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On Wednesday 11 December the Cub held its annual Cue Competition, the prize for the winning rink being the crystal trophy generously donated a few years ago by one of our regular cue exponents, Elma Stevenson. This year we had the best turnout since the competition began with 32 participants, a mixture of regular cue users, once a year users...

Well, that's the Knockout competition over for another year and accordingly we have our first trophy winners of this season. The High Road saw the winners of their respective sections in competition, Jean Thomson taking on Bella Kennedy, whilst the Low Road final was being contested by Alan Richmond and Peter Christy. In the absence of your usual...

Well, that's it for another week - and indeed for this season! Can it really be 5 months since we took to the ice for the start of another season? The final night was also to be the deciding one and although Carol held the advantage any slip up by her rink and Charlie was ready to pounce. In Carol's...

Well what a finish! The league title went down to the last stone, after a very close season. Long-time leader, Alex, faced a tough match against Geoff. And so it proved, with a see-saw battle, as Alex went 2 up, only to be pegged back by Geoff taking a three in the 5th end, as they headed to the last...

Well, that's it. Time certainly seems to fly these days and already with the completion of the Knockout competition we have our first trophy winners of this season.

Well, that's it for another week - and indeed for this season! I don't know about the rest of the membership who like us all are getting older but time certainly appears to go quicker nowadays and it seems like only yesterday when we were taking to the ice for the start of another season. Although the league title had...

Well, that's it, the Knockout competition has been completed and we have our first trophy winners of this season.

And it's all over...
A very exciting finish to our league, with four rinks in with a chance of the title before the last game was completed. The "top" game was between Geoff and Bella, with Geoff needing a win or peel to secure top spot. Leading 4-2 after four ends, he was looking good but Bella struck back...

And so, now to the finals - and our first trophy winners of this season.

Well, that's it for another week - and indeed for this season! It seems almost no time at all since we were donning our curling shoes and taking hold of our brushes for the trials and tribulations of season 2015-16 and now it's all over. Although not without a scare and no doubt with grateful thanks to Archie McGregor, his...