29/03/2026
We rounded off our season on Saturday with our closing bonspiel. We had a great turnout of members, parents and a couple of coaches to form 16 teams, playing in a progressive bonspiel with the usual break in the cafe.
There was a brief practice for those that needed some help.
With so many new members the teams were a bit less experienced than usual and there was often more pressure on back end shots to get a score.
The scoring was close in the end, while one team won on +7, there were three teams on +5, this tie was resolved by counting ends.
The winners were Alasdair Walker, Amelia Russell, Daryl Russell and skip Josh Watson and the runners up were Elena Amochkina, Sonia Amochkina, Aaron Watson and (skip) Ryan Watson.
The quiz was won by Ezra Baxter, Lewis Martin, Margaret Gray and Oliver Dodds.
After playing in the Hamilton Skins last night Kyle Waddell returned to present the prizes and a question and answer session for the young curlers.
An Paralympic cap went to Adam Reid as a bonus prize from the quiz. This was a great opportunity to get insights into the day of an Olympic curler, and Kyle's own memories of Hamilton Young Curlers.
Our thanks to Kyle for coming along with World Championship T-shirts and Olympic badges, and Luke Carson for T-shirt and an Paralympic cap.
We will be back in October.