What a great last spiel of the season for our FYC players. 30 teams (120 players) took to the ice in Perth.

Congratulations to Craig Joiner (FYC) Skip, Euan MacDiramid (3rd), Bruce Keillor (2nd) and Craig Paterson (Lead) who WON the High Road FINAL with a 7-4 win over Angus Shearer.
In the group stages, Team Joiner had wins over Amy McDonald 5-1, Fraser Shaw 5-3 and Alastair Tweedle 10-1 to top the group. In the Quarter Finals, Team Joiner beat Team Aitkin 5-1. The semi final was a close affair vs Callum MacFarlane, the Forfar boys winning out 5-4. In the final Team Joiner beat Angus Shearer 7-4 with a solid performance. Well done boys on your slam win!

Congratulations to Hailey Duff (FYC) Skip, Mili Smith 3rd, Layla Al-Saffar (FYC) 2nd, and Beth Dandie (FYC) Lead, for making the Low Road Final. In the group stages, Team Duff had 2 wins, vs Rowena Steven 12-1, and Katie Wright 5-1, and 1 loss to David Baird 2-8. This qualified the all girl team in 2nd place in the group and the Low Road. In the Quarter Finals Team Duff beat Neil Sutherland's rink 7-6. In the semi final Team Duff controlled the game running out 5-1 winners vs Fraser Ewan. In the Low Road Final vs. James Carswell the teams were trading shots until the 6th end when a 3 for Team Carswell saw them get ahead of the girls from Forfar. The final score was 5-9. Well done girls on a great performance coming runner up in the Low Road.

Euan Maguire (FYC) playing lead for Team Andrew Neilson (Hamilton) won 1 game vs Lynn Paul 6-3, and lost 2 vs MacFarlane 3-9 and Guthre 5-6. They did not progress to the knockout stages.

Congratulations to Euan MacDiarmid (FYC) playing 2nd for Ross Whyte, with Calum Kinnear (3rd), and Kerr Sands (Lead) who won the Dumfries Junior International at the weekend.

The only other FYC player was Hailey Duff (Skip), with Lynn Paul (3rd), Jenny Cannon (2nd), and Mili Smith (lead). They reached the Quarter Finals before being put out in a close 5-4 game against the tournament winner Ross Whyte

Forfar Young Curlers won both age groups of the Regional Qualifiers earlier in the year to represent the North in a four way final representing North, South, East and West of Scotland.

Under 15 Section:

Ewan Maguire (FYC) Skip, with Bruce Keillor (FYC) 3rd, Fraser Smith (FYC) 2nd and Angus Redford (FYC) Lead won the National Funspiel Finals at Braehead on Sunday after qualifying earlier in the year to represent The North. 4 teams took part, Forfar (North), Perth (East), Stranraer (South) and Hamilton (West). The game between defending champions Stranraer and Forfar finished in a drawn game. With Stranraer and Forfar both winning their other two games, the final result came down to ends scored; scoring 1 end more, the Forfar (North) team took the Funspiel Under 15 Trophy! Well done Forfar Young Curlers!

Under 13 Section:

Nicola Joiner (FYC) Skip, with Adam MacDiarmid (FYC) 3rd, Graeme Grant (FYC) 2nd and Daniel Harrison (FYC) Lead, won their 1st game against Hamilton 8-0. Unfortunately they lost the 2nd game against Perth, and the 3rd vs. Dumfries. A good day was had by all with friendly, but competitive curling.

53 schools entered this year's competition. 24 teams made the Finals at Murrayfield.

Forfar Academy - Hailey Duff (FYC) Skip, with Craig Paterson (FYC) 3rd, Ewan Maguire (FYC) 2nd, Bruce Keillor (FYC) Lead and Jodie Duff (FYC) Aternate, reached the Semi Finals for the 2nd time in 3 years. Forfar Academy won all 5 of their group games Beating Mary Erskine School 12-2, Perth Academy 7-5, Stranraer Academy 3, 7-5, Beath High 6-4, and Fortrose Academy 10-5.

In the Quarter Finals Forfar Academy won against the Garnock Academy team, skipped by George McConnell. 7-4.

The semi final was the Forfar Academy team's undoing, taking their only loss of the tournament, when against a high quality Kelso High team firing on all cylinders, a loss of 4 in the 3rd end was never recovered, eventually losing 2-10. Forfar Academy finished 3rd equal overall. Well done!

Webster's High - Adam Flint (FYC) Skip, with Layla Al-Saffar (FYC) 3rd, Angus Redford (FYC) 2nd, and Rachel Flint (FYC) Lead, Won 1 game, vs. Kinross High 9-6, Drew 1 vs. Dumfries Academy 9-9, and lost 3, vs. Perth High 1-10, vs. Queensferry High 3-7, vs. Clydeview Academy 4-10, and didn't qualify for the knockout stages finishing in 5th place in the group.

Brechin High - Craig Joiner (FYC) Skip, with Hamish Duff (FYC) 3rd, Calum Littlejohn (FYC) 2nd, Nicola Joiner (FYC) Lead and Ross Black Alternate. Won 2 games, vs. St Joseph's College 8-4, vs. Elgin 5-4, and lost 3 games, vs Hamilton Grammar 5-10, vs. Garnock Academy 7-11, vs. Stranraer Academy 1, 1-12, and failed to progress from the group stages finishing 4th place in their group.

The final was between Kelso High and Stranraer Academy 1. Kelso High are the 2013 Champions running out 4-1 winners in a low scoring game.

Forfar was represented by 2 teams this year in the Mhairi McAughtrie Trophy in Stirling coming 1st and 4th overall. Fantastic stuff!

James Craik (FYC) Skip, with Alex McIntosh (FYC) 3rd, Adam MacDiarmid (FYC) 2nd and Ross Craik (FYC) Lead, won the tournament winning 3 games and losing only 1. Well done Forfar!

Graham Grant (FYC) Skip, with Campbell White (FYC) 3rd, Daniel Harrison (FYC) 2nd and Inca McGuire (FYC) Lead, won 2 games, drew 1 and lost 1 to come 4th overall.

Great stuff from our Forfar Young Curlers!

It was the turn of the Under 14's this weekend, with the final Under 14 Slam of this season, sponsered by Asham, being held in Aberdeen.

The all girl team of Layla Al-Saffar (FYC) Skip, Nicola Joiner (FYC) 3rd, Rachel Flint (FYC) 2nd & Jodie Duff (FYC) Lead , lost to Calum Kinnear (Perth) 3-5, but then had wins against Lucy Fleming (Hamilton) 9-0, and Andrew Brown (Perth) 8-6 to finish 2nd in their group.

James Craik (FYC), playing 2nd for Aberdeens' Scott Lockhart, with Kerr Waddell at 3rd, and Alister Torrance at lead won all 3 group games in their group to finish top. 11-1 vs Rhys Smith (Inverness), 4-2 vs Amy Bryce (Kelso), 8-1 vs Cameron MacDonald (Stirling).

In the semi final, Team Lockhart had a close win 3-2 over Adam Keron (Edinburgh). The final was between Calum Kinnear's rink from Perth and Scott Lockhart of Aberdeen. The final was a very close game with Team Lockhart winning in an extra end 4-3. Well done to all participants and to James Craik of Forfar Young Curlers for coming away from this event with a winners medal.

Over the 3 slams played this season at Perth, Stranraer and Aberdeen, Team Kinnear (Perth) are overall winners with 51 points, with Team Lockhart (Aberdeen) 2nd on 42 points. 3rd overall is Team Bryce ( Kelso) with 25 points.

Forfar Young Curlers held their Points competition earlier this week. 9 disciplines were tackled for a maximum total score of 72. Top of the pile and Winner was Alistair Stewart with 50 points. In 2nd place was Duncan Menzies on 47 points. 3rd place went to Craig Joiner with 45 points. Well done to everyone who attended.

This week saw the the finals of the Scottish Junior Curling Championships take place at Curl Aberdeen. 8 Women, and 8 Men's teams competed to win the right to represent Scotland at the World Junior Curling Championships in Sochi, Russia, 28 Feb - 10th March 2013

Louise Joiner (FYC) playing 2nd for Tasha Aitken (Skip) with Naomi Brown (3rd) and Karina Aitken (Lead) won 5 and lost 2 to finish 2nd in the round robin and qualify for the semi final. Some superb play by Team Aitkin left Jennifer Martin's Performance team going for a straight run back to take the game to an extra end. She just missed it and so Tasha Aitkin and her team were in the final.

The final was against the current World Junior Champions skipped by Hannah Fleming. The game was tight until the 5th end when Hannah picked up a 4 to lead 7-1 at the break. There was to be no way back for the non academy team and the game finished 10-4. Team Fleming are the winners, unbeaten throughout. Congratulations go to Louise Joiner of FYC for making the final. Well done.

Lesley Young (FYC), playing lead, with Rebecca Kesley's rink, with Kirsty Sloan (2nd) and Rachel Hannen (lead) finished the round robin on 3 wins, 4 losses and finished 6th overall.

Thomas Halder (FYC) playing 2nd in the RCA Silver team with Robin Brydone Skip, James Carswell 3rd (playing skip stones) and Calum Greenwood Lead had a great competition. For such a young team they played well throughout. They finished the round robin on 5 wins and 2 losses, only losing to the 2 finalist teams. In the semi final, Team Brydone lost to Team Smith 6-2 and finished 3rd overall.

Duncan Menzies (FYC), playing 3rd, and Angus Dowell (FYC) lead with Bruce Mouat Skip and Derrick Sloan at 2nd finshed the 7 game round robin on 4 wins and 2 losses but this was not enough to make the page play offs. They finished 4th overall.

Stuart Taylor (FYC) skipping with Ross Fraser (3rd), Stuart Marshall (2nd) and Mark Guthrie (Lead) finished on 2 wins and 5 losses. This placed them 6th overall.

The final of the Men's competition was between Kyle Smith of Perth, and Grant Hardie of Dumfries. This was a very close game with ones being traded from the 5th end onwards. However, the edge was with Team Smith who had the last stone in the deciding 10th end. With Team Hardie having one stone on the button, Grant Hardie played a guard which covered 3/4 of the shot stone. Kyle Smith with his last, played a perfect back rink weight tap back to come round the guard and lift the shot and the title for the 2nd year. Well done Kyle Smith, Thomas Muirhead, Kyle Waddell and Cammy Smith

The Under 13 funspeil was held at Forfar Indoor Sports today. Players from Hamilton, Edinburgh, Elgin, Kinross, Kelso and Forfar took part.

Adam MacDiarmid (FYC) Skip, Graeme Grant (FYC) 3rd, Angus Bryce (Kelso), 2nd & Daniel Harrison (FYC) Lead, came 7th overall with 1 win.

Fraser Smith (FYC) Skip, Fraser White (FYC) 3rd, Guthrie Smith (Kelso), 2nd & Campbell White (FYC) Lead, came 4th overall with 2 wins.

James Hair (Hamilton) Skip, Angus Burnett (FYC) 3rd, Blair Butchart (Kelso), 2nd & Inca Maguire / Eilidh Troup (FYC) Lead, came 6th overall with 1 win and 1 draw.

James Craik (FYC) Skip, Kerr Waddell (Hamilton) 3rd, Alistair Torrance (Hamilton), 2nd & Ross Craik (FYC) Lead, came 1st equal on points with 2 wins and 1 draw.

A final was played between Team Craik (Forfar) and Craig Barr (Kinross). Team Barr took control in the 1st end taking a 2, before James Craik, with a lovely take out through a port took a 3 in the 2nd. In the final end the Forfar rink came out on top with a steal of 1 to win 4-2. Well done Team Craik.

Euan Maguire (FYC) playing lead for Team Andrew Neilson (Hamilton) qualified for the High Road Semi Final of the Under 17 slam at Forfar qualifying top of the group of 6 teams with 2 wins (Fraser Ewen 14-1, Joiner 6-5) and 1 loss (Amy MacDonald 3-7). In the Semi Final of the High Road, Team Neilson were beaten by David Baird (Murrayfield) 7-2.

Craig Joiner (FYC) Skip, Adam Flint (FYC) 3rd, Euan MacDiarmid (FYC), 2nd & Craig Paterson (FYC) Lead, finished their group with 1 win (Amy MacDonald 4-3) and 2 defeats (Karina Aitkin 2-5, Andrew Neilson 5-6).

Hailey Duff (FYC) skip with Alison Wood 3rd (Kinross), Kathryn Spain 2nd (Kinross) and Beth Dandie (FYC) lead, finished the group games on 1 win (Katie Murray 4-1) and 2 losses (James Carswell 5-10, Alastiar Tweedle 2-6).

Layla -Al-Saffar (FYC) Skip, Nicola Joiner (FYC) 3rd, Juaad Al-Saffar (FYC), 2nd & Jodie Duff (FYC) Lead, played in their first ever Under 17 tournament at Fofar and had two very close games that could have gone either way. Unfortunately, luck was not with them and they didn't win any of their games this time out, but they were competitive and will be in the mix next season. (Faye McInnes 3-4, Lucy Fisher 3-4, Carolyn Baird 1-11).

Alan Grant (FYC) Skip, Bruce Keillor (FYC) 3rd, Andrew Archibald (FYC), 2nd & Iain Wallace (FYC) Lead, playing in their first ever Under 17 tournament finished their group with 1 win (Rowena Steven 6-4) and 2 defeats (Neil Sutherland 2-7, Robin Brydone 3-10). Hopefully these guys will enter the RCCC Slams for next season.

The high road final was contested between David Baird (Murrayfield) and Robin Brydone (Perth). In a close battle, Robin was 1 up with hammer in the last end, but David Baird's team set up the end perfectly and left a difficult draw against 2 in the 4ft. Robin was just a foot too heavy as the stone slipped into the back 8ft after being swept to get past the guard. Final Score 7-6.

The Low Road Final saw Neil Sutherland playing Callum McFarlane. Team Sutherland won this one with decisive steals of 1 and 2 in the 6th and 7th end.

24 teams took to the ice for this weekend's Under 17 Slam in Hamilton

Craig Joiner (FYC) Skip, Adam Flint (FYC) 3rd, Euan MacDiarmid (FYC), 2nd & Craig Paterson (FYC) Lead, qualified for the Low Road knockout stages after finishing 2nd in their group with 2 wins (Calum Lammie 6-1, Katie Wright 6-3) and 1 defeat (Ross Whyte 1-10). In the Qtr Finals Team Joiner beat Ross McCall's Greenacres rink 5-1. In the Semi Final the Forfar Young Curlers rink beat the all girl team skipped by Alison Wood (Kinross) 7-1. In the Low Road final, Team Joiner lost to Fraser Ewen (Murrayfield) by a score of 1-8.

Euan Maguire (FYC) playing lead for Team Andrew Neilson (Hamilton) qualified for the High Road knockout stages of the Under 17 slam at Hamilton with 2 wins (Robin McCall 8-3, Shearer 8-2) and 1 loss (Hailey Duff 2-7). In the Quarter Final of the High Road, Team Neilson were beaten by Ross Whyte (Dumfries) 5-4 in an extra end.

Hailey Duff (FYC) skip with Mili Smith 3rd (Perth), Kathryn Spain 2nd (Kinross) and Beth Dandie (FYC) lead, finished the group games on 1 win (Andrew Neilson 7-2) and 2 losses (Robin McCall 4-6, Angus Shearer 2-8) and failed to qualify for the knockout stages.

The High Road was won by Luke Carson (Hamilton) with a 9-6 win Ross Whyte (Dumfries).

The Low Road was won by Fraser Ewen (Murrayfield) with an 8-1 win over Craig Joiner (Forfar)

The Forfar Under 17 slam is the next date on the calendar, 27th and 28th December.

There were 2 groups of 4 women's teams competing for 4 places in the finals of this competition, to be played 11-17th February. The top 2 teams in each group qualify. Lesley Young (FYC), was playing (3rd), with Maggie Wilson, skip, Rebecca Kesley and Rachel Hannen (lead). The first game was against the RCA team skipped by Gina Aitkin. However, the skip took ill, and the team had to play with only 3 players. It took Team Wilson 6 ends to get on the board with a 2, and were 4-2 down at that point. However, a big shot for a 5 from Gina Aitkin in the 8th end finished that game. In the 2nd game of the group, Team Wilson were against the experienced Kerry Barr. This was a difficult game for Team Wilson playing with a changed line up due to illness and they ended up losing 8-1. As the top two teams had won their games and the bottom two had lost, the third game of the group was not required to be played as it would make no difference to the standings.

The qualifiers for the Finals of the Scottish Women’s Curling Championshipare Team Jennifer Martin, Team Lauren Baxter, Team Kerry Barr and Team Gina Aitkin. They will join Eve Muirhead, Gail Munro, Hannah Fleming & Jackie Lockhart.

Many thanks to all the FYC players who took part in the Jockey Jan Bonspiel this week (in memory of Jan Wilson an aspiring horse racing jockey and junior curler). A huge thank you to Margaret and Drew Wilson for their continuing support of Forfar Young Curlers and their donation from the Jockey Jan Memorial Fund of £1000 that will allow FYC to continue to support and develop junior curling in the Forfar area.

There were 6 teams full of FYC talent playing today. Some great curling was on show, and 6 very well balanced teams (well done organisers). This was a great opportunity for some of our younger players to play competitively, and everyone seemed to be enjoying the day. At the end of the Schenkel tournament (Winning teams play winning teams, and same team is never played twice). Euan MacDiarmid's team came out on top, with Jodie Duff (3rd), Mark Ogg (2nd) and 8 year old Inca Maguire (Lead), beating Craig Joiner (skip), Fraser Smith (3rd), Adam MacDiramid (2nd) and Sarah Allison (Lead) into 2nd place. Hailey Duff (Skip), Ewan Maguire (3rd), Rachel Flint (2nd) and Daniel Burnett (Lead) were the 3rd placed team. Well done everybody.

In the Men's draw Forfar Young Curlers were represented in Switzerland by Duncan Menzies (FYC), playing 3rd, and Angus Dowell (FYC) lead with Bruce Mouat Skip and Derrick Sloan at 2nd. The boys played brilliantly in the round robin winning every game, with wins over Arkhipov (Russia) 5-2, Hauser ( Switzerland) 6-3, Cernovsky (Czech Republic) 7-2, Skogold (Norway) 8-1, Oehninger Switzerland (5-4). In the semi finals the Scots won against Arkhipov (Russia) 4-3.
The final was a close affair and it could have gone either way. At 4-3 down in the last end, Bruce Mouat, with hammer, had a shot with his last to win the game, but his hit rolled just too far, and the Scots got a 1 to take the game to an extra end. Bruce played a great tap with his first to put the Russians just behind the T line, to set up a perfect freeze with his last to attempt the steal, which Bruce made almost perfectly. However, Andre Nuenschwander was up to the challenge and, with big weight, peeled the Scots stone out to win the game by 1 shot. Great weekend's work by Team Mouat.

In the Ladies section, Lesley Young (FYC), playing (3rd), with Maggie Wilson's rink, skipped this weekend by Rebecca Kesley with Gina Aitkin (2nd) and Rachel Hannen (lead). Team Wilson won their first game against Howald (Switzerland) 7-6, Lost to Lutz (Germany) 5-6, Won 7-6 versus Ruch (Switzerland), Lost to Stern (Switzerland) 5-6, lost to Zaponne (Italy) 4-5. Team Wilson didn't make it through to the knockout stages this weekend, but all games were won or lost by 1 shot, so it was very close.

Jennifer Martin's RCA Performance Squad, the other Scottish team playing in the event, won the ladies competition with a win over Veronica Zappone of Italy in the final with a big 4 in the 7th end.

Lesley Young (FYC), playing (3rd), with Maggie Wilson's rink, skipped this weekend by Rebecca Kesley with Rhiann McLeod (2nd) and Rachel Hannen (lead) were in Aberdeen for this open competition with 22 teams split into two groups. In the group stages, Team Wilson beat Caroyln Nicoll of Forfar 11-0, had a win against Urquhart (Aberdeen) 7-2, and a 6-2 win over RCA Junior rink skipped by Katie Murray (Stirling). After 4 games, team Wilson were unbeaten, finished top of their group and were in the final.

The final was Team Gibbs (Aberdeen) vs Team Wilson. Lesley Young (FYC) playing for team Wilson won the game 5-2, and with it the competition. Well done Lesley.

Thomas Halder (FYC) playing 2nd in the RCA Silver team with Robin Brydone Skip, James Carswell 3rd (playing skip stones) and Calum Greenwood Lead, played Stuart Taylor (FYC) skipping his own RCA Silver rink in the first draw of this International bonspiel. Stuart won this encounter 7-4. Further FYC interest in the mens side of this competition was provided by Craig Joiner (FYC) 3rd, Ben Bremner (FYC)2nd, & Adam Flint (FYC) lead, playing with George McConnel (Skip). They beat David Baird 6-3 in the first draw.

After a round robin format of 6 games all the FYC players at Inverness were represented in the top 3 places out of 7. George McConnels rink finished on 4 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, as did Robin Brydone's rink, with Robins team progressing to the final by virtue of having 23 ends to George's 22. Stuart Taylor won 5, losing only 1 game topped the group and confirmed their final place..

The final was a close affair with the teams being 3-3 after 4 ends, however a 2 followed by a steal of 1 had Team Brydone edging it, eventually winning 6-4. Well done Thomas. Halder.

In the Women's side of the draw FYC was represented by only 1 player, Hailey Duff (FYC) skipping with Rachael Halliday (3rd), Lauren McIntyre (2nd) and Mili Smith (Lead). Hailey lost on a last stone double takeout to Katie Murray (Hamilton), then won 12-7 vs Alison Wood (Kinross), before losing 8-5 to Kirsty Paterson (Kinross). Hailey just qualified to the 2nd/3rd final playoff being equal on points and ends,but having 1 shot difference more than Alison Wood to meet Katie Murray once again. A disasterous 3rd end cost 4 shots and although they fought back valiantly the game was effectively over, Hailey losing 7-4 in the end. Katie Murray went on to win the final vs Kirsty Paterson 8-3.

Lesley Young (FYC), playing 3rd, with Maggie Wilson skip, Rebecca Kesley 2nd and Rachel Hannen Lead were in Oslo, Norway this weekend for the 2nd leg of the European Junior Curling Tour. The team started with a loss against Wrana (Sweden) 2-7, followed by a win against Davanger (Norway) 7-2 and loss to Mani (Switzerland) 6-1. However, they sneaked into the quarter finals, where they won 8-7 vs Hurlimann (Switzerland). In the semi final Team Wilson lost to Davanger 4-7. Lesley and her team played a 3/4 playoff for ranking points but came off 2nd best 5-8 vs Mani. The ladies section was won by Wrana of Sweden. After two rounds of the European Tour, Team Wilson are still leading the league table.

In the Men's draw Forfar Young Curlers were represented in Norway by Duncan Menzies (FYC), playing 3rd, and Angus Dowell (FYC) lead with Bruce Mouat Skip and Derrick Sloan at 2nd. The boys won 3 of their 4 round robin games with wins over Hindseth (Norway), Perocca ( Italy), Lindholm (Sweden), and a loss to Arkhipov (Russia). In the quarter finals the Scots came up against tournament winners Team Nyman ( Sweden) and lost 8-2. Team Nyman now top the table.

James Craik (FYC) playing 3rd for Scott Lockhart (Aberdeen), won 2 games and lost 1 in the round robin of the U14 slam in Perth. The team just failed to make the knockout stages losing out on ends won by 1.

Layla Al-Saffar (FYC) Skip, Nicola Joiner (FYC) 3rd, Rachel Flint (FYC) 2nd & Jodie Duff (FYC) Lead, didn't make the knockout stages.

The Slam was won by Calum Kinnear (Perth) with a win over Amy Bryce (Kelso)

In the Men's draw (Red Section) Thomas Halder (FYC) was playing 2nd with Robin Brydone Skip, James Carswell 3rd (playing skip stones) and Calum Greenwood Lead. In the group stages this team had a 3 win, 1 loss record, which put them into the semi finals. Robin Brydones rink was too strong for Fraser Kingan, and so went on to contest the final.

Craig Joiner (FYC) 3rd, Ben Bremner (FYC)2nd, & Adam Flint (FYC) lead are playing with George McConnel (Skip) this year. They finished the round robin on 1 win, 3 losses.

In the Men's draw, (Blue Section) Robert Fawns (FYC) skipping his own rink finished the round robin on 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, and progressed to the Semi Finals where they met David Baird's rink which was too strong for Robert on the day.

Duncan Menzies (FYC), playing 3rd, and Angus Dowell (FYC) lead with Bruce Mouat Skip and Derrick Sloan at 2nd finshed the 4 game round robin on 2 wins and 2 losses.

Andy Callander (FYC) skipping his own rink finished on 1 win, 3 losses. The win being against Bruce Mouat.

The final was between Robin Brydone and David Baird. It was peels coming down the last, but Robin's team edged it to win. Well done to Thomas Halder for winning this weekend with Team Brydone.

In the Ladies Section Hailey Duff (FYC) skipping her first ever U21 tournament with Rachael Halliday (3rd), Lauren McIntyre (2nd) and Mili Smith (Lead) has great games against Tasha Aitkin and Katie Murray, and managed to squeek a Semi Final place on ends won, from Tasha Aitkin and Heather Morton. Hailey met Lauren Baxter in the semi final. Lauren's team (which has 3 of last year's Scottish Juniors runner's up in the team) got off to a flyer with 4 in the first end, and never looked in trouble to move on to the final.

Louise Joiner (FYC) playing 3rd for Tasha Aitkin. Lost out on a semi final place to Hailey Duff on ends won by only 1 end.

The final was between Katie Murray and Lauren Baxter. Peels coming down the last end, Lauren Baxter prevailed and won the trophy.

In the Women's section A: Lesley Young (FYC), playing 3rd, with Maggie Wilson skip, Rebecca Kesley 2nd and Rachel Hannen Lead won the EJCT Braehead event without losing a game. They won all 6 round robin games, before winning the semi final vs Stern (Switzerland) 4-2. The final was against Gina Aitkin which Team Wilson won 8-3 thanks to 2 big end 3's in 1st and 3rd end. Well done Lesley.

Louise Joiner (FYC) was playing 3rd for Tasha Aitkin this weekend. Tasha had a 2 win, 4 loss record through the round robin. In the Sunday morning playoff for the semi final places Tasha Aitkin narrowly lost 7-6 to her sister Gina.

In the Men's draw, Duncan Menzies (FYC), playing 3rd, and Angus Dowell (FYC) lead with Bruce Mouat Skip and Derrick Sloan at 2nd came 3rd overall. In the round robin the new team had a 4-1 win record and topped the group. Kyle Smith's rink was too strong in the semi final and Team Mouat lost 8-3. In the 3rd/4th playoff, Team Mouat beat Frederick Nyman (Sweden) 8-4.

Thomas Halder (FYC) was playing 2nd with Robin Brydone Skip, James Carswell 3rd and Calum Greenwood Lead. In the group stages this young team had a 3 win, 2 loss record, which put them in a Tiebreaker for a play off places place. The Swedish rink of Frederick Nyman won that one 10-3.

Stuart Taylor (FYC) skipped his new rink with Ross Fraser 3rd, Stuart Marshall 2nd and Mark Guthrie lead. They ended the weekend on 2 wins, 3 loss record.

Official website is here.

Lost of photo's from the event here.