Midlothian Province League – Division 3
| Date | Time | Opponent |
| Thursday 15 October 2026 | 8.15 pm | Holyrood 6 v Carrington 7 |
| Thursday 29 October 2026 | 8.15 pm | Holyrood v Bank of Scotland |
| Monday 23 November 2026 | 6.00 pm | Holyrood v Cramond |
| Monday 7 December 2026 | 6.00 pm | Holyrood v Coates |
| Monday 4 January 2027 | 6.00 pm | Holyrood v Gogar Park YC |
| Thursday 28 January 2027 | 8.15 pm | Holyrood v SIAE |
| Thursday 18 February 2027 | 8.15 pm | Holyrood v Musselburgh |
| Monday 15 March 2027 | 6.00 pm | 1st v 2nd Final |
Last season we had fallen from the heady heights of Division 2 back down to our more natural home of Division 3. Despite being in our comfort zone, it was a somewhat disappointing season with only two wins out of the five games played. However, the results don’t show how close were a couple of those defeats. Looking forward to the coming 2026/27 competition we have every reason to be optimistic. Division 3 has expanded and we have seven games to play. Let’s hope for better luck this time.
FIRST GAME Thursday 15th October
At the end it was close but not quite close enough. First game nerves or just bad luck but in a lamentable first end we just couldn’t get the measure of the ice and left our opponents with four well protected counting stones. Not a great start. The Carrington team was a mix of youth and experience, the youth not always on target but exceptionally strong on sweeping and the experience producing accurate and well-weighted shots.
Our team was James at lead, Ken second, Rob playing third and yours truly in the head. As our nerves steadied, we recovered from the disastrous start to score a two in the second end. After that we traded ends but were always playing catch-up. We almost got there in the seventh and last end when the front end of both teams went into meltdown to leave a wall of non-counters at the front. It took Rob to make the breakthrough and get two counters in the periphery of the house. The opposition were then unlucky enough to give us another – could it be peels? Unfortunately not as their skip cleared one out and try as I might, I failed to get something back in. So a loss, but with promise – onward and upward.
John W.
King George IV Trophy Competition
| Date | Time | Opponent |
| Friday 16 October 2026 | 7.45 pm | Holyrood 2 v Merchiston 11 |
| Friday 4 December 2026 | 8.15 pm | N/A |
| Friday 22 January 2027 | 8.15 pm | N/A |
| Friday 26 February 2027 | 6.00 pm | Final |
The King George IV Trophy is a knock-out competition.
FIRST GAME Friday 16th October
Probably the less said about this game the better, not that I know very much. Perhaps understandably, details from the team (Deemo, Jim, Steve and Colin) are sparse but “not at the races” was one phrase used. But put it behind you, chaps – if you don’t try, you’ll never succeed!
John W.
For details of fixtures and results of both competitions, please follow this link: https://midlothiancurling.weebly.com/competitions.html
