Author: Malcolm Watson

The final results from the various Curl Aberdeen and NE Province competitions have now been posted.

Roy Haites’ superleague B team has won promotion to the A division after finishing in the runner up spot, behind Hugh Craigie. The top two teams finished on the same number of points, and Hugh edged it with more ends won. Well done to Roy and his team of Dillan, Titus, Alistair, and Richard. For 2019-20 Roy will be joining Dave Robertson’s team, who will continue in the tough A league after finishing mid table.

Rod Mackenzie’s superleague C team also won promotion from the runner up spot, finishing one point behind Lewis Stephen. Remarkably Rod has moved through the C division in only one year, after winning the D league with a new team last year. Well done to Rod and his team of Philip, Phil, Malcolm, Chloe, and regular sub Angie.

As if that wasnt enough Rod also won the Thursday league in his first season of entering. Bill Morrison finished mid table in the Tuesday scone league, just ahead of Richard Jachnik’s English team.

Karen Shaw won the prize for top lady in the Andrew Mitchell points competition, and Petroleum won the team points competition. Petroleum also won the club bonspiel competition and the Province doubles competition (Ian and Rhiann, as previously reported).

Ian Grigor’s Petroleum 3 team were runners up in the Province A league, just behind M&D. Well done to Ian’s team which included Rhiann, Sarah, Karen, and Chris.

After a closely fought contest Petroleum came top in the double team competition, finishing just above Haddo on shots and ends. Well done to Ronnie and Dillan who led this effort, and to their teams.

And finally, after a season of slightly mixed results Petroleum finished in third place in the Province singles competition, narrowly behind AWW1 and Aberdeen. Well done to team captain Rod Mackenzie and his team.

Not a bad set of results. Prizes will be presented at the Rink AGM on 25th April and at the Province AGM on 30th April.

On Wenesday 20th March 27 club members and guests gathered at Mi Amore on Huntly Street to say farewell to Gun and Chris Remahl. Gun and Chris are returning to Sweden, having curled with the club since 1992. In proposing the toast Club President Dillan Perras thanked Chris for helping Dillan with his own career in the oil industry, and reminded Chris of an awkward moment in 1996 when Texaco’s Captain platform accidentally hit the Erskine Bridge. Dillan highlighted Gun’s contribution to ladies’ curling in particular, having represented Aberdeen at the Henderson Bishop finals no less than 6 times.

Gun and Chris have been great supporters of the club and will be sadly missed.

Bill Morrison won the 2019 spring league, finishing narrowly ahead of Dillan Perras. Bill and Dillan both won 6 lost 2 and the result was decided by ends. Bill’s team comprised Roy Haites, Nicki Orr, Karen Shaw, and Andy Walker. Well done all.

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A Petroleum team won the third Curl Aberdeen Club Bonspiel which was held at the rink on Saturday 2nd March. The team was skipped by Rod Mackenzie, and included Iseabal Emsile, Claire Perras, and Philip Scott.

Rod won all 3 of his games, and finished narrowly ahead of the CA Juniors club (which included Dillan Perras and birthday boy Luke Perras) who had the same number of wins, the same number of ends, and only 1 less shot !

This means that Petroleum have now won all 3 of the bonspiels, and will receive the overall award at the Curl Aberdeen prizegiving. Well done all.

The second round of the new province doubles competition took place on Saturday 16th February. A high road of 8 teams included mainly players who had taken part in the frst leg on 17th November, while 6 new teams competed in a parallel low road. The high road was won by Donalds CC and the low road by Aberdeen CC. Petroleum’s Philip Scott and Ali Oag came second in the high road, finishing just above Ian Grigor and Rhiann Macleod on ends. However, because they were the only team to win 5 games across the two legs, Grigor/Macleod are the overall winners of the competition.

In the low road, Petroleum’s Nicki Orr and Karen Shaw came a close second behind Aberdeen. Well done to all Petroleum players who took part in this challenging new format.

Congratulations to the Aberdeen based St George’s Curling Club team skipped by Dave Tranmer (Bon Accord Pecten) who won the English Curling Association’s senior men’s competition last weekend in Dumfries. The team included Richard Jachnik and Phil Townsend from Petroleum, together with Bill Brampton (Meldrum & Daviot) and Graham Stanley (Aberdeen). Two teams entered, and the format called for the best of five games. St George’s lost the first game but won the next three to win the competition overall 3-1. The team will now have to source international uniforms and to clear their diaries to represent England at the world senior championships in Stavanger in April.

Congratulations from everyone in Petroleum, and good luck in April.

The local final of the Rink Championship took place in Aberdeen on Wednesday 12th December.  Petroleum’s team was led by Ian Grigor and included Rhiann Macleod, Chris Inglis, and Craig McNaughton.  They were up against a strong Meldrum and Daviot team skipped by Scott Macleod.  After a tight start the game could have gone either way, but Ian took control from the 4th end and eventually won 8-3.  The team will now travel to the national finals in Forfar in March.   Well done all, and special thanks to Craig who travelled up from Edinburgh to take part.

The club held their Christmas bonspiel at Curl Aberdeen on Sunday 9th December.  Santa was joined by at least three elves, and an assortment of Christmas jumpers and headgear brightened the occasion.  A strong turnout of eight teams played two four end games on unusually quick and straight ice.  The winning team was skipped by Rod MacKenzie, with Karen Shaw and David Addison.  Second was Craig McNaughton, playing with Nicki Orr, Erica Mitchell, and Alison Hunter. And third was Dillan Perras leading a family team of Claire and Luke, with Ronnie Whyte.  Well done all.  The curling was followed by an excellent turkey dinner and a good time was had by all.

Enjoy your Christmas break when it comes, and information about the Spring league will be available shortly.

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Curl Aberdeen held their second club bonsiel of the 18-19 season on Saturday 1st December.  Teams from twelve clubs each played three six-end games over the day, with welcome breaks for nourishment in between.  Petroleum’s team was skipped by Ian Grigor and included Ronnie Whyte, Sarah Glidden, Rod MacKenzie, and Malcolm Watson. Ian led his team to victory in all three games, and won the event because they finished with more ends than the one other team who achieved 3 wins.  Well done to Ian and the team.

 

Rhiann Macleod has won the 2018 club autumn league, even though most teams still have one game to play.  Rhiann and her team of Lorna Smith, Titus McTavish, Alistair Oag, and Morty Denholm won 7 of their 8 games against the other 4 teams to clinch the title.  Congratulations to all team members.