World Men's Curling Championships

Saturday will see the start of this year's World Championships. They are being held in Beijing, China and the action starts at 2.00 pm, local time, which I think will be 7.00 am in Scotland.  Scotland's first game is against Sweden.

The full schedule of events is shown here. You will also see a schedule of TV coverage on that page. I understand that Eurosport is covering the event so I'm not sure if that means we'll be geoblocked from watching the games on the WCF/ YouTube Curling Channel. Give it a try for yourself by clicking here, but if it doesn't show games then you have to use Eurosport on TV or on their website.

Results are being provided by Curlit - click here.

Scotland are being represented by the very experienced Ewan MacDonald, along with Duncan Fernie, David Reid (from Stewarton Heather) and Eua

Closing Bonspiel and AGM 2014

Last night, we rounded off our season with the Closing Bonspiel.
Four rinks took part and the winners were Graham Spence's team of Ian, Campbell and Barbara.  They won all their games.

Closing Bonspiel Winners
Campbell Kay, Graham Spence (skip) Barbara Kirby, Ian Snodgrass
with President Mara

After a delicious meal from Passion Caterers, we held our AGM and Prizegiving.  Photos of the Prizewinners are shown below.

Points Winner
Ronnie Peat

Pairs Competition Winners
Margaret Morrison and Campbell Kay

Autumn League Winners
Mabel Hildebrand, Jennifer Peat, and Margaret Morrison
(David Wallace absent)

Spring League Winners - presented by Mabel
Mara Lindsay, Campbell Kay, Anne Wilson and Ian Snodgrass

Mini League Winners
Graham Spence, Richard Morrison, Barbara Kirby and Campbell Kay

Mini League Final Games

Richard Morrison and his team of Campbell Kay, Steve Kirby and Ronnie Peat (subbing for Graham Spence) clinched the Mini League Championship with 10 - 5 win over David Gilmour's team.
The 3rd / 4th playoff was won by Mara's team, winning by 10 shots to 4 over Mike McNeill.
Next Tuesday at 6.15 is the Closing Bonspiel, Dinner and AGM, and we look forward to seeing everyone there.

Mini league Round Robin

Last night saw a good wins for Mike McNeill over David Gilmour by 11 shots to 8 and Richard Morrison over Mara Lindsay by 12 shots to 5.

The table at the end of the three league games has finished thus

Team	Played	Points	Ends	Shots+	Position
	MMcNeill	3	2	10	-4	3
	M Lindsay	3	2	8	-15	4
	D Gilmour	3	4	13	11	2
	RMorrison	3	4	16	8	1

Sorry, but the headings don't want to be above the proper columns. However, the order is correct.

You can see that next week's game between 1st and 2nd is between the two teams on 4 points, Dave Gilmour and Richard Morrison, while the two teams on 2 points will play off for 3rd place.

Quiz Night

Last night Fullarton was ably represented by two teams at Ayr CC's Quiz Night. The Peats, Paxtons, Morrisons and Inglis enjoyed a very entertaining evening.

Over 9 rounds the brains were tested and found to be reasonably competent.
Neither team disgraced themselves and both finished high up in the rankings (but without any prizes).
Anne Wilson and her husband Robin were also taking part in the fun.

Here's some photos and there are more on the Ayr CC Website.