News on Walter Brown

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.

Enforced Closure of Murrayfield Curling Rink

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.”

 

 

Cancellation of Annual General Meeting

Formal Notice is hereby given that the 2019-20 Annual General Meeting that was due to take place on 21st May will not now go ahead due to the current Government restrictions.

If social distancing rules are eased in the months ahead then it is hoped that the AGM can be rescheduled for a later date , whilst giving members the statutory three weeks’ notice period as per the Constitution.

Annual Dinner & Toast

Many thanks to all those who took part in our ‘virtual’ Annual Dinner and Toast.This was an excellent idea to celebrate our Club, remember old friends and to bring some cheer in these  uncertain times.

Printed copies of this booklet will be available in the future.

Annual Dinner – remembering old friends

Club Toast

 

2019-20 Competition Winners

 

Letter of Thanks from Linda McKay

As you know Ian McKay, one of our longest standing members, very sadly died earlier this month after a long illness and his funeral took place on Friday past.  Our President, Liz, had sent flowers  and a Sympathy Card to Linda on behalf of Club members  and Linda  has since responded with the message below. 

All our thoughts and prayers are with Linda at this sad time.

 

Province League

Midlothian Province League 2019-20

With our wounds still raw following relegation from league 2 to league 3 last season, Penicuik approached their first game against Edinburgh Rotary in September fully determined to leap back to league 2 in one season; and proceeded to get thumped 10-2! We started the game well, but the wheels came off as early as the second end, and there was nobody in the team able to put them back on again!

This season’s pool of players was similar to last: Murray Hope, Iain Scott, Jim Ramsay, Dave Anderson, Robert Beaton and Ronnie Hope. As it turned out Robert was unable to play until the latter part of the season, and Murray and Jim were unable to play in the latter part of the season!

Despite this reduction in selection choice, the team bounced back from the early setback and put in a solid performance for the remainder of the games: November, a 5-3 win against Bank of Scotland; December, a 7-4 win against Holyrood; February, a 6-4 win against Watsonians; and March, a 7-2 win against Merchiston.

At the end of the season we ended up on equal points with Bank of Scotland at the top of the league, their only defeat coming against us, but our heavy defeat against Edinburgh Rotary put us well behind them on ends and shots. No matter, two teams are promoted and the winners of the three Province Leagues are finally decided by play-offs between the two top teams in each league. Traditionally, these games take place on the same night and are followed by a dinner. The grand play-off was due to be played on 26th March but sadly, for obvious reasons, this was cancelled.

So back to league 2 next season. Possibly something to look forward to in these difficult days?

Report by Ronnie Hope