Neil and Alison Fyfe put in an excellent performance at the Mixed Doubles competition at Dumfries Ice Bowl.

With some of the top teams from Europe in the draw, it was the perfect opportunity for the dad and daughter team to get some practice in ahead of the world championships in Karlstad in April.

They  played five games winning three of them. In the first round the lost 11-4 to the Swedish pair Noreen/Noreen. They lost their second game to Team Estonia by the same score but then went on a winning streak beating the team from Lithuania 9-7; the Russians Portunova/Gluklov 10-5 and finally, the Scottish MD champs Aitken/ Mouat 7-6.

Unfortunately this was not enough to get them in to the quarter-finals and a sniff of the big money put up by the sponsors for the winners, but it was a solid performance nevertheless.

ICA members were also in action in the Scottish Seniors at Hamilton, but both Robin Gray and Charlotte Tierney went out after the section stages.

Would any of our lady members like to play with Bill Gray and Ross Barr the Brechin and Allcomers Mixed bonspiel at Braehead on Sunday 6 March?

 This is a competition won last year by a team of four ICA members – Bill Gray (skip), Margarita Sweeney-Baird, Ross Barr and Jacqui Barr.  Unfortunately Margarita and Jacqui can’t play this year so the boys are looking for two Irish girlies to defend the title.

If you are, reply to this post or contact Bill or Ross directly.

There was a medal presentation ceremony to our mixed doubles, mens and mens senior Irish Curling Champions at the traditional drinks reception in the North West Castle on Saturday evening. ICA Honorary Member John Burns did the honours.

Neil, John and Alison

Mixed Doubles Champions 2016 – Neil Fyfe and Alison Fyfe

Peter, John and Andrew

Mens Champions – Peter Wilson and Andrew Gilmore (missing were Alan Mitchell, Conor McPherson and Bob Sherrard).

Tony, Ross, Peter and John

Senior Mens Champions – Peter Wilson, Ross Barr and Tony Tierney (missing was PJ Wilson).

Congratulations to them all and good luck at the Worlds and the European C Division.

Ailsa and her mum also appeared in the Kilmaley Parish magazine, where Irish curling got a big shout out:

Kilmaley Par Mag 2105

Congratulations to PJ Wilson’s Masters’ team who, without PJ, made it to the final of the Masters at Greenacres.

David Whyte, Jim Stirling, Tony Tierney and David Hume lost the final  to Graeme Adam’s team 5-3.

Up at Kinross on Sunday, six rinks of ICA members turned out on the most inhospitable of days to play in the ‘Spring Bonspiel’, should perhaps be renamed the ‘Blizzard Bonspiel’.

The trophy and the wine was won by Bill Gray, Arran Cameron, Margarita Sweeney-Baird and Gillian Russell. Well done to Bill’s rink,  who finished five shots up on the opposition, and finally, a big thank you to to Carolyn Hibberd for organsiing the competition.