Tonight's Games and World Junior Curling Championships

There were wins tonight for Bill Inglis and Mike McNeill.
Bill's game against David Wallace was very close, but was won with a single shot at the last end by 8 shots to 7.
Mike McNeill's team also won tonight, beating league leaders Richard Morrison by 7 shots to 5.

This Thursday sees the start of the World Junior Championships. The Russian resort of Sochi is hosting the event and this will be a further trial of their ice and facilities before they host the Olympics in 2014.

Scotland's Hannah Fleming from Lockerbie will be defending the Gold Medal she won last year and will no doubt be trying to put the disappointment of losing the Scottish Women's championship to Eve Muirhead a week or so ago.

In the Men's event, we are again represented by Perth's Kyle Smith. His team will be looking to improve on  a creditable Bronze from 2012.

The schedule of games can be found here. Please bear in mind that Sochi time is 4 hours ahead of us.

The WCF is providing free coverage and this can be found by using this link.

Games 19th February

Tonight saw Richard Morrison's team (Mara Lindsay, Alan Gorman and Mabel Hildebrand) continue their impressive run of form with a 9-4 victory over David Wallace, Margaret Morrison, Campbell Kay and Jim Lindsay.
Meanwhile, Mike McNeill and his team of Sandi Wallace, Ian Snodgrass and Bob Handley took a 4 at the last end to snatch a point in their game against David Gilmour, David Pittam, Alison Young and Ronnie Peat.

The latest issue of the Royal Club's Your Curler magazine has just been released and can be found here.

Games 12th February

The second half of the spring league started with Richard maintaining his position at the top and beating his nearest challenger Bill Inglis by 10 shots to 6.
David Wallace (ably skipped by Margaret Morrison) beat David Gilmour's team in a close finish by 6 shots to 5, moving up from fourth to third in league.

Spring League - Halfway Point

Everyone has now played each other once, and at the halfway stage there are two teams on 3 wins out of four - Richard Morrison and Bill Inglis.
Bill's team beat Mike McNeill 's by 9 shots to 3 tonight while David Gilmour beat Richard by 7 shots to 4.

Next week, fortunes could be reversed as we start playing each team again. Current league positions are found on the Results page above.