Aberdeen Petroleum Curling Club
APCC @ Curl Aberdeen – 40th Anniversary 2017
A team skipped by Ian Grigor entered the rink’s club bonspeil on Saturday 26th November. After three 6-end games, including a very close encounter with Banchory, Petroleum emerged the winners with three wins. One of the gameswas decide when Ian scored a 7 in the 5th end with two superb take out shots. Congratulations to Ian and his team Ronnie Whyte, Rod McKenzie, and Malcolm Watson.
Congratulations to Rhiann Macleod who was a clear winner of our club points on 13 November, with 33 (out of a maximum of 40)
Full results are here
apcc-points-score-sheet-nov-2016xls
More on Points from the RCCC web site
and from youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFevCtol0LM
A successful club season was rounded off at our AGM which took place on 8th May, generously hosted by Neva and Roy Haites. Possibly thanks to the first really warm sunshine of the year this event was very well attended – which kept Roy even busier than usual cooking up chicken wings, burgers, and sausages. Iseabal organised a raffle which raised #173 towards club funds. Thank you to members who brought along raffle prizes and a range of delicious puddings. Thanks also to Roy for organising the post-AGM table tennis, volley ball, and boules.
After hearing reports on the season’s activities, the AGM elected Ian Grigor as club president and Rogan Milne as secretary. Members expressed their thanks to Neva our outgoing president and to Richard Jachniq who stands down after many years’ service covering a number of committee roles. Minutes will be issued in due course.
Prizes were awarded for the Autumn competition to Roy’s team which comprised Louise Edwards, Angie Anderson, Malcolm Watson, and Maureen Melvin. The Spring trophy went to Bill Morrison’s team of Andy Carr, Sarah Glidden, Neva Haites, and Titus MacTavish. For the first time there was also an award for the “Most Improved Player of the Year” – which was presented by Rhiann Macleod to Chloe Grigor. Well done all.
The Petroleum club Spring league has been completed and once again it was a very close finish with four teams in contention going into the last week. Bill and Lorna both finished on 14 points having each won 7 and lost 3, with Bill ahead by a whisker having taken one more end across the competition. Bill and his team will pick up their trophy at the club AGM in Bieldside on 8th May. In between working the barbeque and organising the sports Roy will also pick up a trophy – having won the 2015 Autumn league.
We hope as many members as possible can make it to the AGM / barbeque.
On 30th March 2016 a Petroleum team won the Province Singles Competition. Rhiann Macleod, Ian Grigor, Ronnie Whyte, and Rod MacKenzie beat AWW2 29-9 in the final (15-5 on ends). This was a great achievement, and rewards the team for 4 years of effort in this competition – they previously lost 2 semi finals and were runners up to AWW2 in last year’s final ! Thanks also to Lewis Stephen and Chris Inglis who subbed in earlier rounds of the competition.
Well done all !
Dave Edwards and his team of Rhiann Macleod, Ian Grigor, and Craig Mcnaughton entered the finals for the Rink Championship competition at Forfar on 4th-6th March, having earlier won the Aberdeen local event. There were 4 pools of 6 teams, each representing the best club curlers from rinks across the country. After 5 pool games, a quarter final, a semi final, and a final Dave’s team emerged as the winners, beating Kinross 8-5 in the final. This is a great achievement for the team and reflects well on the quality of curling in our club.
Two teams from Petroleum attended a social bonspeil at the Green Hotel, Kinross on the weekend of 5th/6th March. Banchory and Bearsden were in attendance, together with a large turnout from East Kilbride. After the 3 pool games the APCC teams found themselves facing each other in the final – which was won by Ronnie Whyte (for the second year running) supported by Gun and Chris Remahl and Richard Jachniq. Well done to all, and thank you to Maureen Melvin for organising.
Two Petroleum members recently represented Aberdeen in national ladies’ competitions. Irene Duncan played in the Henderson Bishop at Lockerbie, where the competition was won by a team from Ayr. Gun Remahl played in the Morton competition at Kirkcaldy, where 3 teams from each of Aberdeen, Ayr, Kinross, and Lanarkshire took part with the first place once again going to Ayr. Well done ladies !
