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Monday 1 November 2021

National Province Championships - Greenacres - Haddington Report

Despite the much improved draw, I'm afraid Haddington haven't managed to qualify for the knock-out stages of the Province Championships once again!

First game on Friday was against the local Renfrewshire Province represented by Paisley St Mirren Club. Despite having to cope with very different ice from Murrayfield we took a 3 at the second end to lead 3-1. Unfortunately that was the end of the good scoring from our point of view and duly allowed Paisley to score a 3 back, followed by another 3. An end where gambling took over went against us and we conceded a 5 so were now 12-3 down and game over - final score was 14-4.
Second game against Forfar from Angus Province - they had a sub filling in and that poor soul had noted the wrong timing and turned up 45 mins late! We won by default with 6 shots and 5 ends I believe being the benefit as well as 2 points. This at least meant we had something to play for on Saturday.
Third game was played on the Saturday against a strong Kilsyth team from Stirlingshire Province. Once again we started really strongly, taking a 3 at the 1st and stealing 1 at 2nd end (maybe super-sub Hamish Logan doing the trick!). Then, once again, our bubble was burst with some missed strikes allowing Kilsyth to take a 4 and level the game at the 3rd. They then proceeded to steal a 2 and, although a saving draw to the 4-foot gave us a 1 at the next, we lost a 3 and a 2 to trail 11-5. The last end saw us taking a 2 but too little, too late with Renfrewshire beating Angus in the other game allowing them and Stirlingshire, as unbeaten group leaders, through from our group. 

Good experience for all but a lot of chances not taken meant quite a frustrating weekend for the Haddington CC team. Yester qualified from their group and I've asked Balfour to give you an update of their achievements which, at time of writing I don't know.
 
D.M.

 

Thursday 28 October 2021

Correction

A correction has been made to the previous winners of the Knockout.  Thanks to Former President Dave Munro for spotting.

Monday 25 October 2021

Province Competitions - Costs

1. Province Pairs Saturday 4th December 2021 - £45 per team
2. Province Knock Out - Rounds Sunday 9th and 30th January 2022; Sunday 13th February 2022 Semi-Final and Final - £56 per team per round
3. Province Bonspiel - Friday 4th March 2022. £140 per team for both rounds, drinks and lunch.
 

 Payment by club to be either by cheque on the day or by bank transfer in advance.

Saturday 2 October 2021

Province Competitions

The draws for our Province competitions has now been added.

Please note. there is a team slot available for both the Pairs and the Knockout Competitions.  Should anyone wish to play or make up a team, please contact the President/Vice President or Secretary.

Wednesday 8 September 2021

Season 21-22

In preparation of the resumption of curling, the website is going through it's 'spring clean'.

Dates for our Province Competitions can be found on the 'fixtures' tab.  The draw will be added when it is done.

Thursday 27 May 2021

AGM Notification

The proposed date for the AGM is 30th June 2021, and Club secretaries are invited to submit their annual report to the meeting or to John Trotter by e- mail beforehand.

At this stage it is not known whether this will be a Zoom meeting or in a local venue.

Thursday 14 January 2021

The Inevitable & Other News

As you may have seen.  It is now official that Murrayfield will not reopen this season.

Ice fees will be refunded in due course.  Murrayfield have requested that you consider making a 20% donation of your ice fees, which will be arranged through the clubs

Please note, refunds will be for ice fees ONLY and will not be for any affiliation or membership fees - sorry!

Finally, It has been announced that the skating rink will not be renewing the lease for the bar and cafe area after 31st December 2022.  This means that the balcony extension WILL be carried out before that date.  A further announcement on this is expected before the end of March.