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)

The hard work has been done and Ice World Skating Club opens for business on Thursday 22nd October with the first Family Hour of the new season between 7pm and 8pm followed by the Disco night on Friday (7.30pm to 9.30 pm) and the Fun Day on Saturday 11am to 2pm.

Please support the ice stewards and committee with all their efforts. Thanks to all who have helped with the pre-season preparations in any way and good skating.

Planning Ahead

left to right: Steve Wilson (Ice Rink Manager), Ally Miller (President: Ice World Skating Club), Ian Young (Chairman: Forfar Curling Centre Club), Mike Ferguson (Director: Forfar Indoor Sports), Ian Stewart (President: Forfar Indoor Bowling Club).

"Through The House"

The second group meeting of the President's of the sporting clubs together with Steve Wilson the Ice Rink Manager and Mike Ferguson the owner of Forfar Indoor Sports was held tonight, Tuesday 20th October.

Another very positive and forward thinking meeting. The strength of all the sports pulling their ideas together was quite apparent and bodes well for the future. The Presidents will report back to their various committee's with the actions discussed.

At the same time there were some exciting games going on "through the house" with Rink Championship ties being played as the picture shows. As previously mentioned we are hoping to post scores from games shortly.

RCCC Area 9 Top Ten Competition

We are delighted to be hosting the RCCC Area 9 Top Ten Competition at Forfar this year.  After several successful years at Aberdeen Ice Rink the Area 9 committee have agreed that it is time for a change of venue to Forfar.

It is also been decided to move the timing of the competition towards the end of the season to allow clubs the opportunity to use the event as a end of season celebration with a strong social bearing.

A number of clubs have already entered and Area 9 is currently working on the competition details.  If any club who hasn't entered this great fun and sociable competition would like further details please send an email to mferguson@forfarindoorsports.co.uk or if you would like to enter a team please call Aileen at the ice rink on 01307 461777 or speak to Anne Donald your Area 9 RCCC representative.

As all clubs who have played in this event before will tesify this is a unique event with rinks, triples, pairs and hotshots all part of the make up of the competition.  Surely not to be missed.

Curling Coaching Sessions

The follow up to the open day continues with a very busy and active coaching session at the ice rink today (Saturday). With a good mix of adults and youths it was an excellent session and with bookings taken for the next session it looks like we will manage to find several new curlers for the season.

We have a meeting this forthcoming week between the presidents of the Forfar Curling Centre, Forfar Indoor Bowling Club and the Forfar Ice Skating Club to continue with the very positive ideas and thoughts presented at the first meeting between the groups.

We hope to start posting results from the curling and bowling on the blog soon in order that everyone can catch up whenever it is convenient for you. We will also be placing suggestion boxes around the complex so start thinking up those ideas and suggestions for us to get our teeth into.