It was semi-final heartache for the Greenacres squad at the 2025 Henderson Bishop Competition in Dumfries on Thursday 24th February, after narrowly losing to eventual winners, Team Huntly (Dumfries) in a final end shoot out.
Stewarton Heather members Fiona Reid, Sarah Reid and Janice Shepherd, Sorn’s Eilidh Templeton and Galston Haymouth member Barbara Morton (skip) represented Greenacres at the prestigious Women’s competition after winning the qualifying event in January.
We held our annual Points competition on 15th December at Greenacres.
There was nothing to separate the top 2 after 8 disciplines. William Smith and Alan Smith were tied, however with Alan scoring more on the return sheet, this meant he took the honors and the Celebrations!
The Tom Reid Handicap Trophy was won by Stuart Smith after a suitably flamboyant display!
Prizes presented by President David Reid
The Cuthbertson League is now entering squeaky bum time, skips are looking at the fixtures and realizing that there’s only three games, or in some cases two games left in the season! Again, another highly competitive league. This is the state of play:
Promotion Places: Currently sitting top of the tree is David Mundell with his ensemble on 10 points. With 5 wins from 6, he is in fine form and he sits 2 points clear of young guns Wallace Gilbert in 2nd and Craig Kirkwood in 3rd. Although crucially Wallace does have a game in hand on his compatriots and with 4 wins from 5, he’s also firing. Like the teams above him, Craig’s team has only lost 1 game but like so many in this league he has drawn a couple of fixtures. With Kirky on Maternity leave, Big Eeky steered the rink to victory in their last outing.
Midtable: Well if your name’s not Reid you ain’t getting in! With Gavin, Dougie and Hugh all of the Reid persuasion locked on 5 points apiece, along with last year’s golden boy Andy Muir in 7th, 7 shots separates the 4 teams. Gavin sits 4th with a superior goal difference but again has played 1 more game than the rest. Gav crucially gubbed Dougie Reid on his last outing and leapfrogged Dougie, Shug and Andy in a breathtaking movement. In all fairness Dougie’s team were very unlucky on the night as Gavin’s third Hugh Guthrie wasn’t available to play. Hugh and Dougie will face off on Sunday night with a win for either team putting them clear of the relegation places and still in the hunt for promotion.
Relegation Zone: Andy Muir is struggling to repeat last season’s heroics but is only in the relegation zone as a result of being 1 shot worse off than Hugh. Billy Jackson sits second bottom with 1 win from 5, a vastly experienced team but just not getting the results. James Whiteford sits bottom with a 100% record this season! Consistency is key and unfortunately for James they’ve been very consistent. Still the opportunity for safety, but a lot to do.
This Weeks Fixtures:
Stewarton Heather got their season underway on Monday 25th September at Greenacres with the Goldie Bonspiel.
Four teams played a shortened format with a draw shot competition included, to decide the overall winner. Once the dust settled, the winning team on the night was skipped by David Reid with Fiona Reid, Alistair Muir and Penny Adam. Congratulations to them.
Stewarton Heather Quiz Night is back!
Join us at Dunlop Bowling Club on Saturday 26th August for 7.30pm. There will be cash prizes, buffet and raffle. Members, family and friends all welcome.
Tickets are £10 a head. To secure your teams place, please contact David Reid, John Craig or send a message through our Facebook page.
Stewarton Heather held their annual AGM, dinner and prize-giving on Friday April 28th at the Fenwick Hotel.
A healthy turnout saw President John Craig hand over the reins of Presidency to his Vice President David Reid.
David in turn proposed Malcolm Noble as the club’s Vice President for the next 2 years. Jim Kirkwood remains as Treasurer, David Reid as Secretary and James Whiteford as Match Secretary.
Incoming President David thanked John for his stewardship of the club over the last 2 years. Following an excellent meal David Reid presented the season’s winners with the trophies and prizes for the year with the main winner on the night being Andrew Muir who won both leagues and the Burnhouse Shield. The club will look to arrange some summer activities like Golf, Bowling and a quiz night and details of these will follow.
David presents the Goldie Bonspiel trophy to John and Fiona, Alistair Muir and Andy Steel made up the rest of the team
Cuthbertson League winners: David Mundell, Hugh Guthrie and Colin Adam with Andrew Muir absent
Corsehill Points winner Alan Smith
Tom Reid Handicap Points winner Colin Adam
Howie League Champions: Jimmy Hamilton, Hugh Reid and Billy Jackson. The team was skipped by Andrew Muir
Low Road Pairs Runner up Andy Currans. Dougy Reid is absent
Low Road Pairs Winner John Craig, Holly Smith was his partner
Glazert Cup Pairs Runner up Janice Shepherd with skip Stuart Smith unable to attend
Glazer Cup Pairs winners were William Smith and Angus Erskine
Top Table: Treasurer Jim Kirkwood, President and Secretary David Reid, Vice President Malcolm Noble and match Secretary James Whiteford
On the 26th of February the club’s pairs competition took place with 12 dynamic duos looking to become the dream double act.
After the group stages Alex Wilson and Craig Kirkwood would top section A and would play section B runners up Willie Smith and Gus Erskine in the first semifinal. In the other semifinal section B winners Stuart Smith and Janice Shepherd would play runners up from section A – David Reid and Greg Matthew.
After the dust settled in both semis, it was the teams from section B that prevailed. Stuart and Janice would now play Willie and Gus in the championship final, after meeting in the group stages in a game before, which John joked that if they peeled, they would both progress from the group first and second. Well people, lo and behold an hour later the game finished 2-2 with the teams exchanging single shots in each of the ends. In a tight game Willie and Gus edged it, with Stuart unfortunately missing an angled raise to take it to a draw the shot. Congratulations to Willie and Gus and commiserations to Stuart and Janice.
In the low road final, it was a repeat of last year’s final with Dougie Reid and Andy Currans taking on John Craig and Holly Smith. John would get revenge over Dougie for last year’s draw the shot defeat. Thanks to Davie Mundell for organizing the 24 athletes and Davie Reid for keeping everything ticking along on the day.
Low Road Finalists
High Road Finalists
High Road Winners
