Opening day picnic

Sadly ....no ice

Winter is here

Photo of rink and surrounds taken 26 May

Success at McRae Cup

Good turnout last night at the AGM. The meeting recognized the excellent effort of the team that played in the McRae Cup earlier in the day in Alexandra. This was a good result following an earlier drubbing by an unmentioned team at the Masters Games in Dunedin!! Well done to skip John, and team members Simon, John and Mike. 2 inches of ice on rink with more to follow ......

Club purchases old Scottish Curling Stones

Good news for our Club. Over the past 3 weeks we have successfully purchased 8 pairs of old Scottish outdoor curling stones. Some over 100 years old. We are most grateful to our contact in Arbroath Scotland for the great work in sourcing these hard to find antiquities.  We expect to see these stones in approx 4-5 weeks. Aye they will be cause for a wee celebration !!!

Working Bee. April 23rd

Posts being erected for shade cloth to improve ice at far end of rink. Bring on the frosts

Masters Games Participation

Curling at Altitude Cup

Yesterday CCC hosted the Curling at Altitude Cup at the  SHPG testing grounds at the Snow Farm. Was a great day with 64 curlers on the ice. Unfortunately the afternoon curling was abandoned due to deteriorating ice conditions . Prize Giving ceremony took place in an adjoining workshop building. The Curling at Altitude Cup was won by a   team from the Dunedin Curling Club. Because of an early finish, many of the visiting club members called into our Clubhouse to check out our facilities.  Further hospitality was extended to everyone.  Several curlers will be having a more subdued recovery day today. Shortly we  hope to get some photos of the event up on our website
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Looks like this winters curling will be over on our ice. From discussions with various clubs around the district we at least had a few days curling.  Some clubs had none.
Next AGM should be a cracker as I think at least 3 members turned stones upside down during Saturdays competition.  That 3 bottles on the bar for starters.
Your committees attention during the off season will be as a priority to acquire more club stones.  If anyone has Scottish connections these would be useful as we look to evaluate second  hand stones.
Any great ideas for fund raising most welcome
For time being cheers from your Committee