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News
Awards 2009/10
Photos of League and Bonspiel award winners are now available. Click Photos to view.
2009/10 Championship Winners
The Vets Championship was won by the Tuesday League team of Ken Miller skip, Robin Hamilton, third, Harry Holmes, second and Geoff Cackett Lead. The final score was 8-2.
Championship Results
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CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL 23-3-10 |
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ROBSON |
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4 |
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MILLER |
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ROSS |
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3 |
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8 |
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FELL |
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2 |
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CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 25-3-10 |
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MILLER |
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3 |
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8 |
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ROSS |
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I ROBSON |
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K MILLER |
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R REID |
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R HAMILTON |
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J GIBSON |
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H HOLMES |
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T NIXON |
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G CACKETT |
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D FELL |
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J ROSS |
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D HALL |
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G WOOD |
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M HUNTER |
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I KNOX |
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B McGUIRE |
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D CURSITER |
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End-of-Season Bonspiels
The Thursday Bonspiel was won by the Ian McGregor team with John Callaghan and Douglas Goddard (only 3 in the team) with a score of +8
The Friday Bonspiel was won by the Brian Short team with Malcolm Wylie and Peter Lothian (only 3 in the team) with a score of +9
How Cool is Curling?
Homer Simpson will take up curling. See http://news.scotsman.com/news/It39s-the-Simpstones-Curling-comes.6050762.jp
Mid-Season Photos
Photos taken in December, including bonspiel winners, Monday League teams and miscellaneous views are now displayed on the website. Click Photos to view.
Vets Amendment List 2009/10
New Members
John Waterlow has joined the club and would like to play on Thursdays.
Phone 332 7308.
Duncan Cursiter has joined the club and wants to play Thursdays
Phone 336 3521.
Ken Wilburn has joined the club and will take Roger Gifford's place in Norman Banks' Tuesday League team. Phone 01383 729300.
Member Changes
Jack Aitken’s email username is jls_aitken and not as appears in the booklet
Harper Cuthbert has resigned from the club – delete from Reserves list.
Gordon Moodie’s telephone number is 663 0531 and not as it appears in the booklet.
Bill Gardiner has resigned from the club – delete from Reserves list.
New email addresses are as follows.
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Jack Aitken |
jls_aitken |
tiscali.co.uk |
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Ian McGregor |
john.mcgregor311 |
btinternet.com |
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Ian Melville |
ianmelville26 |
btinternet.com |
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Gordon Dean |
gordonk.dean |
btinternet.com |
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Andrew Calder |
aa.calder |
btinternet.com |
Team Changes
Monday League
Robert Mackenzie out for several weeks due to fall and broken arm (Douglas Sands team)
Bob Milne has pulled out of Ivan Robson's team for the rest of the season on medical
advice. Hopes to return next season.
Tuesday League
Andrew Donaldson has had to pull out of curling this season due to a fall. John Hammond will take his place in Ron Nicol’s team
Norman Banks hopes to return in the New Year after surgery.
Roger Gifford is out for the rest of the season due to illness. Ken Wilburn will take his place.
Thursday League
Tom Paton has had to pull out of Ian McGregor’s team due to health reasons. Stan Howard has taken his place for the rest of the season.
Friday League
Stan Banks is unwell and has pulled out of Bill Ford's team meantime - Robin Reid to stand in.
Tom Gray is out for several weeks due to surgery - Cron Mackay will take his place
meantime in Bill Manson's team
30 December 2009
Christmas Bonspiels
The Tuesday bonspiel was won by the Tom Paton team with Hamish Fraser (third) Keith Walker (second) and Cron Mackay (lead). The score was plus 6 shots.
The runners up were the Bruce Todd team with a score of plus 5 shots
The Thursday Bonspiel was won by the John Ross team (Gordon Wood, Ian Knox and Duncan Cursiter) with a score of +8
The Friday Bonspiel was won by the George McLeod team (Ron Seiler, Allan Smith and David Boyd) with a score of +11. Joint runners-up were the Drew Lamont and Mike Spooner rinks with +8.
National Curling Academy
A new national curling centre at Kinross is proposed. See The Scotsman report at http://news.scotsman.com/curling/New-curling--HQ-.5829217.jp
Tom's Eight Ender
Tom Ewing’s team in the Monday League had an eight at the sixth end against Angus Winton on 2nd November. The final score was 12-4. Tom’s team was 3rd Brian Short, 2nd Bill Orr and Jim Bryce lead.
The last recorded time this happened in the Vets was on 13th October 1998 when John Lamotte’s team got an eight at the last end against Tom Gorrie’s team.
Mount Everest Expedition
During last season Dougal Drysdale, professor emeritus of Edinburgh University and member of the club's Thursday league, took part in an expedition to the Base Camp at Mount Everest. To read his account of the experience click on Everest Expedition.
Dougal at the Everest Base Camp, 3rd November 2008
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