Bruce Ferguson
All at Curl Aberdeen are saddened to hear of the passing of our Chairman, Bruce Ferguson. He was in his first year as Chairman of Curl Aberdeen. Bruce was a keen curler with Turriff Curling Club, and enjoyed success on a Rotary Curling Tour to Canada. Outside of curling, Bruce was a well known farmer and a Past Secretary & President of the Turriff Show. A Tribute written in the P&J can be found here. A service of thanks giving will be held on Wednesday 18th March at St Andrews Parish Church, Turriff at 2.30pm which all family and friends are respectfully invited.
World Junior Championships
The winners of the Scottish Juniors held at Curl Aberdeen in January, Team Gina Aitken, for the Ladies and Team Bruce Mouat, for the Mens, both came back with medals. Gina came back with Silver and Bruce came back with Bronze. Well Done to both teams! both teams have also supported Curl Aberdeen competitions this season by playing in the Primefour Aberdeen Ladies Open (Gina) and Accord Aberdeen City Open (Bruce & Gina), They again visit Curl Aberdeen playing together in the Scottish Mixed at the end of March, more on that later.
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| David Aitken(Coach), Karina Aitken (Alternante), Rachael Hannen (Lead), Rowena Kerr (2nd) Naomi Brown (3rd) Gina Aitken (Skip) |
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| Colin Morrison (Coach), Bobby Lammie (Alternante), Angus Dowell (Lead) Derrick Sloan (2nd) Duncan Menzies (3rd) Bruce Mouat (Skip) |
Scottish Wheelchair Championships
Curl Aberdeen had two of its members competing, Ross Hatten and Mark Roy, who come along and train most Wednesdays with Aberdeen Wheelchair Club, and both playing in the same team for this competition. Sadly they didn't make it out of their group.
World Championships
The Women's World Championships are currently underway at Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. You can follow the scores here. Team Scotland consists of Eve Muirhead (Skip), Anna Sloan (Vice/3rd), Vikki Adams (2nd) Sarah Reid (Lead) & Lauren Gray (Alternate). Good Luck to the Girls out there.
Scottish Mixed
The Mixed is soon to be upon us again. Draw and Team Lists are out on the RCCC website. We would like to encourage our members to come in and watch some top curling that weekend which will be on your door step.
