RCCC Masterclass: Saturday 19th December

By all accounts the RCCC Masterclass was a great success with good feedback from those that attended.

A full report and pictures can be found here: -

http://www.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/nlstory.cfm?ID=36321&NLID=40830

Our thank go to all who participated and to the RCCC coaches and staff for travelling up to Forfar on such a cold day. Hopefully we can hold another masterclass next year.

Ice Skating Update

I nipped through to the ice skating last Thursday night to see what went on during the Thursday Family nights.

It was very encouraging to see so many parents and kids enjoying themselves and to see the efforts of all the stewards and attendants whose hard work is truly appreciated.

I hope to post much more from the ice skating rink in the new few weeks.

Bowls Report w/c 30/11/09

SENIORS:

Forfar exacted revenge on Bon Accord with a 20 shot victory, mainly due to the rink skipped by Angus Walker well supported by Jock Buist, Ian Gerrard & Peter Simpson.

The full results are: -

• A Walker  32  -  D Callum  7
• J I Stewart  16  -  J Patterson  17
• A M Milne  8  -  R Airth  11
• A Dick  12  -  A McGaughey  13

Total Forfar  68  Bon Accord  48

THE WILLIE PETRIE MIXED PAIRS

An excellent weekend of bowling with some really exciting stuff with the final going to the last bowl.

The semi-finalists were: -

Matthew Ord & Audrey Stewart   v   Dave Carrie & Margaret Webster
Edward Aspinal & Janet Milne  v  Sheila Alexander & Philip Nicoll

Winners Edward Aspinal & Janet Milne who beat Dave Carrie & Margaret Webster in the final.

The club is once again indebted to WIllie Petrie for his sponsorship and continued support for next year.

My thanks go to Ian Stewart for providing me with the report. More next week.

Curling Coaching

We are often being asked about coaching for curling and we know there are many curlers both novice and experienced who would enjoy the odd session or two. Less well known is that fact that there are regular coaching session when you can simply turn up and participate. The sessions booked in at present are: -

•  Sunday 6 Dec @ 10.30am
• Saturday 12 Dec @ 3pm
• Sunday 27 Dec @ 12.45pm
• Sunday 10 Jan @ 1pm
• Saturday 16 Jan @ 10.30pm
• Sunday 24 Jan @ 1pm
• Saturday 6 Feb @ 3pm
• Sunday 14 Feb @ 1pm
• Sunday 21 Feb @ 1pm
• Saturday 13 March @ 3pm
• Saturday 20 March @ 3pm

In addition Andy McGlynn holds sessions every Monday morning at 11am.
 
If you want to come along please feel free to do so you will made most welcome as can be testified by those already attending. We are in the process of creating a coaching & development notice board where more information on the subject will be found.
 
If any club wants to organise a coaching session for their members please get in touch and we will see what we can do.
 
Oh and don't forget about the RCCC Masterclass on December 19th we are still taking bookings for what is an excellent and not to be missed day.
 
Good Curling !!
 

Bowls Report

Ian Stewart has kindly supplied the following bowls report: -

SENIORS:

The seniors palyed Stonehaven last Wednesday and were beaten by 17 shots. This was a keenly contested match with the rinks of Vernon Russell and Ian stewart beaten by "lucky" bowls when lying game. The other skips on the day were Archie Dick & Alex Milne.

SATURDAY LEAGUE:

The men visited Bon Accord and went down by 13 shots. The scores were as follows: -

Mike Nicoll  14  A.T. Molley  19
Phillip Nicoll  19  J.Millar  19
Vernon Russell  20  S Anderson  20
Laurence Torrie  18  J. Patterson  26

LADIES:

The Ladies picked up mezximum points and shots on Saturday as the infortunate Headwell team were caught up in traffic chaos and failed to meet the time deadline.

CLUB MIXED PAIRS:

Well done to Hazel Stewart & JIm Struthers who made an heroic effort in going down by the odd shot against the strong pair of Phyllis Aitchison & Phllip Nicoll.

More reports soon.....

Bowling Update

I have been passed the following results from the Indoor Bowling committee. Hopefully we can build on this and start posting some match reports, future competitions, etc. In the meantime my thanks go to the bowling committee for supporting the blog with these results.

The pictures above show the senior bowlers in action at Forfar.

31/10/09


Forfar Men win by one shot at Stonehaven

Forfar Ladies win by one shot at home to Stonehaven

7/11/09

Ladies go down by 15 shots at Alloa

11/11/09

Gents senior team pipped by one shot at home to Dundee

14/11/09

Men win by 29 shots at home v. Inverness Ladies go down at Dundee

Talks are under way for a curlers v bowlers game of bowls anyone interested from either camp please send me an e-mail: mike@ferguson-oliver.co.uk
 
 

Plant Update & Curling Stones Field Test

Just a very quick note to inform members that the plant is now fully operational and the problem has been identified and repaired. Steps have also been taken to make sure the same problem doesn't occur again (hopefully).

Thank you for your patience. If you were effected by the closure please accept my apologies for any inconvenience. If you need to re-arrange games please speak with Steve or Aileen in the office as soon as possible.

With regard to the temporary stones we are testing as we now have considerable feedback we will review the position with a view to arriving at decisions on how best to proceed. We will publish the result of all the feedback and actions we propose to take as soon we have decided what they are going to be. It is a complicated process and a great deal has to be taken into account before we refurbish stones. Once stones are altered there is no going back so we have to get it correct first time. Your patience will again be appreciated.

Plant Failure Update

The Temporary Plant

Linked Up To Our Plant

The Ladies Open Pairs

After another day of up's and down's I am delighted to say we managed a full day of curling with the Ladies Open Pairs and various club games managing to compete.

It really has been a testing and stressful few days but it would now appear we are through the worst with the new plant back up and running and the ice rink back at the correct temperature. The plant still needs a couple of repairs but these should be fairly simple and shouldn't put the plant at risk. So we are told.....

To try and demonstrate just what we have been going through I have posted a picture of the temporary plant that had to be installed while the engineers sought the problem to the internal plant. As you can see it takes quite a bit of equipment even to hold the core ice never mind make the finished ice. Again my thanks go to Steve, Andy & Keith for their determined efforts to "save the ice". Perhaps we should start a campaign.

The other picture is a far happier sight as the ladies compete in the Ladies Open Pairs earlier today.

As I say hopefully the worst is behind us and we can now look forward to settled ice once again and continue to test the temporary stones to see what we want to do with our stones. Please complete the feedback forms as any final decision will be based on the feedback recieved.

Keep checking back for updates & news.

Plant Update

After another stressful night. After a temporary "fix" was installed eventually at 1am the ice is starting to freeze again thankfully. The replacement electrical part for the motherboard should be arriving today. All going well we will be ready for the first evening session tonight and the plant will be running smoothly again.

Unfortunately the Ladies Open Pairs has been put off until tomorrow (wednesday) and it is hoped that the competition will be played over 2 days. Thank you ladies for your understanding.

Again please accept our apologies. It is something outwith our hands however the efforts of all at the ice rink to hold our core ice have been tremendous. A truly dedicated team led by Steve. Thanks go to all.

Announcement: Ice Plant Broken

The Ice Plant went down in the early hours of Sunday morning leaving us with no other option other than cancel Sunday & Monday's ice. We deeply regret this however we trust everyone will appreciate that the fault is outwith our control.

The problem has been identified and steps are being taken to get the ice sheets back up and running as quickly as possible. If everything goes to plan we should have curling ice back up on Tuesday morning in time for the Ladies Open Pairs competition.

I am sure you can appreciate it has been a particularly stressfull past couple of days and my thanks go to Steve for his tremendous efforts to keep our core ice intact, ably assisted by Andy.

We will keep everyone informed as events progress but as mentioned if everything goes to plan we should be back to normal by tomorrow (Tuesday) mid-morning.

Thank you for your patience & understanding.

M.S. Ferguson (Director)