Aberdeen Petroleum Curling Club
APCC @ Curl Aberdeen – 40th Anniversary 2017
11 members attended the club points competition at Curl Aberdeen on 22nd March. Due to lack of time ony six disciplines were completed, despite everyone’s best efforts to keep things moving. The winner on a creditable 34 points was Ian Grigor, with Rod Mackenzie runner-up on 30 points. Congratulations to Ian and Rod, and well done to all who took part.
Full results are on the competitions page.
Congratulations to Philip Scott who won the Petroleum thirds league onTuesday. Philip’s team comprised Nicki, Giles, and Ian ; and they won all three of their games. Well done. Second place went to Phil Townsend, who won two out of the three games.
Full results on the competitions page.
Congratulations to Bill who on Tuesday night clinched the Spring league by beating Roy, while close challenger Ian lost out to Ronnie. Bill’s team included Iseabal, Donald, Rosemary, and Alistair, and from the 9 Spring games they won 6, drew 1, and lost 2. Well done all. Detailed results are on the competitions page.
Today Sunday 12th December members and their guests enjoyed the Petroleum Christmas bonspiel at Curl Aberdeen. Four teams skipped by Bill, Rosemary, Roy, and Ronnie each played two short games. The overall winner was Rosemary Morrison’s team, which also comprised Ali Oag, Andy Carr, and Hazel Stead. Congratulations to them. There was a strong turnout of Christmas jumpers, and a good time was had by all. After the game members relaxed over a meal – many thank to the rink staff and especially to Stuart for making this possible.
On Saturday 11th December Curl Aberdeen held their first club bonspiel of the season. Ten clubs were represented, and the winner after 3 games was Aberdeen Curling Club. Congratulations to them.
Petroleum was represented by Phil Scott, Angie Anderson, Karen Shaw, and Ronnie Wyte. After a difficult first game against the juniors our team had two good wins and ended the day as runners up. Well done team !
The club’s autumn league was concluded with final games on 2nd December. In an amazing result all 5 teams finished with 4 wins and 4 losses ! Ronnie’s team comprising Neva, Giles, Rosemary, and Philip came top thanks to winning more ends than anyone else. Congratulations to them. Also a special mention for the subs who turned out for Ronnie, including Lianne who across the season managed to play for all 5 teams.
See the competitions page for full results.
Its all to play for with only 2 games remaining in the club autumn league. Check the competitions page for the latest standings.
The winners will be decided on Thursday 2nd December.
Our apologies that the website has not been kept up to date during the pandemic. The ice rink was forced to close for much of this time. But we are back now, and hope to maintain regular posts for the rest of the season.
Since the restart players have enjoyed curling on good, fast ice. Also, a new space heating system was installed over the summer, although this has has not been needed as yet.
The (five team) club autumn league is already well advanced. Bill’s team leads the pack, but there is still everyting to play for in the remaining three sessions. See the “competitions” page for resuts and current standings.
Congratulations to Ian, Morty, Karen, and Chloe who have won the club autumn league with 6 wins and 2 losses. The runner up was Dillan, with Donald, Tamara, and Richard, who won 5 and lost 3. Well done all.
Ian’s trophy will be presented at our next AGM and prizegiving ceremony.
This was an unusual competition in that it was played under the new (and hopefully temporary) social distancing guidelines for Covid19. The most obvious change was only one sweeper, but a number of other precautions were also introduced in order to keep people safe. This meant that the rink was quieter than usual, but some good curling was enjoyed by all.
After an extraordinary summer when many aspects of life were banned or restricted due to the COVID pandemic the staff at Scottish Curling and Curl Aberdeen developed a “return to curling” process which enabled curling to resume safely in Aberdeen on 8th November.
It is great to be back curling. A second lockdown in the central belt has closed all the ice rinks in that area again, so lets hope we can manage to keep going here into the Spring. Although some Province and Rink competitions have seen reduced entries, our club league is going strongly with 5 teams, and we are already half way through the autumn fixtures. Check the competitions page if you want to see how your team currently stands.
You will be aware that we were forced to cancel this summer’s AGM due to the restrictions. The current members of the committee remain in post meantime, and we plan to arrange a 2021 AGM if the rules allow it.
