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
- Buccaneers
- Buchlyvie
- Castle
- 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 Stirlingshire 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/14 | WSL | Forest Hills Trossachs | |
| 14/15 | Forest Hills Trossachs | Loch Ard | |
| 15/16 | Loch Ard | Strathendrick | |
| 16/17 | Strathendrick | Castle | |
| 17/18 | Castle | Fintry | |
| 18/19 | Fintry | Kippen | |
| 19/20 | Kippen | Buchlyvie | |
| 20/21 | Buchlyvie | Drymen | |
| 21/22 | Drymen | Port of Menteith | |
| 22/23 | Port of Menteith | Balfron | |
| 23/24 | Balfron | Buccaneers | |
| 24/25 | Buccaneers | WSL | |
The Secretary of the Province is Betty Montgomery who can be contacted at bettymontgomery2@tiscali.co.uk.
The Constitution of the Province and Forth & Endrick Province Competitions can be found as PDF files by following the links.
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Forth Endrick Province News
Annual General Meeting
The 2013 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 16 April at Balfron Masonic Hall. Grant Farquharson of Balfron Curling Cub stepped down after his year as President and Muriel Holroyd of West Stirlingshire Ladies Curling Club became President for the new season. Ann Hutchison of Forest Hills Trossachs Curling Club became the next Vice President.
There was discussion about the application by the Buccaneers Curling Club to join the Province and they were formally welcomed as members at the Draw meeting the following week. There was also approval of the revised Constitution and discussion of the revised competition rules which had been applied during the year. Prizes were presented for the various competitions and details were given of the Province's involvement in National and International competitions.
National Masters
Annette Macdonald's team of Raye Rickard, Mary Paterson and Irene Hird were beaten finalists in this competition at Greenacres.
Henderson Bishop
Janette Wilson of West Stirlingshire Ladies was skip of the winning team at Stranraer. Norma Brown of Kippen was playing at third.
Gray family of Balfron
At the Scottish Championships, Lauren Gray was in Hannah Fleming's team who were the defeated finalists in the Women's competition and Logan's team were the defeated finalists in the Men's competition.
Lauren was in Hannah Fleming's Junior Scottish Champions Women's team who went on to win silver in the World Junior Women's Championship in Sochi. She also went to Riga as alternate in Eve Muirhead's World Championship winning team.
Grand Masters
John Phillips, Bill Watt, Robert Armstrong and Bill Allan played in the Grand Masters (for players over a certain age) at Greenacres. They won the overall competition. This is John, Robert and Bill Watt's second win in this event as they were in the winning team in the inaugural event in 2009.
Province Championship
The Province will be represented by Drymen Curling Club in this competition which takes place between 16 and 18 November at Greenacres. Their progress can be followed on the RCCC website at http://royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/competitions/province-championship/
Annual General Meeting
The 2012 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 24 April at 19.30 in Buchlyvie Village Hall. Alastair Beaton of Port of Menteith Curling Cub stepped down after his year as President and Grant Farquharson of Balfron Curling Club became President for the new season. Muriel Holroyd of West Stirlingshire Ladies 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.
Province Championship
The Province was represented by Fintry Curling Club in this competition
Lauren Gray
Lauren Gray was a member of Hannah Fleming's team which won the Scottish Junior Women's Championship and also the World Juniors title in Sweden. Many congratulations to Lauren from the Province on these wins.
She was also a member of Hannah Fleming's team which came third in the Scottish Women's Championships.
Lauren Gray of Balfron played in Hannah Fleming'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.
Annette MacDonald
Annette MacDonald of West Stirlingshire Ladies narrowly failed to defend the National Masters Championship at Greenacres. Her team including Mary Paterson of Fintry and Fiona Glass of Strathendrick lost the final by 6 shots to 8.
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.