European Championships
Well after the boys qualified for the worlds, the Girls played the Bronze Medal match, they won, Congratulations to Eve, Anna, Vicki, Sarah and Lauren. Full round up of the championships can be found here. Sweden went on and won the men's final against the World Champions Norway, which was shown on our screen at the Rink, and Ladies World Champions Switzerland beat the Russians in the Ladies final. The top 5 shots of the Championships can be found here, and here are some other highlights from Champery over the week.
School Festival
Friday just past and for the next two Fridays coming Curl Aberdeen host 90 children, each day. Leading up to them coming in, we send out sets of New Age Kurling to the schools involved, and are taught the basics of curling in their school hall. They arrive at Curl Aberdeen and are split into two groups, with one group spending an hour up in our Hall refreshing themselves with New Age Kurling and the other group spends an hour on the Ice putting into practice what they have learnt in school and are coached further on the ice.
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| The targets being set up |
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| The "Stones" |
Festive Period
Big thanks to Wendy Letham and Catherine Beattie (both Granite City Ladies) for decorating our Lounge and making it festive. Since I took this photo they have also come in and added table decorations. It wouldn't have looked this good if Tom, Ryan and Myself had got our hands on the decorations...
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| Curl Aberdeen's Lounge |
Andrew Mitchell Points
Remember members, the Andrew Mitchell Points competition is this Saturday starting from 10am, prizes for overall winner, highest female & highest junior scorer. Got to be in it to win it as they say, sign up sheets are on our notice board next to the main door. See you all Saturday.
Accord Aberdeen City Open
The City Open is still looking for entries, the competition is held end of January/start of February (30th January - 1st February). The field of entry so far is a good mix of our Club Members and Curlers from other rinks. But we are looking for more entries to bring it to capacity. Can find entry forms via the City Open Blog here.Curl Aberdeen Pairs Open
Curl Aberdeen holds an annual competition of pairs, the winner of this competition goes down to Stranraer to represent the Ice Rink at the Scottish Pairs competition, usually held around March. This year our pairs are being held 10th January. A sign up sheet will be on the wall. Any two curlers can compete, each player throws 4 stones (all 8 stones are played by each team).
