Millennium Bonspiel

The Millennium Bonspiel, played between Ballindalloch and Fochabers Curling Club's will this year be held on Saturday, March 10th.

We almost have a full quota of players for the day, so, if you don't want to miss out on this excellent day let me know a.s.a.p!!

As always there will be a bus travelling through, picking up merry curlers on the way, dropping off worse for ware curlers on the way home!!

We will have 5 teams on the ice, skipped by Gordie Kennedy, Willie Jamieson, Steve McGingle and Lynn Scott. The competition sponsor, and past president Brian Yeats will have a sponsors team. With this depth of quality Fochabers will be running scared!!

Points Night

The annual club points night will be played tomorrow night ( 27th February) at the Moray Leisure Centre, 7pm. The winner and runner up will represent Ballindalloch at the Province Points competition on March 12th.

The current holder of the points trophy is club president David McGaan, who won last year on 33 points.

See you all there!

Moray Province (East) Division 4

With two games remaining in Division 4 of the Moray Province (East) Lynn Scott's rink have secured their 4th title in five years.

In a nail biting game against closest rivals Bob Stewart of Elgin, Lynn and her team of Alan McIntyre, Robert Bremner and Don Gatt survived losing a few early singles to come out on top winning 6-4 and with it secure the Bob Harcus trophy.

Having only lost their opening fixture, Team Scott have posted 6 straight victories on their way to the League title. This season has also seen a change in line up to the successful team of the previous 4 seasons, Don Gatt coming in at lead to replace Sam Williams, who is shortly due to have her first child.

Photo shows Skip Lynn Scott with her mischievous team in the background! :)

Photo Copyright Bob Cowan @ Skipcottage

Gammack Bell

Congratulations go to Gordie Kennedy, Lynn Scott, Steve McGingle and Ruth Kennedy for winning the 2012 Gammack Bell mixed knock out, beating Howard Anstruther in the Final, report to follow...

Scottish Seniors Finals 2012

The 3/4 Ballindalloch team of Willie Jamieson, Gordie Kennedy, David Kelly and David McGaan are this weekend competing in the Scottish Seniors Finals at the Hamilton Ice Rink, Lanarkshire.

The prize for the winning rink, along with the honour of being Scottish Senior Champions, is the chance to represent Scotland at the World Senior Championships in Taarnby, Denmark in April.

To follow the teams progress follow this link: http://royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/competitions/scottish-senior-championship/

Go team Ballindalloch!!

For a review of the seniors follow the link to lochness.com on the right of the page!

Photo shows Gordie, Dave Kelly and David McGaan

Photo is copyright Bob Cowan @ Skip Cottage.

Scottish Seniors 2012

Congratulations to the Willie Jamieson rink for reaching the finals of the Scottish Senior championships for a second consecutive season. The team is made up of three Ballindalloch members, Skip Willie Jamieson, Gordie Kennedy and David McGaan along with fourth member David Kelly.

The team came through the qualifying event at Greenacres on a record of three wins and one loss, topping the group. They now head to the finals at Hamilton from February 9 - 12 where they have drawn to play against former Scottish Champion Graeme Adam, as well as Jack Steven, Billy Nairn, Don Stark and David Hardie.

We wish the team best of luck in the finals.



top photo: skip, Willie Jamieson in action at Greenacres

Below: Gordie Kennedy in action.

2012 Bookless Quaich

On Saturday the Ballindalloch team of Steve McGingle, Robert Bremner, Tony Duncan and Audrey Marr travelled the short distance to Inverness to compete in the 2012 Area 10 Bookless Quaich.

Having been drawn to play the Bught Ladies in the opening game the team believed they were in for a rough ride! Bught Ladies having won the opening Bonspiel of the season. On the day though a very different Bught team took to the ice. Ballindalloch controlled the game from the start scoring 2 consecutive 3's before a big 5 killed the game.

Final score: Ballindalloch 14 - Bught Ladies 2

Having been the highest scoring team from the opening session Ballindalloch took on Jim Robb's Highland rink in the afternoon game. Steve, having blanked the first end, took his pair in the second end quickly followed by a 3 in the third. Good play by the Highland rink in the closing ends forced some excellent shot making from Ballindalloch to wrap the game up.

Final score Ballindalloch 7 - Highland 3

Having a far more superior shot difference than closest challengers Nairn, Ballindalloch won the Bonspiel and took home the Bookless Quaich for the first time in our history.


the photo shows the winning rink (L-R) Tony Duncan, Steve McGingle, Audrey Marr, Robert Bremner with the Bookless Quaich.