Hamilton & Thornyhill Curling Club

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All the latest news from the club will appear on this page - check back regularly for updates!

4th February

Thursday's Aikman Cup matches resulted in wins for Andrew Ballantyne, David Hall and Alan Hall. Andrew leads the standings at present although Robert Tait has a game in hand.

31st January

In last nights Gold Medal matches Donald Burns defeated Derek Whitehouse while Arthur Devine moved into fourth place with a win over James Tait.

Congratulations go to club member Kyle Waddell who played second for Kyle Smith's team who won the Scottish Junior Curling Championship at Perth at the weekend. The team now goes forward to represent Scotland at the World Juniors event in Oestersund in Sweden in early March. Belated congratulations also to Rachel Hannen who was selected to represent Great Britain in the curling at the recent World Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Asutria.

20th January

In last night's Aikman Cup matches, Andrew Ballantyne's victory over Iain Hathorn's side coupled with Robert Tait's narrow defeat by Robert Kirkland mean that Andrew takes over from Robert at the top by virtue of having scored one end more. The two teams are now four points ahead of third placed Iain and look destined for the first two places in the playoffs. George Grandison's victory over David Hall means that places 3-6 are now separated by a single point.

Meanwhile, in Monday's Gold Medal matches, Craig Waddell's 13-7 victory over his grandfather, Jim, means he joins him on 10 points from 6 games. Derek Whitehouse's win over Donald Burns keeps him just two points further back. all of the results and the latest tables can be found here.

10th January

In last week's Aikman Cup matches, Robert Tait lost his 100% record, going down 4-10 to Andrew Ballantyne, who now lies just two points behind Robert. Iain Hathorn moved into third place with a 7-4 win over Robert Kirkland while George Grandison's 12-4 victory over Alan Hall lifted him off the foot of the table. Everyone has now played seven games and has three matches remaining to decide the playoff positions.

21st December

Two more Gold Medal results to report as the competition reached its midpoint - Jim Waddell kept up his 100% record with a 13-5 win over Derek Whitehouse while the James Tait team managed their first point with a 6-6 peel with Drew Cameron.

16th December

In last night's Aikman Cup matches, there were wins for Robert Tait, David Hall and George Grandison. Robert's win was his sixth in a row, David's moves him up the table into fourth spot and George's first win lifts him off the foot of the table.

12th December

In yesterday's Gold Medal games there were wins for Craig Waddell and Drew Cameron. Catch up with the latest standings here.

11th December

After a day of stormy weather last Thursday, the evening's Aikman Cup matches saw a large number of substitutes playing and a couple of teams fielding just three players. Robert Tait maintained his 100% start with a win over David Hall's side while Andrew Ballantyne's team stayed two points behind, defeating Alan Hall. The James Tait/Arthur Devine team also managed their first win of the season which takes them off the bottom of the table.

6th December

In last night's Gold Medal matches, Jim Waddell maintained his 100% record with a 14-10 win over James Tait's side while Derek Whitehouse moved into second spot on shots difference, defeating Arthur Devine 12-5. The full standings can be found here.

26th November

The latest news for you from both main competitions: in the Gold Medal, Jim Waddell has moved to the top of the table following a thumping 18-4 win over Drew Cameron; in the Aikman Cup, Robert Tait's win over George Grandison maintains his 100% record and he is now two points clear of Andrew Ballantyne and Iain Hathorn.

11th November

The latest Aikman Cup results have been added here. With all teams having now played at least 3 games, Robert Tait's side are the only unbeaten team. In the Gold Medal, only Jim Waddell with two wins from two games, remains undefeated.

30th October

More Aikman cup scores for you from last week's matches - click here for the scores and standings

25th October

All of the latest scores from both the Gold Medal and the Aikman Cup have now been added to the Results page.

Over the weekend there was success for three of the club's younger members - Kyle Waddell was part of the team that won the European Junior Curling Tour event in Oslo while, closer to home, Robert and John Tait were skip and third of the winning team at Murrayfield Ice Rink's Gogar Salver.

7th September

All of the new season's fixtures have been added to the site. The season opens with the Knowetop Salver on thursday 22nd at 5.45pm with the opening Aikman Cup games a week later at 7.55pm

21st August

A new curling season will soon be upon us. The website will be updated with all of the club's new fixtures over the next few days. In the meantime, all of last season's news items, fixtures and results have been moved to the Archive page.