On Saturday 27th November, a Penicuik rink will play in the Quarter Finals of the Rink Championship against the winners of the Haddington v Carrington match already played on 23th October.
Penicuik CC will be represented by Iain Scott ( Skip), Jim Ramsay, Craig Brown and Roger Scott. A win on Saturday will ensure a place in the Semi-Final to be played on Saturday 11th December. We wish the team good curling.
On Wednesday evening, the opportunity was taken to present the ‘foundation team’ at the Opening Bonspiel with the ‘ Bonspiel Booby Prize’ Trophy which had been retrieved from the Secretary’s loft where it had been held in safe keeping since last season.
This distinctive trophy of the statue of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen Harbour, was donated to Penicuik Curling Club by Team Bambi who were regular entrants in the International Curlers Gathering over the years and who became great friends of Penicuik.
Unfortunately, the Trophy could not be presented at the Closing Bonspiel last year because of the early closure of the curling rink, but you can see from the delight on Craig and his team’s faces that they were honoured to receive it.
Many congratulations to Iain Scott, our new Club President, here seen being presented with the President’s Medal by the now Past President Liz.
The Annual General Meeting of Penicuik Curling Club will be held on 27th May at 7.30pm.
All members are invited to join the meeting via a Zoom Link which will be sent out a few days prior to the event.
Dear President Liz, Brother and Sister Curlers, and Friends,
Thank you very much indeed for your lovely card of good wishes for Walter and me when he was in hospital. Walter is delighted to be home now and hopes to be more mobile soon.
We wish you all the best for “guid curling” when you are allowed to participate in these far from normal times.
With many thanks again,
Walter and Christine
In a joint statement by Curl Edinburgh and Murrayfield Curling Ltd issued on 1st November, it has been confirmed that all curling at Murrayfield rink has been suspended until the end of the year. A further statement on the feasibility of re-opening in January 2021 will be issued in due course.
It has come to our notice that our Honorary President Walter Brown has had a bad fall in which he sustained both a broken ankle and a head injury, resulting in a stay in hospital.
Walter is recovering and is receiving physiotherapy, in the hope that he can get home as soon as possible. Our best wishes go to Walter and also to Christine, his devoted wife, who sadly is unable to visit him at this time because of coronavirus restrictions.
Curl Edinburgh have confirmed that, following today’s Scottish Government announcements, Murrayfield Curling Rink will not reopen as planned on 26th October but will remain closed for at least another week until 2nd November.
The following announcement was received this evening from Edinburgh Curling Club and Murrayfield Curling Limited.
“Following the Scottish Government’s announcement yesterday (Wednesday 7 October 2020), and ongoing discussions with Scottish Curling, we regret to announce that as part of regional restrictions, our curling rink will be closed after Friday 9 October and for 16 days, reopening Monday 26 October.
The Office will be in contact with Club Secretaries next week to re-arrange affected fixtures.
For the latest information from us, please keep an eye on our website and social media. We will also email subscribed members regarding any major updates.”
The Annual General Meeting of Penicuik Curling Club will be held virtually over Zoom on Thursday 17th September at 7.30pm.
The Access link and codes were sent out to all members on 2nd September.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Penicuik Curling Club 