The Forfar Open

See below for the entry form to the above event.

Please ensure your entry is in as spaces are filling up

The Forfar Open Entry Form

Braehead Open - sponsored by Cardwell Garden Centre

We are over 5 months away from the above tournament, however 20 teams have already entered leaving only 12 place up for grabs.

Please ensure that you get you entries in early not only for Braehead but all the other SCT events as it looks as though places could be limited.

A number of teams had to be placed on a reserve list last year at Braehead and it is filling up nicely again this year.

Entries to david-horne@capshop.co.uk or garymacfarlane1@me.com

The Braehead Open 2012 - sponsored by Cardwell Garden Centre

This competition is now in its 8^th year, and continues to attract a very high standard of curling. Last years competition was full with 37 entries, for 32 spaces, and with 4 foreign teams.

The event is on the weekend of Friday 5^th October – Sunday 7^th October 2012. Games start at 6pm on Friday evening and the final is at 2.30pm on Sunday. It offers all teams at least 3 games and most teams play 4 to 6 games.

It is open to all teams, with prize money of at least £2000, and prizes are available 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 £180.

There are local hotels within 5 minutes of Braehead. Glasgow International airport is just 10 minutes away, and Prestwick Airport is 30 minutes. Further information regarding accommodation and travel is available from David Horne at david-horne@capshop.co.uk.

Entries are on a first come, first served basis so entries in asap to David Horne in the Braehead office at david-horne@capshop.co.uk 

Or Gary Macfarlane at garymacfarlane1@me.com

We promise you a top quality competition, with great ice, at the beginning of the 2012 season.

Gary Macfarlane                                                David Horne

Chair, Braehead Development Group     Development Officer Braehead Curling

Developments at Dumfries

Dumfries Ice Bowl have managed to secure funds to buy new stones for next season.

It is hoped that they will be delivered for the opening of the New Season at the Ice Bowl on the 1st September.

These stones were secured due to the massive impact Curling had at the Ice Bowl During the World Record attempt and the fundraising that was generated during it along with other funding applications.

Dumfries Ice Bowl will also be improving ice quality to match the quality of the new stones so if you want some top quality playing conditions and some early points for the tour standings then sign up to Dumfries Ice Bowl Open NOW.

Entries are being accepted and again there will be Cash Prizes for the winners. 

You can enter online through the new website at www.dibca.co.uk

Dumfries Ice Bowl

Dumfries Ice Bowl now has a new website up and running for the new season.

On here you will find all items of news, details of competitions, super league tables, etc.

www.dibca.co.uk

Visit this site and watch it develop over the summer.

We will bring you details soon about the opening SCT event of the 2012-13 season at Dumfries.

Lockerbie Superspiel

23^rd-25^th November 2012

Sponsored by the Queens Hotel, Lockerbie. 01576 202415

Should you come, take part and emerge as the winner, you will be following in the footsteps of many of the curling elite who have trodden the well known path to Lockerbie Ice Rink over so many years starting in 1974.

1974 saw the start of what was known then as the Benson & Hedges with winners like Graeme Adam, Jim Bryson, Jim Waddell, David Porteous, Jim Stevenson and Gordon Muirhead.

1985 was when it turned into what is now known as the Lockerbie Superspiel. The Ice Master, Alan recalls visiting rinks from Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Germany etc. with two International winners F. Luchsinger and Ulrik Schmidt among others such as Hammy McMillan (9 times Champion), Colin Hamilton, Lockhart Steele, Douglas Dryburgh and more recently, David Murdoch, Logan Gray, Alan Manuel, David Edwards and Scott Hamilton.

You are always sure of a warm welcome at Lockerbie, noted for its hospitality and they do their best to make sure you have a memorable weekend curling. Good ice, good food, fun and friendship is what they try to achieve at these weekends. So if you come to Lockerbie, we are sure you will not be disappointed.

2012/13 SCT Events

All the 2012/13 Scottish Curling Tour events are now also listed on http://www.curlingcalendar.com/

Please ensure you get your entries in early to avoid disappointment as many of the events last year were over subscribed.

Curlingcalendar collects information about international bonspiels and curling competitions from all countries. The site was launched in August 2010 and thanks to the active curlers who have added bonspiel information it has quickly grown to be the best place to find especially European bonspiels.

Markus, Janne, Juha & Toni from Finland launched the site with the aim to make it the best international bonspiel calendar.

Performance Prize

Dave Crosbee the performance director for British and Scottish Curling has confirmed that they will provide continued support for the Scottish Curling Tour by offering the winner of the 2012/13 tour the opportunity to participate in 3 training sessions with the National coaches over the summer of 2013.

This is indeed good news for the Tour as it continues to develop, and will be enjoyed by Kyle Smith's team over this summer as part of their prize for winning the inaugrual tour.

Kyle Smith's Team take Bronze

Kyle Smith's team of Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell and Kerr Drummond have picked up the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Sweden after beating Norway 7-4.

This caps a great season for the team after winning the Scottish Curling Tour in February.

Men's Bronze Scotland: L-R Hamilton McMillan (alternate), Robin Halliday (coach), Kerr Drummond (lead), Kyle Waddell (2nd), Thomas Muirhead (3rd) and Kyle Smith (skip).
Photos © Leslie Ingram-Brown

Team Scotland World Champions

Hannah Fleming, Lauren Gray, Alice Spence and Abi Brown are the World Junior Champions after defeating the Czech Republic after an extra end this morning.

 Congratulations to the girls and also their coach Debbie Knox and their alternate Jennifer Martin.

L-R: Jennifer Martin, Abi Brown, Alice Spence, Lauren Gray and Hannah Fleming.

Photos © Leslie Ingram-Brown