FORTH AND ENDRICK PROVINCE
The Forth and Endrick Province is the area organisation covering the Curling Clubs based to the west of Stirling. The present membership is given below. The Province is one of 4 Provinces in Area 6 of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club, the others being Stirlingshire, West Lothian and Scottish Central.
The Province organises inter-club leagues, knock-outs and a points competition during the season. Member clubs also represent the Province in the Area 6 Bonspiel and Knockout.
The programme for the current season can be found by following this link Province Fixtures. More fixtures will be added as the dates become known.
The member clubs of the Province are listed below:
- Balfron - Web address: www.balfroncurlingclub.org.uk
- Buchlyvie
- Castle
- Club 90
- Drymen
- Fintry
- Forest Hills Trossachs - Web address : www.fhtcc.org.uk
- Kippen
- Loch Ard
- Port of Menteith
- Strathendrick - Web address: www.strathendrickcurling.org.uk
- West Stirling Ladies
The President and Vice President of the Province are provided in turn by each of the member clubs. The rotation is at present:
| Year | President | Vice President | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/12 | Port of Menteith | Balfron | |
| 12/13 | Balfron | WSL | |
| 13/14 | WSL | Forest Hills Trossachs | |
| 14/15 | Forest Hills Trossachs | Loch Ard | |
| 15/16 | Loch Ard | Strathendrick | |
| 16/17 | Strathendrick | Club 90 | |
| 17/18 | Club 90 | Castle | |
| 18/19 | Castle | Fintry | |
| 19/20 | Fintry | Kippen | |
| 20/21 | Kippen | Buchlyvie | |
| 21/22 | Buchlyvie | Drymen | |
| 22/23 | Drymen | Port of Menteith | |
The Constitution of the Province, Details of Province Competitions and Rules for Province Competitions can be found as PDF files by following the links.
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Forth Endrick Province News
Province Championship
The Province will be represented by Fintry Curling Club in this competition which takes place between 18 and 20 November at Greenacres. Their progress can be followed on the RCCC website at http://royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/competitions/province-championship/
Lauren Gray
Lauren Gray of Balfron played in Hannah Flemming's team, which won the John Shea Insurance Ottawa Valley Curling Association Junior Superspiel in Canada at the beginning of November. Lauren also won this competition last year with her own team.
Marshall Falconer
The Province were saddened to hear the news of the sudden death of Marshall Falconer of Strathendrick, on 1 July. Many Province members will remember Marshall skipping teams in the Robert Paterson Shield and other competitions. Several members of Province clubs attended the funeral along with many Strathendrick members. The Province sends condolences to his wife Margaret, daughter Margaret, son Andrew and the rest of his family.
Annual General Meeting
The 2011 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 19 April at 19.30 in the Committee Room of Killearn Village Hall. Helen Watson of Drymen Curling Cub stepped down after her year as President and Alastair Beaton of Port of Menteith Curling Club became President for the new season. Grant Farquharson of Balfron Curling Club became the next Vice President.
Prizes were presented for the various competitions and details were given of the Province's involvement in National and International competitions.
Annette MacDonald
Annette MacDonald of West Stirlingshire Ladies won both the British Ladies Open at The Peak and the National Masters Championship at Greenacres. Mary Paterson of Fintry and Fiona Glass of Strathendrick were in her team for both events. Raye Rickard of West Stirlingshire Ladies played in the British Open team and Irene Hird of Dollar Ladies played in the National Masters team. Judy McKenzie of Buchlyvie was in Kirsty Letton's team which lost to Annette in the final of the National Masters.
Scottish Mens
Logan Gray of Balfron Curling Club skipped his team to the Page 3/4 play-off where he lost to David Murdoch. Brother Lindsay was playing second in the team.
World Universiade Games
Lauren Gray of Balfron Curling Club was a member of the Scottish women's team, which won the gold medal at this event in Turkey. Congratulations to Lauren from the Province.
Willie MacCallum
The Province were saddened to hear the news of the sudden death of the Loch Ard President, Willie MacCallum, on 1 January. Many Province members will remember the formidable Loch Ard team comprising Willie, son Craig, niece Fiona and long-standing friend Dougie Telfer. The Province sends condolences to his wife Janet, son Craig and the rest of his family.
Robert Chapman
Since the Annual General Meeting, we have heard the sad news that our immediate Past President, Robert Chapman, died suddenly but peacefully on 1 May. The Province sends condolences to Jean and the rest of his family.
Annual General Meeting
The 2010 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 20 April at 19.30 in the Committee Room of Killearn Village Hall. Robert Chapman of Kippen Curling Cub stepped down after his year as President and Helen Watson of Drymen Curling Club became President for the new season. Alastair Beaton of Port of Menteith Curling Club became the next Vice President.
Prizes were presented for the various competitions and details were given of the Province's involvement in National and International competitions.