Port Glasgow Curling Club is a curling club originating in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland. Part of the Renfrewshire (12th) province of Area 5, the club plays at the Waterfront Leisure Complex curling rink in Greenock.
Port Glasgow Curling Club is a curling club originating in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland. Part of the Renfrewshire (12th) province of Area 5, the club plays at the Waterfront Leisure Complex curling rink in Greenock.
Port Glasgow Curling Club was formed in 1827 and admitted to the Royal Caledonian Curling Club in 1840.
Members of the club's 12 rinks play annually for a number of club trophies, as well as against other local clubs in external competitions.
Stranraer, also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located in the historical parish of Inch in the historic county of Wigtownshire. It lies on the shores of Loch Ryan, on the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries and Galloway's second-largest town, with a population including the immediate surrounding area of nearly 13,000 inhabitants.
A bonspiel is a curling tournament, consisting of several games, often held on a weekend. Until the 20th century most bonspiels were held outdoors, on a frozen freshwater loch. Today almost all bonspiels are held indoors on specially prepared artificial ice.
David Matthew Murdoch is a retired Scottish curler from Stirling. As the Scotland skip, he and his former team of Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, Euan Byers and Peter Smith are the 2006 and 2009 World Curling Champions. Representing Great Britain, he has been skip at three Winter Olympics, Torino 2006, finishing fourth, Vancouver 2010, finishing fifth and Sochi 2014, where he won an Olympic silver medal. He currently serves as a coach, performance team manager and consultant for British Curling.
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club (RCCC), branded as Scottish Curling is a curling club in Edinburgh, Scotland. It developed the first official rules for the sport, and is the governing body of curling in Scotland. The RCCC was founded on 25 July 1838 in Edinburgh, and granted its royal charter by Queen Victoria in 1843, after she had witnessed a demonstration of the sport played on the polished ballroom floor of Scone Palace the previous year.
New Anniesland is a sports ground in the Anniesland area of Glasgow, Scotland, used for rugby union and cricket. Owned by The Glasgow Academical Club, a sports and social club for alumni of The Glasgow Academy, it is the home ground of Glasgow Academicals RFC and Glasgow Academical Cricket Club.
Murrayfield Ice Rink is a 3,800-seat multi-purpose arena in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland, adjacent to Murrayfield Stadium. It was built between 1938 and 1939 and is home to the Murrayfield Racers ice hockey team and a seven-sheet curling rink which was constructed in the 1970s following the closure of Haymarket Ice Rink.
Leonard Charles Dudman was a Scottish international cricketer who also represented his country in curling and Junior football.
Brett Philip Gallant is a Canadian curler from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. He currently plays second for the Brad Gushue rink.
Thomas Brewster Jr. is a Scottish curler from Aberdeen, Scotland. He is currently the coach of the Ross Paterson men's team.
Anna Sloan is a Scottish curler. She was the longtime third for the Eve Muirhead rink. Representing Scotland, they won the 2011 European Championships, the 2013 World Championships, and the 2017 European Championships. Representing Great Britain, they won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Games and finished fourth at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
The Glynhill Ladies International is an annual bonspiel, or curling tournament, that takes place at the Braehead Curling Rink in Renfrew, Scotland, just outside Glasgow. The tournament, sponsored by Glynhill Hotel, has been a part of the World Curling Tour since 2008. The tournament is held in a round robin format.
The 2012 Glynhill Ladies International was held from January 20 to 22 at the Braehead Curling Rink in Glasgow, Scotland as part of the 2011–12 World Curling Tour. The purse for the event was GBP£8,000, and the winner, Mirjam Ott, received GBP£2,500. The event was held in a round robin format with a consolation round and playoffs.
Geoff Walker is a Canadian curler, currently living in Edmonton, Alberta. He currently plays lead for the Brad Gushue rink. He was the Men's World Champion in 2017 and won silver again the following year in 2018. A four-time national champion, he won the Brier in 2017, 2018, 2020, and 2022. Walker was a two-time World Junior Champion, when he won gold in 2006 and 2007.
Lauren Gray is a Scottish curler from Stirling. As alternate for the Eve Muirhead rink, she won a gold medal at the 2013 World Championships for Scotland, and a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Great Britain. She became lead for Muirhead's team in 2016, and won a gold medal at the 2017 European Championships. In 2019, she was promoted to third on the team, but returned to playing lead in 2021. After a disappointing result in the 2021 World Championships, Gray was dropped from Eve Muirhead's team and replaced by Hailey Duff.
Jennifer "Jenn" Dodds is a Scottish curler. She plays second on Team Eve Muirhead and mixed doubles with Bruce Mouat, representing Scotland and Great Britain. She is the 2022 Olympic champion in women's curling, and World champion in mixed doubles curling from 2021.
Grant Hardie is a Scottish curler from Glasgow. He currently plays third for the Bruce Mouat rink. He is the nephew of 1999 world champion Hammy McMillan.
Ross Paterson is a Scottish curler from Glasgow. He currently skips his own team on the World Curling Tour.
The 2020 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from February 29 to March 8 at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The winning Brad Gushue rink was scheduled to represent Canada at the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
Robert "Bobby" Kirkland is a Scottish curler. He is a 1964 World men's championship silver medallist and three-time Scottisn men's champion.