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The Vernon Report
Michael Nicholson's report, all one hundred and some pages, is now available. The pdf file of the report and a separate one with appendices can be downloaded from here. It is not a comfortable...
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In the March Scottish Curler magazine which has just been published (see here) I speculated on what the Vernon Report would contain. I based this speculation on a number of conversations with those who...
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Highland Week
Robin Wilson reports on the Highland Week of International Curling at Inverness:"In Canada if you want to retrieve the family silver you send out a Mountie, here in Scotland you send for a Bobbie.In...
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A look at the Masters
I was able to make a couple of visits to Greenacres over the past days to see some of the play in the National Masters Championships. You can find the results all here. Here are some pictorial...
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The Masters Champions
Bill Marshall presents the National Masters trophy to Irene Hird (third), Janette Wilson (skip), Norma Brown (second) and Maggie Mauchline (lead). Find the results and linescores here.Liz Knox presents...
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Unders or Overs: You Decide
Ladies' Branch President Sheila Miller with the winners of the Unders and Overs Competition which was held at Braehead on Saturday and Sunday. L-R: Claire MacDonald, Alison Allison, Emma Craig and...
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World Juniors in Flims next year
The World Curling Federation has announced that the World Junior Curling Championships will return to Flims, Switzerland, next year, to the newly-opened Wildhaus Arena (above).Switzerland has hosted...
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Royal Club Members
Alastair Hibbert, the Royal Club's Finance and Administration Manager, has written to all club secretaries to encourage them to use the new online system, which went live today, to submit their annual...
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What's next?
I'm looking ahead to this weekend. The major event is of course the RCCC Rink Championship at the Galleon Centre. Twenty-four teams play in four sections, and the first games are on the ice at 09.00...
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Scottish Juniors in Page 1-2
Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Sarah Macintyre are just one win away from the final of the World Junior Championship in Vancouver's Olympic Centre. The Scots finished their round robin by...
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Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Sarah Macintyre won their Page 1-2 playoff game in Vancouver. The Scots beat Switzerland's Martina Baumann 7-4 to advance to Sunday's championship final at the...
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Scottish Schools Championship
The Lockerbie Academy team of (L-R) Hannah Fleming (skip), Kimberley Smith (3rd), Alice Spence (2nd) and Kirsten McNay (lead) won the Scottish Schools Championship at Ayr today. They defeated Garnock...
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Rink Championship
So what has this fuzzy old pic got to do with anything? Read on, and it should become clear!Allan MacLennan (lead), Graeme Adam (skip), Ken Horton (3rd) and Stuart Naismith (2nd), representing Reform...
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World Junior Champions
Eve Muirhead (skip), Anna Sloan (3rd), Vicki Adams (2nd), Sarah Macintyre (lead), Kay Adams (alternate), Isobel Hannen (coach). We salute you! Well done to you all. Proud of you, we all are!The results...
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Welcome home
In all my years involved with this great sport of ours, nothing gives me more pleasure that to be at the airport when a team comes back home from international duty with medals around their necks. So...
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How the Gold was won
Two years ago I was able to watch the World Junior final from Eveleth, as a webcast on my computer. Last year, the game was also available as a webcast, a joint venture between the WCF and...
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How to speak Korean
The end of the curling season is rushing towards us. This weekend sees the Scottish Wheelchair Curling Championship at Curl Aberdeen, and the National Pairs at Stranraer. I'm relegated to following the...
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"Haggis gets a bad rap"
If you have a spare twenty minutes this weekend, then have a listen to Dean Gemmell's interview with David Murdoch on The Curling Show.The relaxed Murdoch talks about team selection, practice, his...
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Pairs and Gatherings
Royal Club Manager of Competitions, Colin Hamilton, not only organises the main events, but he usually plays in them too. And wins them. Today at Stranraer, with Sean Murphy, he captured the National...
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Scottish Wheelchair Curling Championship
The Scottish Wheelchair Championship was held at Curl Aberdeen at the weekend.The semis matched Gregor Ewan’s Moray team against Mo Simpson’s Highland side, and Michael McCreadie, Braehead, faced Jim...
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Cupar progress
The Fife Curling Trust are progressing their plans for a curling facility in Cupar. Our previous post about the project is here. The news today is that a site has been secured in Duffus Park in...
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The End
If you are missing Curling Today, please go here.I refer to my previous post here. The April Scottish Curler magazine goes to print tomorrow with the following statement from the publisher, Clyde and...
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Scottish Curler future
The Scottish Curler magazine has been saved! The reaction of subscribers to the news that it would not be published after this season has led to a change of mind at Clyde and Forth Press.The publishers...
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