President’s Newsletter – September 2026
Sitting outside enjoying some lovely late summer sunshine I can hardly believe that come October we shall be on the ice once again. Although there may be no curling, behind the scenes, the club committees have been busy planning for the upcoming season and we at EWC are no different.
Our season will start as usual with the President’s Pitcher, Monday 12th October, kindly sponsored this year by Lyn Miller. Each club, affiliated to EWC, is invited to enter a rink.
At the end of October, we welcome the incoming USA touring ladies. Further details can be found below.
The Centre Bonspiel will be held on Friday 27th November. This is a fun competition and open to all abilities. It is a great chance to meet and play with other ladies. Look out for the signup sheets on your club notice boards.
The Fulton Salver, sponsor Joan Simpson, is our last competition on Friday 22nd March 2027. Again, look out for the signup sheets.
Meanwhile the Seniors League, sponsor Jane Bruce, a round robin competition, is played on selected Fridays up to Christmas.
Henderson Bishop, sponsor Moira Niven, can be entered via Scottish Curling. Curl Edinburgh has 8 teams and the playdowns, on 2nd/3rd December, will be hotly contested. If you are not playing do come and watch. The National finals of the Henderson Bishop will take place at Stranraer between 22nd-25th February. Last year, at Kinross, it was Edinburgh 1 v Edinburgh 2 playing for the Cherry Stone trophy…so exciting!!
Morton Trophy. Last year Curl Edinburgh made it through to the semis and then the final, where we lost to Ayr. We were ably organised and cajoled by Joan Donnelly, EWC Vice President, The Morton is for everyone so please sign up for the matches. This year in the East of Scotland section we have increased to having to play 4 matches with the inclusion of Dundee to the already in place Kinross, Kirkcaldy and Borders group. It means more games for Joan to organise, but we only send 2 rinks instead of 3 to each match. Timings will be tight to fit all matches in by the end of January so please put your name down as soon as the fixtures are up and take part in this fun event. The dates already confirmed are:
- Thursday 5th November at Curl Edinburgh v Kinross
- Thursday 26th November at Curl Edinburgh v Dundee.
Sellar. This is Curl Edinburgh’s Ladies Open competition and is played over 2 days…think about entering a rink…the more the better. 19th – 20th January 2027.
New initiative. At the end of last season some of the smaller clubs got together to discuss how they could better fill the gaps and the need for subs. Your club will explain how the system will be trialled but it means that we will no longer have an EWC reserves list. We do have a reserve list for the Seniors League. If you would like to join the seniors list for the occasional game, please contact Jean Inglis secretaryewcurling@gmail.com
Incoming USA Tour Incoming USA tour – 20 lady curlers from the USA are due to arrive in Edinburgh on
Monday 26th October. This is a rough timetable…
- 27th October 10.00am at Curl Edinburgh warm up match against past USA tourists
- 12.30pm lunch welcome speeches, exchange of badges etc.
- 2.30pm flag ceremony, first opening stone, followed by match against Curl Edinburgh ladies
20 volunteers are needed and some reserves. I have some names already, depending on numbers priority will be given to those who have not played in the warmup match. Cost £32.00 includes ice and a soup and sandwich lunch.
There will be an Opening Banquet that evening starting 7.00pm-7.30pm at Royal Burgess Golf Club. The price of the meal with wine (one glass) is £45.00. All are welcome. I have some names already.
Please let me know if you would like to be considered for the match. Also, if you would like to attend the Opening Banquet.
In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the summer, look out those fleeces, shoes and brushes and see you in October.
Jane Bruce
President EWC
Archived News
President’s Letter, March 2026 (click to open in a new tab)
President’s Letter, December 2025 (click to open in a new tab)
President’s Letter, September 2025 (click to open in a new tab)
President’s Pre-season Letter, October 2024 (click to open in a new tab)
