This weekend the Sulwath Open kicks off the Scottish Curling Tour for 2013-2014

This weekend (20-22 September) marks the first event on the Scottish Curling Tour of the 2013-2014 season with a great event taking place at Dumfries Ice Bowl.

The Sulwath Open will host 14 teams over the course of the weekend with a high standard of curlers contesting for the first win on the Tour. This year the Sulwath Open will play host to the current Tour Champions, World Junior Champions and overseas teams from Italy and Estonia.

On Saturday evening the Teams will finish their day of curling in time to go and support the local ice hockey team, the Solway Sharks and for the first time Dumfries Ice Bowl will take cars onto the ice surface for hands on remote control grand prix racing.

The games start at 2.00pm on Friday. To follow the results, click here.

Forfar Open

The Forfar Open is still looking for some entries for their event to be held Friday 11th October - Sunday 13th October.

There is also a ladies event incorporated in the draw with a prize for the top ladies team which Kerry Barr is back to defend.

This is sure to be a great event with hospitality provided by Mike Ferguson who is sure to have some off ice activities if previous years are anything to go by.

A mini bus service also runs between Brechin and the Ice Rink so the social side can be enjoyed to the full.

The entry form can be found on their website at the below link

www.forfarindoorsports.co.uk

Dumfries Ice Bowl Open

Dumfries Ice Bowl will kick off the new SCT curling season on 20th-22nd September when it hosts its annual event.

Why come to Dumfries you ask:

WCF Swedish ice technician Leif Ohman will be onsite to prepare ice for this tournament.

New improved ice surface with the installation of a water filtration unit to produce championship ice conditions.

New double sided curling stones which have had the competition side serviced ready for a fantastic finish for aggressive game play.

Enjoy down time watching the local Solway Sharks ice hockey team on the Saturday night.

 

Dumfries Ice Bowl will also for the first time take cars to the ice for hands on remote control grand prix racing.

 

Cash prizes available for quarter finalists and beyond.

 

Get the advantage of playing at one of the venues for the Scottish Playdowns.

 

The below link to their website has the entry form, so don't delay get your entry in for what will be a popular first event of the season and a chance to get early points on the board.

 

http://www.dibca.co.uk/news-dibca/item/116-scottish-curling-tour

New Season Preparations

Although the curling season has just ended, you may now turn focus to arranging your schedules for next season.

The SCT committee are pleased to announce that all eight events have signed up again for next season.

You will find all the dates and contacts on the calendar section of the website.

David Edwards wins 2012/13 Goldline Scottish Curling Tour

David Edwards, John Penny, Scott MacLeod and Colin Campbell are the Goldline Scottish Curling Tour winners for 2012/13 with 28 points.
 

Runners up are Murray Young, Blair Fraser, Ruairidh Greenwood, Ian Copland, Grant Hardie and Hammy McMillan with 23 points.
 

In third place are Frazer Hare, Robbie Dick, Jamie Strawhorn and Don Frame with 21 points.
 

In a closely fought tour this year Team Edwards started slowly and at the halfway stage were sitting on 3 points courtesy of their quarter final position at Forfar, whilst Murray Young had shot to 15 points with a runners up slot at Braehead, a quarter final position at Forfar and a semi final position at Inverness.

 

Into the second half of the Tour, we saw Team Edwards record back to back semi finalist positions at Lockerbie and then Stirling to close the gap to 2 points on Murray Young. A win at Kinross moved them to 23 points whilst Team Young recorded 5 points with a semi final position at Kinross to move to 20 points.
 

Going into Aberdeen, Team Edwards had a three point lead and only had to finish above Team Young to claim the title. A semi final position ensured this was the case with Team Young exiting the competition at the quarter final stage.
 

Congratulations go to Team Edwards for winning the Goldline Scottish Curling Tour and for supporting the tour both on and off the ice. 
 

 

 

Team Brewster defend Petrofac Aberdeen City Open

Tom Brewster and his team of Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow and David Murdoch has won the Petrofac Aberdeen City Open for the second year running.

The quarter finals pitched Team Brewster against a Murray Young team looking to secure enough points to win the overall first prize for the SCT. It was Team Brewster however that ran out 6-1 winners and so leaving Team Young to finish a very creditable second on the Tour.

Dave Edwards ran out comfortable winners over Kerry Barr who lost a five in the second end which will always make for an uphill battle against the experienced Edwards foursome.

David Jack's team skipped by Jackie Lockhart finished with three 2's to see off Paul Stevenson's challenge.

The Dutch outfit Jaap Van Dorp won 5-3 over Duncan Spence.

Onto the semi finals and Van Dorp edged out Jackie Lockhart whilst Brewster defeated Edwards.

In a tight final Brewster secured the title with a 4-2 win over Van Dorp.

Perfect timing for Brewster who have won back to back events in the build up to defending their Scottish title which commences on 10th February, so it appears as though they are peaking at the right time.

A successful weekend by all involved at Aberdeen with a great race night on the Saturday night.

Petrofac Aberdeen City Open

After a break for Christmas and the busy January with RCCC events, the SCT is back this weekend with the last event of the season, The Petrofac Aberdeen City Open...and what a good one is promises to be.

Plenty at stake for those involved with everyone hoping to do what Tom Brewster did last year and lift the trophy.

Also at stake is the overall SCT prize with 4 teams still in with a chance and favourite has to be local lad David Edwards and his team of John Penny, Scott MacLeod and Colin Campbell. They currently lead the tour by two points from Frazer Hare and 3 points from Murray Young. I am sure there will be some twists and turns ahead.

Play gets underway on Friday, further details can be found on the below link

http://www.aberdeencityopen.blogspot.co.uk/

Good luck to all involved in what is sure to be another great event.

Team Edwards wins Brightsolid Kinross Open

David Edwards and his team of John Penny, Scott McLeod and Colin Campbell have won the Kinross Open defeating Ross McCleary's team 5-4 after an extra end.

Both David and Ross topped their respective sections to progress to the quarter finals.

David beat Lorna Vevers 6-3 before defeating Duncan Gracie 8-3 in the semi final.

Ross beat Quentin Russell 8-2 before defeating Murray Young 6-2 in the semi final.

This win now puts David Edwards in pole position 2 points ahead of Frazer Hare going into the last event in February in Aberdeen.

Any one of the below four teams can still potentially lay their hands on the first prize so expect a few twists and turns at the Petrofac Aberdeen Open.

23pts David Edwards
21pts Frazer Hare
20pts Murray Young

18pts Hannah Fleming

Brightsolid Kinross Open

The Brightsolid Kinross Open kicks off tomorrow at 10am.

This new event to the SCT consists of 4 sections of 5 teams with the top two in each section qualifying for the quarter finals on Sunday.

More information can be found at the below link

http://kinrossopen.blogspot.co.uk/

Warwick Smith wins Stirling Invitational

Warwick Smith and his team of David Smith, Alan Smith and Ross Hepburn won the Stirling Invitational by beating Grant Hardie's team of Jay McWilliam, Hamilton McMillan and Billy Morton 5-4 in a closely fought final.

Warwick topped his section unbeaten with Grant Hardie also progressing from the same section. He then defeated Hammy McMillan 5-3 in the quarters before going on to defeat David Edwards 5-1 in the semi final.

Grant Hardie defeated Tom Brewster 6-5 in his quarter final before beating SCT leader Frazer Hare 5-4 in the semi final.

Frazer Hare now has a healthy lead in the SCT but with still two events to play is still catchable.

Next event is Kinross on 14-16 December.

This was Tom Brewster, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow and David Murdoch's last event before heading off to Sweden for the European Championships. We wish them all the best for this event.