Stirling Curling Group is a non-profit making membership organisation governed by a management committee of volunteers, with the primary aim of working on behalf of its members in collaboration with the Ice Rink provider, Active Stirling. An inherent part of this role is to promote and develop curling within Stirling. This includes organising a range of competitions and leagues for all its members as well as the wider Stirling Curling community. Our members arecurling clubs who primarily curl at the Peak Ice Rink, Stirling.
Coaching and development for young people 8 years +
- POINTS
SCG Open Points Competition
Wednesday 5th February 2025 at 6pm & 8.30pm
The Stirling Curling Group Open Points Competition, which is open to all curlers who normally curl at the Peak and who are Members of Scottish Curling, will take place on Wednesday 7th February. In order to allow as many curlers as possible to compete in the event, it will be run over 2 sessions at 6pm and at 8.30pm.
Where possible curlers will be split into the following categories (subject to sufficient entries in each):
Open / Junior U21 / Senior (60+, includes male and female) / Ladies/ New Curler (under 3 years – i.e. Gateway Club Members)
The SCG subsidised Entry Fees are:
Juniors £10.00 – All others £12.50
Prizes will be awarded in all Categories subject to sufficient entries.
Entry Fees to be paid by 31st Jan 2025 by bank transfer to the SCG Account:
Sort Code: 83-16-03 Account No: 00662179 – please use OP plus your surname as the Payment Reference.
ENTRIES CLOSE ON FRIDAY 31st JANUARY 2025
Some clubs use this competition as their own Club Points Competition – therefore Club Secretaries should ensure their members enter early to ensure that they secure their place to be able to compete in your club’s competition – the entry form allows entrants to highlight the Club Competition(s) so that SCG can pass on the scores to the relevant Club/Match Secretary.
The online Entry Form can be found at: https://www.cognitoforms.com/StirlingCurlingGroup/_202425SCGPointsEntryForm
- POINTS
Our annual Points Competition is on WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY. Two sessions available – 6pm and 8.30pm. Look out for more details soon.
- Muirhead Pairs Winners
A good day of excellent curling took place on Saturday in the Muirhead Pairs. It was especially pleasing to see four of our juniors competing. The pool stages were closely contested, and eventually the top two of each pool progressed to the semi-finals.
Craig and Conner McCallum (Loch Ard) met Murray Henderson & Arran Bauer (Stirling Young Curlers) in the first semi, where it was all square going into the final end. The SYC juniors managed to steal a three to progress to the final.
A second very close semi followed, with James Dunn & Ian More (Loch Ard) meeting Lee & Judith McCleary (Keir), with Dunn & More running out narrow winners.
In the final, the juniors Henderson & Bauer played an exceptional game, with Dunn & More conceding after five ends at 11 – 1. They are now winners of the Stirling Muirhead Pairs, and qualify to represent Stirling at the National Pairs competition.
Arran Bauer & Murray Henderson receiving the Muirhead Pairs Trophies from SCG Chair Mike Gellatly
- December Newsletter
- POINTS COMPETITIONS – PLEASE NOTE ERROR IN RINK MARKINGS
Would organisers of points competitions note that there is an error in the rink ice markings for points competitions on sheets 2, 4 and 6. This only relates to the second discipline (“Inwick”) where the ring on the edge of the four foot circle (the red circle) has been incorrectly aligned. This makes a considerable difference to the difficulty of the shot. It is however easily corrected when playing.
The correction is to place the outer target stone with its inner edge touching the outside of the four foot circle as before, but its front edge just touching the rear of the ring marked on the ice instead of placed on the ring. This will place the stone exactly where it is meant to be. This may seem awkward or difficult in writing but becomes very clear when read looking at the head on the rink. We will try to get a diagram prepared to make it even clearer. Note that sheets 1, 3 and 5 are unaffected (and may be looked at to see the difference in placement of the ring in question).