Cardwell Garden Centre Braehead Open

The Braehead Open sponsored by Cardwell Garden Centre was held 5^th to 7^th October.

Part of the Scottish Goldline Tour, and due to the success of previous years, the competition drew 32 teams playing out a highly competitive weekends curling , all vying for one of the thirteen prizes on offer as well as qualifying for tour points and the coveted Braehead Open trophy.

Many of the Scottish performance squad teams were in evidence as well a whole host of medal winners at national and international level competing against teams from The Netherlands, Russia and Norway and even a team made up from Braehead’s Virtual Club who acquitted themselves well against top class opposition.

Come Sunday afternoon and the final took place between teams led by Hannah Fleming and Murray Young with Hannah triumphing 8 shots to 4 in a tight final that went to the wire.

Prizes were handed to all the successful teams by Bruce Harley, Leisure Manager at Braehead and the trophy presented to Hannah and her team of Abi Brown, Lauren Gray and Jennifer Dodds by Cardwell Garden Centre Director Eric Gallagher. 

Now in its eighth year the Braehead Open has become a firm fixture in the curling calendar and teams already have their entries in for next year and so it was to the delight of the watching crowd that Mr Gallagher announced the continued sponsorship of Cardwell Garden Centre.

Photo © Gary MacFarlane

Team Fleming Wins at Braehead

World Junior Champions Hannah Fleming have won the Braehead Open defeating Murray Young 8-4 in a closely fought final with a steal of 3 in the last end giving the ladies the title.

Hannah Fleming, Lauren Gray, Jennifer Dodds and Abi Brown are now leading the SCT with 15 points after 2 events.

Live Streaming

The Braehead Open sponsored by Cardwell Garden Centre kick's off at 6pm tonight.

The games to watch this evening include a rematch for Alan Hannah having been narrowly put out of the Ice Bowl Open by Hannah Fleming's World Junior Champions as well as an exciting match up between Ken Horton's very experienced local rink and the 2002 World Women's Champion Jackie Lockhart.

Scores will be updated over the weekend and can be found on the results page above.

Braehead will also be covering the semi and the final on Sunday via a live web-streaming feed, with commentary, that can be found by following this link:

www.curlbraehead.co.uk/live/streaming

Braehead Open Draw

Preliminary Rounds Draw:-

Fri 5th - 6pm Section A			Fri 5th – 8.30pm Section B
R McLeary Team NYP D Howie L Vevers A Shearer G Aitken B Mouat A Hannah	V V V V V V V V	A Mitchell S Taylor K Murray A Neilson M Wilson S Korolenko L Baxter H Fleming	V Dorp A Wood R Danielson J Summers G Macfarlane K Horton M Young C Clark	V V V V V V V V	G Shedden P Wilson D Jones F Hare A Kerr J Lockhart B Henderson E Semple
Sat 6th Oct – 8.30am Section A			Sat 6th Oct – 10.50am Section B
K Murray B Mouat A Shearer S Taylor S Korolenko A Neilson D Howie M Wilson	V V V V V V V V	L Baxter A Mitchell Team NYP A Hannah H Fleming G Aitken R McLeary L Vevers	R Danielson J Summers K Horton J Lockhart G Macfarlane A Kerr B Henderson M Young	V V V V V V V V	E Semple P Wilson A Wood G Shedden D Jones F Hare Van Dorp C Clark

 The third preliminary round game will depend on league ranked position. No team will play another team twice in the preliminary rounds.

Inverness Skins Accomodation Information

Details are now available for the Mercure Hotel to secure the discounted rate.

 

The rooms are now held on the following basis:

2nd & 3rd November 2012

30 Twin Rooms

£30 per person per night sharing

£50 in Single per night

Both rates are B&B

All rooms that are un sold will release 28 days prior to arrival

All guest will pay own account

To book the following procedure must be followed:

Call 0844 815 9006

Choose option 1

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Kinross Open

Being no stranger to prestigious events, Kinross Curling Rink has now added its first Goldline Scottish Curling Tour event (the Kinross Open) to a 2012/13 calendar that already features successful events such as the RCCC Adult Camp, Junior Classic, Wheelchair International Invitational, and more. This event will take place from 14th-16th December.

Ice Manager Steven Kerr, and his dedicated ice staff, will make sure that you experience one of the best playing surfaces in the country; while the Green Hotel Golf & Leisure Resort will do what it can to keep you fed, watered, and entertained.

Teams looking to stay for the weekend have a vast range of local accommodation options to chose from, while teams looking to travel to/from the rink each day are in luck too: Kinross Curling Rink is located 2 minutes off the M90, and its central location is quickly & easily accessed from all directions - Perth & Stirling are 30 minutes away, while Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee are within an hours drive.

Your teams’ entry fee of £200 will guarantee you at least 3 games; plus buffet food on the Saturday night subject to competition sponsorship and a full compliment of teams.

A top prize of £600 will be awarded to the winners, with lower prizes for all teams reaching the semi-finals.

For all the relevant information about the event, please visit the official blog:

www.KinrossOpen.blogspot.com

And to be kept up to date with the latest news, please “like” the official facebook page:

www.facebook.com/KinrossOpen

Any other enquires should be directed towards the Event Manager, David Jones:

mob: 07878 821005

e-mail: david@royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org

Gray Wins

Experience conquered youth in this afternoon's final. A steal of three at the 5th end gave Logan a strong lead that the Dumfries and Galloway juniors were unable to overturn.

Winners: Ross Paterson, Richard Woods, Ali Guthrie and Logan Gray.

Runners Up: Neil Topping, Bobby Lammie, Ross Whyte and Euan Kyle.

Gray vs Whyte Final

Logan Gray needed to draw against three with his final stone to beat Hannah Fleming. Solid sweeping by Ross Paterson and Richard Woods brought home Logan’s shot putting the team into this year’s final. Meanwhile the young Ross Whyte team added another scalp to their tally taking down last year’s runner up Sloan. Gray and Whyte met in the group stage, Whyte the victor in that game, but can the youngsters do it again in the final?

Ross calling the line to his sweepers.

 

Graham Sloan delivers in the 8th.

 

 

Ali Guthrie takes aim.

 

Semi Finalists at Dumfries

The final four at the Ice Bowl Open will be:

Hannah Fleming vs Logan Gray
Ross Whyte vs Graham Sloan

The game of the quarter finals was between Frazer Hare and Graham Sloan, a rematch of last year's final. A tight game throughout it was Sloan who held the hammer going into the 8th. With a number of stones in play and a centre guard to avoid Graham calmly drew the 4ft with his last to take his place in the semis and to put the reigning Open champions out of the tournament.

Quarter Final Line-up

Section 1 saw local teams finishing well with Graham Sloan, Fraser Kingan and Ross Whyte all grabbing places in the quarters. Graham needed to take his last end against Logan Gray to pip Team Maitland into 4^th spot. Logan Gray finished top of the section.

Team Gray, sponsored by Loudmouth, brightening up the ice hall.

Section 2 gave spectators an exciting finish. Fraser Hare had already qualified in top spot and took a big early 6 against Team David Jones to then hold out for the win. However, Team Jones could just be thrown a lifeline if Hannah Fleming was to beat Alan Hannah. Fleming also not yet assured of her place in the quarters was two shots down with three to play but took a three and then stole the last two to see her through along with a relieved Jones team. The final place was filled by team Gavin Fleming who recovered from a poor performance on Friday to snatch a qualifying spot following three wins on the Saturday.

Quarter Final match-ups:

Whyte vs G Fleming

Gray vs Jones

Hare vs Sloan

H Fleming vs Kingan