350th News

The curling season finally got under way at Kinross Curling Club tonight. The first round of Rankine Cup matches is this week and got off to a start with David Beveridge (defending champion) up against Bruce Robbie. The ice was … Read More

A fantastic afternoon of golf (for some) at Kinross Golf Club saw Simon Dunn defend his title. With a winning score of 40 points he saw of stiff competition from David Beveridge and Iain Cormack to retain the putter for … Read More

Kinross Curling Club came out on top in the annual match against Dunfermline.  Playing for the Burt and Graham trophy 8 rinks competed across 2 sessions in a closely fought match. Kinross ended the first session 9 shots to the … Read More

Simon Dunn was the winner of this year’s KCC golf competition for the President’s Putter.  Simon scored 32 stableford points over a windy Montgomery course at Kinross.  George Ponton was second on 26 points with Dougie Rodger third on 24 … Read More

Kinross Curling Club is looking for new members of all ages and abilities to join us for the new season, starting in September.  We’ll be at the Kinross Show this weekend so come along and try our curling game and … Read More

We are on the lookout for new members to join Kinross Curling Club – the oldest club in the world.  We are a men’s curling club that play competitive and friendly games from September to April (mostly evenings) each year … Read More

The annual golf match between Dunfermline and Kinross Curling Clubs took place on Friday 7th June in mostly sunny conditions at Dunfermline Golf Club.  The match was tied at 2-2 and was followed by a great meal and banter in … Read More

Former World Curling Secretary General and Kinross Curling Club member Mike Thomson has been inducted into to World Curling Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution to the World Curling Federation. Congratulations Mike.

The annual friendly between Dunfermline and Kinross took place last night with 4 sheets in action across two sessions, which is a highlight in both club’s calendars. After the first session Dunfermline had a 4 point lead. The second session … Read More

A challenging and very enjoyable match against Balcaskie Curling Club saw Kinross coming out victorious, with a scoreline that did not reflect the standard of play of the opposition. The ice was very keen and stones swingy, with most ends … Read More

After a strong start by Fossoway in our annual double rink friendly, it was nip and tuck across both sheets until a strong final end by Kinross across both sheets resulted in a comfortable win for Kinross. Some great curling … Read More

After a nervy start again Inverkeithing’s finest (6 down after the first end) Ally Simms managed to lose only a 3 in the 8th for a peal, with Bruce Robbie bringing in a 3, for a win across both sheets. … Read More

Photographs from the 350th weekend are now on the website: 350th Photos. Thanks to the photographers for sharing.

More photos have been uploaded to the cloud drive here. Many thanks to Eileen Thomas for her contribution to a great record of the weekend. If you have any photos, particularly of the teams at the end of the match, … Read More

The winning rink of Ally Simms, Mike Cheshire, Iain Cormack (skip), Scott Gormley, and Steve Callan (not pictured), at the culmination of a fantastic weekend of curling and friendship.

A packed ice rink bar watched a closely contested final between Kinross 1 and Kinross 3 Congratulations to the rink of Iain Cormack, Scott Gormley, Ally Simms, Steve Callan and Mike Cheshire for winning the competition.  

The photographs from the event are in https://1drv.ms/f/s!AjKZ6rSBZIpgg0IjXH69_-YH7uis If you have taken any pictures over the weekend, please send a link to secretary@kinrosscurlingclub.com so that we can copy them across to be shared

A reminder about the time of tonight’s ceilidh.  Please arrive at 18:45 for a 19:30 start.  Thanks!

Kinross CC kicking off the 350th Anniversary season in fitting fashion by winning the rink opening Bonspiel, let’s hope it’s the first of many this season. The team, Ally Simms, Shane Johnston, Jim Taylor(not pictured) and Stephen Sneddon won with … Read More

The club is hosting a Quiz Night at Kinross Rugby Club on 23rd June at 7.30pm, to raise funds towards our 350th celebrations.  Quizmaster will be our very own Mike Spain, with teams of up to 4, at £5 per … Read More

Last night marked the end of the season for Club events, with the traditional Town versus Country Bonspiel. Congratulations to Bev on skipping the highest up Country rink, and to all those who received prizes. Thanks to Kinross Curling for … Read More

The final of the John Stewart Memorial double rink knockout competition came down to Kinross versus Dunfermline curling clubs, contested this evening.   Jim Barr of Dunfermline stated it is no disgrace for Kinross to lose to the current National … Read More

The double rink semi-final against Kinross Juniors was an interesting affair. On sheet A, the scoreline didn’t reflect the standard of play, with the Juniors losing to Kinross men’s team. On sheet B a late comeback resulted in a pealed … Read More

Two tight games tonight in the finals of the Montgomery Trophy and the Fulton Quaich. Both games went to an extra end with Sandy Nelson’s rink running out winners in the Montgomery and Peter Malcolm’s rink winning the Fulton. The … Read More

13 members turned out for the points competition tonight. Some good shot making all round. Team Cormack were the winners with Harry winning best lead/second with 39 points and Iain winning with 47. A tie for second on 44 points … Read More

The ice time for the Poole Trophy final is updated to 7.45. Hopefully we’ll see you there.

The Poole Trophy final is tomorrow at 8.20 between Bruce Robbie’s rink and Davey Clydesdale’s rink. If you are at a loose end, come along to support them.

Well done to skip Bruce Robbie, who despite a depleted rink, 6 penalty points, and sitting 10-2 down after the 3rd end, kept his cool and steered his team to a 12-10 victory, which in turn won him the Rankine … Read More

The weather provided great ice for curling on the outdoor pond at Kinross today.  Unfortunately it was not possible to arrange the annual Dunfermline friendly at short notice, but a range of curlers from various clubs joined us today for … Read More

Snow on the ground added to the atmosphere going to the rink for the annual match against Glenfarg, which was held in Kinross this year. It was a competitive match across two sheets with Glenfarg constantly chipping away to combat … Read More

Plans for the 350th Anniversary are beginning to take shape, and first details of the weekend of 28 – 30 September 2018 can now be seen on the 350 Years page.

Another annual dinner and court over. Many thanks to all who attended, in particular Royal Caledonian Curling Club president Jim Cullen, who confirmed Kinross Curling Club’s claim to being the oldest in the world (and as a lawyer, he would … Read More

It was not to be for either of the Kinross rinks this weekend with Sandy Nelson’s rink losing out in the low road final to a subdued Dunfermline rink.   It was a most enjoyable weekend, and a credit to Kinross … Read More

Another good result in the Lomond League with skip Peter Malcolm and his rink winning convincingly against Abdie. Played three, won three – a great start to the league.

After the first round of the Rankine Cup, the results have been posted on the website: https://kinrosscurlingclub.com/competitions/rankine-cup/ Congratulations to Bruce, who is off to a flying start.

President Ally Simms congratulates the rink skipped by Sandy Nelson for winning the club’s opening bonspiel.  

There will be a few aching muscles tonight, after many of Kinross men took to the ice for the first time this season.  Here are some photos:

Kinross Curling Club start their new season in September with a training evening on Monday 11th September at 6pm, to which all members and prospective members are invited. The opening bonspiel will take place on Thursday 14th September at 8:20pm. … Read More

A handful of members had an enjoyable Father’s Day morning’s golf at Kingarrock, Hill of Tarvitt. The course is only for hickory golf so is a bit different from the usual golf. Cracking morning preceded by a bit of the … Read More

The traditional Town v Country closing bonspiel was a close affair.  At half time the Country were ahead and so president Steve stopped the match for a whisky.  This improved the accuracy of the Town rinks and they fought back … Read More

The Lomond League came to a close this week, with Kinross finishing in 5th place. A poor start to the league saw us well down the table but better results in the second half ensured a more respectable finish, though … Read More

The Montgomery Trophy and Fulton Quaich were both decided last night after very tight finals. In the Montgomery, Sandy Nelson Mike Spain Denis Sweeney and Tom Graham came through 9 -7 after going into the last end peeled at 7-7. … Read More

After 8 ends over 8 sheets it came down to two points between Dunfermline and Kinross, with Dunfermline being the victors by 48 points to 46. Some fantastic curling on excellent swingy ice, followed by a sociable evening – many … Read More

Congratulations to the winners of the annual points competition. Ben Cormack won the Beveridge Bowl with a super score of 50 points and Mark Francey won the Fife Quaich for best placed lead or second with 32 points. Well done … Read More

Don’t forget it’s the points competition on Wednesday 8th March – on the ice at 7.45pm,  but please be there early to sort out playing order. If you don’t want to play, come along and help score. 

The finalists for the Montgomery Trophy are Sandy Nelson (Mike Spain, Denis Sweeney, Tom Graham) Versus David Beveridge (Blair Melville, Mark Francey / Calum MacNee, Robert Mitchell) Final to be played 14th March @ 8.20pm

Well done to the rink of Dave Clydesdale, Scott Beveridge, Jim Paterson and Bob Mitchell for winning the final of the Poole Trophy by 5 ends to 2.

Presidents Ian Galloway and Steve Kinninmonth are pictured below speaking after the friendly bonspiel in which Kinross Curing Club won 30-10.   Ian told the group that he had left the traditional red Dollar colours at home so that he … Read More

Well done to Iain Cormack and Tom Graham for winning the Pairs final on 21st February.

The club will be celebrating its 350th anniversary in 2018.   A weekend bonspiel is planned for September 2018 to which we have invited the oldest clubs from around the world.   We will be running a series of fundraising … Read More

Welcome to the new, improved website for Kinross Curling Club. We are currently in the process of transferring content from the old website at http://network.royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/kinross. This is no longer going to be updated, with all new content being added here. This new … Read More

Kinross Curling Club winning the Blairhill Trophy. There to collect the trophy are Paul Baughan, Ally Simms and Jim Paterson.