braehead) Runners-up: (Lanarkshire) Gary Macfarlane Archie Craig Kate Adams Marion Craig Billy Johnstone Robin Aitken Fiona Macfarlane Yvonne Aitken
Low Road Winners: (Murrayfield) Runners-up: (Braehead) Trevor Dodds Donald Rutherford Robin Copland Maggie Rutherford Catherine Dodds Charles Jackson Lois Copland Judith Jackson
SCOTTISH SCHOOLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: (Lockerbie Academy) Runners-up: (Forfar Academy) Cameron McNay Hayley Duff Ryan McCormack Craig Paterson Mathew Reive Bruce Keillor Angus Naismith Euan Maguire
NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Men (Lanarkshire) (Perth) Winners: Bryce Smith Runners-up: Graham Lindsay Ian Fleming David Rutherford Gordon Gilchrist George Shand Jim Raeburn Charlie Anderson
Women (The Peak) (Border) Winners: Janette Wilson Runners-up: Margaret A Robertson Norma Brown Venetia Scott Christine Cheape Gillian Smith Liz Reid Hilary Bowyer
SCOTTISH PROVINCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Winners: (Angus) Runners-up: (Perth & District) Forfar CC Airleywight CC Bill Thomson Kenny Kinnear Andy McGlynn Robin Brydone Keith Gibbs Callum Kinnear Steven Thomson David Brown
Low Road Winners: (Border) Runners-up: (Grampian) Coldstream & Hirsel CC Strathspey CC James Stark Barry Main Stuart Craig Kenny Kinnaird
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 24 Robert Walker Ian Anderson June Swan George Rae
DOUBLE RINK CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: Kilsyth Runners-up: Cadder
THE HENDERSON BISHOP TROPHY Winners: (Dumfries) Runners-up: (Murrayfield) Naomi Whyte Susan Kesley Fiona Telfer Jenny Barr Caroline Donaldson Fran Stretton Sophie Jackson Morna Aitken
Cherrystone Trophy Low Road Winners: (Lanarkshire 2) Runners-up: (Stranraer) Isobel Waddell Gail Munro Jane McLaren Maureen Parker Carole Marsh Beth Parker Elaine Turnbull Mary Anne McWilliam
SCOTTISH JUNIOR CURLING CLUB CHALLENGE JUNIOR CHALLENGE DIVISION 1 Winners: Forfar Runners-up: Dumfries A
JUNIOR CHALLENGE DIVISION 2 Winner: Gogar Park B Runners-up: Borders
JUNIOR CHALLENGE DIVISION 3 Winners: Forfar B Runners-up: Perth
MAXWELL TROPHY Winners: Ayr Runners-up: Lanarkshire
MORTON TROPHY Winners: Ayr Runners-up: Lanarkshire
RINK CHAMPIONSHIP Winners: Kinross 2 Runners-up: Forfar 1 (Kinross) (Fothringham) Ross McCleary Adrian White Craig Gudmundsson Jill Donald Hugh Thomson Graeme Nicoll Gavin Baird Andy Ducat
SIR RICHARD WALDIE GRIFFITH TROPHY Winners: Border Province
ASHAM UNDER 21 SLAM Men (Murrayfield) Women (Stirling) Winners: Bruce Mouat Winners: Katie Murray Duncan Menzies Sophie Jackson Derrick Sloan Laura Ritchie Angus Dowell Jodie Milroy
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 25 ASHAM UNDER 17 SLAM Slam (Dumfries) Women (The Peak) Winners: Ross Whyte Winners: Katie Murray Bobby Lammie Sophie Jackson Neil Topping Lauren Morgan Euan Kyle Amy Bryce
ASHAM UNDER 14 SLAM Slam (Perth) Winners: Callum Kinnear Duncan McFadzean Matthew McKenzie Mark Watt
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 26 Roll of Honour
Players who represented Scotland and GB during the 2013/2014 season
WINTER OLYMPICS SILVER BRONZE David Murdoch Eve Muirhead Greg Drummond Anna Sloan Scott Andrews Vicki Adams Michael Goodfellow Claire Hamilton Tom Brewster Lauren Gray
WINTER PARALYMPICS BRONZE Aileen Neilson Gregor Ewan Robert McPherson Jim Gault Angie Malone
WORLDS 9th 11th Ewan MacDonald Kerry Barr Duncan Fernie Rachael Simms Dave Reid Rhiann Macleod Euan Byers Barbara McPake Glen Muirhead Hannah Fleming
WORLD JUNIORS SILVER 8th Kyle Smith Gina Aitken Thomas Muirhead Naomi Brown Kyle Waddell Rowena Kerr Cameron Smith Rachel Hannen Duncan Menzies Mhairi Baird
WORLD SENIORS 7th GOLD Keith Prentice Christine Cannon Lockhart Steele Margaret Richardson Robert Anderson Isobel Hannen Tommy Fleming Janet Lindsay Robert Clark Margaret Robertson
EUROPEANS BRONZE SILVER David Murdoch Eve Muirhead Tom Brewster Anna Sloan Greg Drummond Vicki Adams Scott Andrews Claire Hamilton Michael Goodfellow Lauren Gray
RCCC Annual Report 2013-2014v20-05 27 WORLD MIXED DOUBLES EUROPEAN MIXED 9th SILVER Bruce Mouat Ewan MacDonald Gina Aitken Kay Adams Euan Byers Karen Barthelemy
WINTER UNIVERSIADE SILVER 4th Kyle Smith Hannah Fleming Thomas Muirhead Lauren Gray Kyle Waddell Jennifer Dodds Cameron Smith Alice Spence Derrick Sloan Abigail Brown
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