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A Wee Hello from The President‏

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WELL, THE COUNTDOWN TO OUR TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF CURLING IN PENICUIK DRAWS CLOSER.

In September we kick things off with our Opening Bonspiel. Please get back to Margaret Carr asap if you want a place in this competition.

Even if you are not lucky enough to secure a place (because you are too slow to respond) you are still very welcome to come and watch the games and join us for the meal and prizegiving.

TO OUR NEW MEMBERS, I bid you a Very Warm Welcome to Penicuik Curling Club and hope you enjoy your time with us. Please put your name forward for the Opening Bonspiel. It is a FUN event and will be a good opportunity to get more settled on the ice.

To the other members, Penicuik has again entered ‘The Linlithgow’ Competition. This is played on a Sunday (usually late morning) roughly every two weeks against other Murrayfield Clubs. If you would like the opportunity to represent our club please get back to me so that your name can be added to the Team Pool.

We have designed a special Bi-Centinary Badge for our sportswear. We have also decided that our Tops will change to Navy Blue instead of Royal Blue. I will get back to you in the near future with new clothing ideas you might like for your Curling activities. All of these products will carry the new Bi Centinary Badge. There is no compulsion to change colours if you don’t want to.

So, I wish you all, GOOD CURLING! I hope you will be active within our club and join in the activities that have been arranged for this our 200th year.

Remember, as Your President, I am here to represent You and Penicuik Curling Club, therefor if you have any suggestions on how our club can be improved please call or email me.

Club History – Book and Painting

The book marking 200 years of our club’s existence is now for sale. “Curling through Two Hundred Years of the Penicuik Curling Club” is a fascinating history of the club and its characters. To quote from the cover, “The book takes the story of Penicuik and its Curling Club from the Napoleonic Wars, through the making of the first Grand Match, and into the political squabbles of earlier years. Ordinary people doing great things, like Dr John Renton, and the James Taits. Great people doing ordinary things, like Sir George Clerk of Penicuik Estates and and Charles Cowan of the paper mills immersed in the rivalry of a winter’s afternoon on nature’s ice.”

The author, Colin Whittemore, takes us by way of a colourful, two hundred years journey to the present day, through two hundred pages of humorous and engaging text. The club is truly indebted to Colin for this mammoth task which, as a non-curler, he has approached with dedication, perseverance and wit.

Order your copy NOW from either myself or Jim Cowper. This is a great read for curlers and non-curlers alike, and at only £16 per copy will make a wonderful Christmas present.

………and don’t forget to order your signed and numbered print of THE FIRST GRAND MATCH  at www.grandmatchpainting.com

Good curling,

Ronnie Hope