Nail biter at Braehead!

With the Hardie rink of Grant Hardie, Blair Fraser, Dave Reid & Billy Morton already through to the final, thanks to an 8-2 victory over Cameron Bryce, all eyes were on the semi between MacDonald and Mouat. It was a cracker of a game and was peels after normal time. So it was down to a draw shot for a place in the final!
Bruce managed to get very close to the button, but the reigning Scottish champion held his nerve and nailed the "poppy".
So, the MacDonald rink of Ewan MacDonald, David Edwards, Ruairidh Greenwood and Euan Byres will face team Hardie in the Final.
Bryce and Mouat will face off in the 3 v 4.

The final round of the low road Shenkel also takes to the ice.

With top quality curling and rugby world cup on the box, some people's heads may explode!

Semis at Braehead

It's down to the last few, as the high road semis take to the ice.
Bryce will take on Hardie in one semi and Mouat will play MacDonald in the other. MacDonald having a bit more of a rest between games, after John Havercroft decided to shake hands after only 4 ends, with a 7-2 scoreline.

In the low road Shenkel, wins went to A Taylor, Valfridsson, Kubeskova and S Taylor.

Saturday Update and Sunday Format!

Ok folks, strap yourselves in and I will try my best to explain the format for last night and today!
After the initial 3 rounds, teams Mouat and Jackson from A and Bryce and MacDonald from B went straight to today's quarters.

In the playoffs for high Rd quarter spots, Hardie beat MacFarlane 9-2, Ireland beat McCall 7-3, Lumsden beat Wilson 4-2 and Havercroft beat Horton 7-3.

The bottom 4 from each section head to a low road 3 game mini shenkel, all games being 6 ends, with no final!

Are you still with me?

The high Rd quarter are:
Bryce v Lumsden
MacDonald v Havercroft
Mouat v Ireland
Jackson v Hardie

In the qrts and semis, if peels, a draw shot will be played. In the final, an extra end will be played.

In the low Rd shenkel, the first game is:
Aitken v A Taylor
Kubeskova v Fowler
Valfridsson v Wales
S Taylor v Sharp

Good luck to all the teams!

Saturday at Braehead

After a few technical difficulties yesterday, Saturday's live linescoring is running smoothly!
If you want to check out the teams that are competing, go to the GSCT facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/222253851142939/ for the team lineups and tune in there this afternoon for some action from the games.

GSCT kicks off at Braehead

The new season of The Goldline Scottish Curling tour kicks of this weekend with The Braehead Open, sponsored by Cardwell Garden Centre.

A few of the big hitters may be working abroad this weekend, but there will still be some very good teams hoping to start their season with some tour points

Last year’s Scottish champion Ewan MacDonald will be fielding a slightly changed line-up, with David Edwards joining Ruairidh Greenwood and Euan Byers as the team to beat!

The whole field is pretty strong, but perhaps some of the others to watch out for are:

Grant Hardie, with Blair Fraser, David Reid and Billy Morton

Bruce Mouat, with Duncan Menzies, Bobby Lammie, Gregor Cannon and Angus Dowell

Gina Aitken, with Rowena Kerr, Laura Ritchie and Heather Morton

Sophie Jackson, with Naomi Brown, Rachel Halliday and Rachael Hannen

Cameron Bryce, with Zack Stewart, Fraser Kingan and Frazer Shaw

Home advantage could play a part for Braehead’s own:

Stuart Taylor, with Alasdair Schreiber, Fraser Davidson and Chay Telfer

Other local teams include: Andrew Taylor, John McCall, Pete Lumsden, Ken Horton and Gary MacFarlane, the later few presumably starting their build up for the Scottish Seniors and not to be underestimated!

There are plenty of teams who have travelled from afar, including Sweden, Czech Republic, England, Wales and Ireland, who will be trying to upset the home teams.

The competition will be played in a schenkel league system in which teams will play 3 games in the preliminary rounds with the third preliminary round game depending on league ranking position. The league ranking positions will be based on points, ends, shots scored, in that order.

Twenty teams will be competing in the competition split over two groups of ten teams. Teams ranked 1st and 2nd in Section A and B will progress direct to The Quarter finals, while teams ranked 3 to 6 in each of the two sections will progress to the High Road Knock-Out stage. The winning teams in the High Road Knock-Out stage will go on to the Quarter-Finals.

The eight teams that do not qualify for the High road, go into a schenkel Low Road, and play 3 further games, the Low Road winner will be the team which comes out top in the Low Road League.

The bar will be open throughout the event, for spectators and food will be available from before the first sessions.

Good Curling!!!!

For more information on the event click here

For results click here

Dumfries Open 2015 - Last few places still available

There are still a few spaces available at this years Dumfries Open, Friday 16th - Sunday 18th October.  

The organising committee is looking for 1 additional ladies team in order to complete the line up. 

2 spots for men's teams are also still available.

Dumfries is sporting a new ice layout for this season which is designed to improve ice conditions. Entries will play a minimum of 4 games.  Full details are below:


Dumfries Open takes place on Friday 16th - Sunday 18th October
Entry fee £250
New Ice Layout for this season to improve Ice conditions
Minimum of 4 games per team
For entries email info@dumfriescurling.co.uk

Braehead Open 2015 - Still have room for a few more teams!

BRAEHEAD OPEN 2015 sponsored by CARDWELL GARDEN CENTRE.

 Friday the 25th to Sunday the 27th September.

Minimum of Four games and most teams will play up to 6 games.

Most of the big guns will not be here this year as they are playing abroad during that weekend. 

However, we still have a few big teams coming along as well as some of the young Performance and Academy teams from The Scottish and British Curling Programme.  

That, of course, gives all other teams a better chance of making the last eight to gains points as part of The Scottish Goldline Curling Tour.  Additional it means the competition should be more attractive to the average club or rink team as they are likely to play more games against other teams of a similar standard.  

Games start at 6pm or 8.30pm on Friday evening with the final scheduled for 2.30pm on Sunday.   The final format will depend upon number of entries. We are still hoping to award Prizes for a range of participants including under 25s, best overseas, seniors, ladies, 

Braehead members, as well as the main prize of £650 for the Braehead Open Champions.   

Entry Fee is £200.

CLOSING DATE for entry has been put back to 4th September and if you would like to enter then please send an e-mail to myself at David.horne@intu.co.uk

Aberdeen International Curling Championship 2016

Aberdeen International Curling Championship 2016

 

We are pleased to announce a new Curling Champions Tour & Scottish Curling Tour event in Aberdeen. The Aberdeen International Curling Championship will be hosted by Curl Aberdeen from 25^th to 27^th March 2016.

 

Twenty teams from around the world will contest the competition which will comprise of four sections of five teams playing a round robin format. The top two teams from each section will progress to the quarter finals where they will compete for their share of the total prize pot of £13,500.

 

The entry fee for the event is £560 plus £15 CCT team fee per team. Included in the entry fee is shuttle bus transport from Aberdeen Airport to Curl Aberdeen and during the event from the host hotel to Curl Aberdeen. Meals and soft beverages in the players’ lounge during the event are also included in the entry fee.

 

Curl Aberdeen is a purpose built, state of the art curling facility situated to the west of Aberdeen. Opened in 2005 Curl Aberdeen has held many competitions and events including the European Curling Championships in 2009. The six lane curling rink, which also has top of the range conference facilities, is the only dedicated curling facility in the North East of Scotland. It is a members club with over 700 members aged 8-90 playing seven days a week.

 

More information is available on the event Blog - www.aberdeeninternationalcurling.blogspot.com

 

Curl Aberdeen

Eday Walk

Aberdeen

AB15 6LN

SCOTLAND

Tel: +44 1224 810369

curling@curl-aberdeen.co.uk

Edinburgh International 6th - 8th November

Plans are moving ahead for the 2015 competition, which will be run along the same lines as it was last year.

 

24 teams split into leagues of six teams.  Guaranteed five games and the top two from each section progress to the quarter-finals and the knock-out stages on Sunday 8 November. 

 

The entry fee is £450 per team.  First prize (team) is £5500, runners-up £2000, losing semi-finalists £1000 and losing quarter-finalists £450.

Edinburgh have also committed to webcast a game from each of the draws which is a significant increase from last year.

Team Edwards crowned 2015 Goldline Scottish Curling Tour Champions

Following the Accord ESL Aberdeen City Open; the final event on the Tour, David Edwards and his team of John Penny, Scott Macleod and Billy Morton (subs Adam Flint and Kerr Drummond) have been crowned out 2015 Goldline Scottish Curling Tour Champions.

Heading into the final event, Tom Brewster and Hannah Fleming were the only other teams who remained in contention for the overall prize and with both teams falling short in the quarter finals this determined the final placings.

Edwards and his team picked up Tour wins at the Sulwath Open in Dumfries, The Forfar Open and at his home club in Aberdeen at the Accord ESL City Open. This is the second time David Edwards has claimed the top prize in the Goldline SCT, following their success in the 2012-2013 season.

Picture: David Edwards and his team of John Penny, Scott Macleod and Billy Morton picking up their latest prize on the Tour at the Accord ESL Aberdeen City Open