The Vets are participating in an inter-club league competition for the Linlithgow Trophy. The pool is Bob Paterson, David Fell, Harry Macpherson, John Good and Douglas Sands. Results so far this season appear below. (Our score is shown first).
9-8 v Edin Ladies
7-3 v Aegon (Following this game, we were penalised. As we considered the penalties unfair the matter is currently under discussion with ECC)
5-8 v 37 Club
6-5 v Penicuik
11-2 v Edin University
12-3 v Heriots FP
5-7 v DAFS
4-11 v Aegon
4-7 v 37 Club
5-4 v Edin Ladies
The league positions can be found on the Edinburgh Curling Club website via the Murrayfield link on the Links page, or click here.
December 2011 Bonspiels
The Thursday League Bonspiel winning team was Alistair Rae, skip, Ian Wittet, Bill Brodie and Sandy Aitken with a score of plus 11. The runners-up were the Cron Mackay team with a score of plus 7
The Friday League Bonspiel was won by the Brian Short team, skip, Gordon Moodie, Alan Watson and Denis Howell with a score of plus 6. The David Hall team were runners-up.
The Tuesday League Bonspiel was won by the Sandy Crosbie team, skip, Harry Holmes, David Russell and Douglas Goddard.
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Vets v Crerar Seniors
The Vets v Crerar Seniors was played at Murrayfield on the 9th November 2011
Three Vets teams were entered and the results were as follows:
Douglas Sands' team beat the Andy Bews team by 7 shots to 6
Harry Macpherson’s team beat the Emma Law team by 7 shots to 5
And Crerar’s Ken Brown team beat our David Fell’s team by 11 shots to 9
So the trophy “Ye Olde Antique Ice Bucket” was retained by the Vets for the tenth successive year.
The teams were:
D Sands v A Bews
N Banks v M McCulloch
C Benzies v R White
P Occleston v K Duncan
H Macpherson v E Law
A Watson v M Welsh
J Pendlebury v R Else
I Thompson v D Cursiter
D Fell v K Brown
N Davidson v N Bews
D Goddard v F Hoehnke
T Paton v J Carruthers
Vintage Curling at Aviemore
In past years, some Vets with their wives and friends travelled to Aviemore for a bit of curling and socialising. The visits in 1991 and 1994 were captured on film by George McLeod. Buster Wallace, one of our trophy donors, presented the prizes in 1991.
Click on Play for a slideshow
Alternatively, select one of the links below to see a video clip. The clip will play (and loop) automatically after a short delay. There may be a longer delay during busy periods, eg 7-9pm.
Friday skip George McLeod was recently introduced to Princess Anne at Holyrood Palace. The occasion was a reception on the 400th anniversary of the High Constables of Edinburgh of which George is one. Other Vets who are High Constables include Brian Short, Alistair Beattie, Colin Forsyth, Andrew Hepburn, David Hall, Martin McMenigall and Allan Smith.
Some 40 years of curling with the Vets has seen many changes and existing members may not know who past donors were. James Crerar, with the help of Ivan Robson and others, has done some historical research on donors. The results can now be found as notes on the Winners page. If anyone can add to the (still incomplete) information, we would be grateful.
Dragon Boats
Cron Mackay has spent time this summer organising the first Dragon Boats Race for charity at Leith Western Harbour. The event took place on 3 September. To see and read more, click here.
Cron would welcome a Vets crew at next year's event.
Awards 2010/11
Club Champions
Photos of the season's competitions winners and miscellaneous views are now available. Click on Photos (then on Album) to view. Jim Paterson and Bill Manson were the main photographers.
Vets Championship 2010/11
The Semi-final of the Vets Championship was between Sandy Crosbie v Douglas Sands and Ian McGregor v Brian Short
Ian McGregor beat Brian Short 9 to 5 shots
The game between Sandy Crosbie and Douglas Sands went to a ninth end and Douglas won by 11 shots to 8.
The Vets Championship was between the Ian McGregor team of Harry Macpherson, Bill Haywood and Stan Howard versus the Douglas Sands team of Phil Hutchison, Alex Badenoch and Peter Martin.
After four ends the score was 5/5; however the McGregor team won by 12/7
