Drymen Curling Club

You may have heard by now that the Peak have technical problems and have had to cancel bookings which has unfortunately impacted on our planned Opening Bonspiel- due to be held on 11th September.  We will look to having a social event, perhaps in October, after one of our early evening games.  Since we only have enough players to run 3 teams for the League competitions it means that not everyone is there for every game, but we will work something out!

It might still be summer (though we now have some rain) but it’s not long  until our Opening Bonspiel which is on Tuesday 11 September 2018 at 1815, and which will be followed by a meal. We’ll be publishing the Curling Calendar soon and will let all members know by email when it is ready to download.  The Committee held a draw meeting/meal in the Clachan during July and the results of the draw will be published in the Team Listings area of the website within the next couple of weeks.

Please note that the upstairs Bar/Restaurant at the Peak has changed hands and will NOT be open in the evenings.  So, bad news for those early curling sessions when we want to eat after playing!!

Last Season’s trophies were presented during the meal following the Christmas Bonspiel (Dec 2017).  This year saw the presentation of a brand new Clachan Cup by the proprietors of the Clachan Inn, Gordon and Elaine Strang.  Many thanks to them for their generosity. The first name on the new cup is Anne Ewing who’s team members were John Steel, Alan Brunger & Helen Watson.   The evening was held in the SpringKerse View in Stirling, the meal was very good and the staff very helpful.  Trophies were presented by Club President Lorna Young.

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We had a great day out on Sunday 3rd December, many thanks to Jim Bilsland for being an excellent host at Greenacres Ice Rink. The winning team was Skipped by John Steel with team members Alan Brunger, Fraser Robb and Marie Elder.

Well done to all who played in our 2 teams in the Forth and Endrick Province medal 2017.  Drymen came second to Strathendrick.  We nearly did it!!

It’s not long until we kick off the new season with our Opening Bonspiel on 14th September 2017.  The website has been updated with the team lists and dates.  The Club Calendar has also been updated and is now ready for you to download.  It will be great to see everyone again so here’s to an entertaining and enjoyable few months ahead.

Lorna, Club President.

Due to the Ice rink being closed we have missed 3 dates in the Clachan Cup.  A minor change to the end of the current scheduled dates will ensure that the three teams play each other 4 times for the Cup, rather than the original 6.

The committee has agreed that this is the easiest outcome since it is unlikely we would be able to secure additional dates during April.  Please see the attached Adobe file with the changes.  Anne and Chris need to play each other on 7th and 24th March.

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