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 2009/10 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
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/11 | Drymen | Port of Menteith | |
| 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 | Drymen | |
Forth Endrick Province News
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. Port of Menteith Curling Club will provide 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.
Mixed Doubles 2009/10
Logan Gray of Balfron and Rachel Simms won the Scottish Mixed Doubles in the Autumn. Rachel decided not to go to the World Mixed Doubles Championships in Russia in April 2010 but Logan arranged to go with Kay Adams instead. Unfortunately, due to the no-fly zone imposed because of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud, they were unable to get to Russia in time to compete and had to withdraw.
Paralympics 2010
Michael McCreadie and Aileen Nelson of Forest Hills Trossachs were in the Great Britain team which played in Vancouver in March 2010. Unfortunately, they did not progress beyond the round robin stage, finishing on 3 wins and 6 losses.
Kim McLaren
Kim McLaren of Forest Hills Trossachs was a member of the winning team in the Ladies British Open at The Peak. She is the daughter of Jane McLaren of Forest Hills and the grandaughter of John Phillips of Strathendrick.
The Peak Knockout
A team from Strathendrick comprising Marshall Falconer, Norman Robertson, Bob Glass and Steve Holden has reached the final of The Peak Knockout this season. The final will be played on 17 March.
Henderson Bishop
The Stirling competition for the Ice Rink representatives in the finals at Lockerbie was won by a team comrising Janette Wilson of West Stirling Ladies, Norma Brown of Kippen, Irene Hird of Dollar Ladies and Fiona Glass of Strathendrick. Unfortunately, they did not progress beyond the Group stages in the finals.
Scottish Junior Ladies
Lauren Gray of Balfron has emulated her brother Logan in becoming a Scottish Junior champion. She and her team went forward to defend Eve Muirhead's World Junior Ladies title in Films in Switzerland in early March. Unfortunately, Lauren struggled in her first experience at skipping at this level and only achieved two wins against 7 losses.
Annual General Meeting
The 2009 Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 14 April at 19.30 in the Committee Room of Killearn Village Hall. Hugh Edmond of Fintry Curling Cub stepped down after his year as President and Robert Chapman of Kippen Curling Club became President for the new season. Helen Watson of Drymen Curling Club became Vice President.
Prizes were presented for the various competitions and details were given of the Province's involvement in National and International competitions.