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This was the year the Holyrood Awayday came of age – our 21st visit to curling rinks across the country.  Over the years we have managed to experience a wide variety of venues, a good number of which are now sadly no longer in existence as smaller rinks have given up the unequal struggle againstContinue reading “Holyrood Awayday, Dumfries Ice Bowl, 23rd March 2025”

From the perspective of the vanquished: Well, we did it again. This really has become a feature of the latter part of our season.  We drop a large score early on in the game, then play well to claw back the deficit by the penultimate end, only to lose the cliff-hanger final end! I amContinue reading “Team A (John Mac) vs Team B (John W)  20th March 2025”

Teams B and D were at full strength for this match, as the season gets towards the sharp end.  Team B lost the toss and chose blue stones.  My team D got an early yellow counter, though it felt very precarious as it became surrounded by four blues in the house.  Still, we managed toContinue reading “Team B (John W) vs Team D (Rob)  12th March 2025”