Curl Edinburgh Awayday
A coach load of Neilston curlers descended on Murrayfield Ice Rink on Saturday for a Sherlock Holmes themed bonspiel. The competition was won by Team Moriarty.
Wednesday evening saw four teams drawn out the hat compete in two four end games for the McLeod Cup bonspiel. At the end of the first two games Team Atari (James R, Margaret S, Kevin and Georgie) shared a lead of +3 with Team Rubik (Andy R, Sheila, Marilyn and Robert). Everthing changed fast in …
Wins for Ferrie and Carswell
Two matches were played in the Greenacres Salver on Monday, with Team James R recording a victory after leading Team Rhona from the start. The other match featured Team Sheila, who kept the score close for the first few ends before Team Billy came out on top.
Points Competition
The points competition comprises an individual and team competition. The highest single score was 40 points out of a possible 56 for James R. Second place was Marylin with 32 and tied in third position were Billy and Thomas on 31. The winners of the team competition were Marilyn and Thomas with 63 points.
Doubles win for Brian and Margaret
Brian and Margert won the Doubles final on Wednesday beating Billy and Tom 9-6. Full Scores here
James R wins Johnnie’s Pound
Hot off the hack from his win in the pairs James R delivered the first and what turned out to be the winning stone of Johnnie’s Pound competition.
A Pair of Winners
The final of the Broadlie Pairs took place on Monday with Brian & Sheila facing James R & Robert. In the first end James made a draw against four with his last stone, and took another one at the second end. As Sheila and Brian struggled with their weight they were five shota down before …
Neilston Retain Jack Barr
The annual match of two rinks against Barrhead Ferenze for the Jack Barr Salver took place on Saturday. The team of Billy, Colin, Margaret W and Andrena led from the start and finished with a score of +17 for Neilston. The other match saw the Fereneze team skipped by Gordon ahead after four ends. The …
Rotating Fortunes at Rotating Skip Bonspiel
With almost a full house on Monday night, four teams competed for the Que Sera Trophy in which players chang playing postion each end. The first two matches saw run away wins for the team of Craig, Brian, Rhona and Colin with +6, and Andy R, Margaret W, James H and Andy C with +9. …
Close Call in Gilmour Cup
On Saturday 16 December Neilston fielded one team of Andy R, Margaret S, Rhona and James H to compete as one of four teams playing for Renfrewshire XII Province against Dunbartonshire X Province in the Gilmour Cup. Although Dunbartonshire won the cup, the Neilston team held their opposition (Helensburgh CC) to a draw.