Competitions

For season 2025-26 Ayr and Alloway joined forces with The Gangrels to play some competitions together. Below is the latest report from Peter Galloway, Gangrels secretary, summing up the second half of the season.

A seperate league was also played with Land o'Burns, both before and after Christmas.

A summary of prizewinners can be found on the AGM/Presentation of prizes report

The final round of the President's/Crawford Cups was played on Mon 23 Mar at Greenacres having been rescheduled from 9 Feb when the ice booked had to be cancelled due to an ice condition problem on the day.

On Sheet A, Gangrels 3 (Reynolds (S), Hogg, Henry, Mutter) played A&A2 (Mitchell (S), H Kennedy, Shanks, Smith) and surged into a commanding lead to be 8 shots up by the end of the 3rd. A&A retaliated by taking 5 shots over the next 2 ends but Gangrels 3 closed the door by taking singles in the last 2 ends to win 10-5.

On Sheet B, Gangrels 2 (Stubley (S), Galloway, Lawrence, Niblock) met a radically restructured A&A 1 (Todd (S), Black, Thow, J Cherry) and both Rinks struggled to correctly gauge the variations in the swing and pace of the ice. Notwithstanding, A&A1 took a lead of 4 in the first end but Gangrels 2 then scored 8 over the next 2 ends. A&A shortened the deficit by scoring 2 in the 4th end to lie 6-8 but Gangrels moved ahead again over the remaining 3 ends to shake hands 13-6 winners.
The overall results are attached with Gangrels 3 being winners with 10 Points and securing their Club's President Cup, second was Gangrels 2 with 8 Points and 3rd, but winners of their Club's Crawford Cup, was A&A3, skipped by Ronnie Wilson, with 6 Points.The overall league results are attached/below.