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13th January 1959. - Nairnshire Telegraph
CURLING
Seven Rinks Compete For Club's Park Cup
Nairn Curling Club members have been in action on and off all last week. Several competitions have been embarked upon and two —the Club Kettle and the Jubilee Shield—have been decided.
Winner of the Kettle, which was awarded in a points competition on Wednesday, was Dr J. McFadyen with 16 points, the runners-up (eq.) tyeing W. Nicol and A. B. Read with 15 points.
Seven rinks were forward for the Park Cup and in the first round the results were:
No. 2 (J. McFadyen, G. G. Calder, F. D. Stevenson and J. D. Boyes) beat No. 6 (A. Fraser, S. A. Morrison, W. L. Macpherson, and A. M. Duncan). No. 7 (R. M. Paton, A. Hay, W. Macgillivray, J. Henderson) beat No. 5 (P. M. Pottie, C. G. Young, R. M. Pottie and W. J. Macdonald). No. 4 (E. F. Brown, G. Innes, M. I. Mactaggart, R. J. Hunter) beat No. 3 (T. Walls, R. A. Fraser, K. M. Cameron and J. McLeod). Bye—No. 1 (Dr D. R. Macdonald, R. Taylor, R. Mirtle, E. J. Munro).
On Saturday night a new trophy, the Jubilee Shield, was competed for. It was presented by Mr David Brown, Nenthorn, to mark the Club's Jubilee year in 1958, during which period he was president.
Curiously enough, it was a rink skipped by his son, E. F. Brown, and including A. Innes, W. Macgillvray and R. Hunter that won the shield, after a tie with a rink skipped by A. B. Read and composed of D. Stevenson, J. Boyes and D. Ross. In the play-off Brown's rink won by 2 shots to 1.
21st January 1959 Management Committee
Arrangements made for a Dinner & Court on 13th February 1959. G Innes was tasked with buying the whisky for the Club and was instructed not to buy 'Abbot's Choice'.
27th January 1959 - Nairnshire Telegraph
ARDCLACH IN FINE FORM TO WIN COUNTY TITLE
Ardclach, who were joint holders of Nairnshire Curling Association's championship cup in 1957, captured it for themselves by a convincing margin when the annual bonspiel took place at Nairn Club pond on Saturday.
Twelve rinks took part and the ice was excellent. At the close Mr George Innes, the Association hon. secretary, announced that Ardclach had emerged winners with the remarkable average score per rink of 13.5 shots up. Nairn were runners-up with 1.5 shots up and Glenferness and Cawdor were third and fourth respectively.
Mr P. M. Pottie, Nairn Club president and Association vice-president, said it was a great pleasure to him to call on their new president, Lord Leven, to hand over the cup. He referred to his late father's services to Nairn and to his long connection with the Association; to the many fine games played at Glenferness and Ardclach in the past and to the fact that their new president's uncle had gifted the cup that was to be handed over then.
Lord Leven said it was a great pleasure to him to have been chosen as the Association president and so far as the ice was concerned that day they could not have had better—it was the best he had ever played upon. He thought the time might come, even yet this year, when they would get suitable ice to play upon at Glenferness and if they did he would let them know. He then congratulated Ardclach on their success and called on Mr D. A. Macarthur to accept the cup.
Mr Macarthur said that Ardclach did not always expect to win but things ran well for them. He felt it was hardly his place to accept the cup that day—his rink was only 6 up—but rather the place of Mr Bob Stewart, whose rink was something like 20 shots up. He thanked Lord Leven for his congratulations and added they had all a fine sporting game and that was what was really important. continued/
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The Secretary intimated that Mr Pottie had again presented badges to the members of the rink winning by the largest number of shots up and this went to Ardclach No. 2 (R. Stewart).
The Ardclach rinks were:- No. 1 D. A. Macarthur, A. S. Innes, D. Stewart, D. L. Middleton, J. B.Philip and H. Macarthur.
Tribute was paid by Lord Leven to the ice-master for the excellent conditions.
Rink results were: Nairn No. 1 (T. Walls, skip) 19, Cawdor No. 2 (R Hay) 7; Nairn No. 2 (R. M. Paton) 12, Glenferness No 2 (A.Fraser) 4; Nairn No 3 (P. M. Pottie) 12, Cawdor No.1 (J. Edmunds) 14; Nairn No 4 (J. MacFadyen) 17, Glenferness No. 1 (J. May) 7; Nairn No. 5 (E.F. Brown) 9, Ardclach No. 1 (D. A. MacArthur) 15; Nairn No. 6 (A Fraser) 1, Ardclach No 2 (R. Stewart) 22:
PARK CUP WON
Nairn Rink No. 4 (E. F Brown, skip) has won the Nairn Club Park Cup, beating No. 7 Rink (R. M. Paton,skip) 10-5 in the final on Saturday.
FORRES LOSE AT NAIRN
Nairn beat Forres by 32 shots to 20 at the Nairn Ponds on Saturday. Nairn No.1 (T. Walls, R. Taylor, W. Nicol and C. Young) won their match by 16-9 and Nairn No. 2 (R. A. Fraser, A. B Reid, W. Kerr and H. McCallum) won 16-11.
Nairnshire Telegraph, 3rd Feb., 1959
CAWDOR HOLD CHAMPIONS
In a challenge match at the Achnatone pond on Tuesday night Cawdor were in great form in holding Ardclach, the Nairn County champions, to a draw after a thrilling game.
The ice was fast and in excellent condition and the occasion was an historic one, too, for it was said to be the first time a match between rival clubs had been played on this pond at night under artificial lighting—Tilley lamps placed at strategic points made the scene a picturesque one and worthy of celebration.
Ardclach No. 1 (D. Stewart, skip, D. L. Middleton, R. Cochrane, and E. James) beat Cawdor No. 1 (R. Hay, skip, J. Innes, W. J. Brown and I. Mackay) by 14 shots to 11.
Cawdor No. 2 (J. Craigie, skip, H. Robertson, G. Ross and A. Wood), beat Ardclach No. 2 (A. S. Innes, D. A. Macarthur, R. Stewart and John Mackintosh) by 18 shots to 15.
RINKS AT 'GRAND MATCH'
The two rinks from Nairn Club at the Grand Match at Loch Leven on Tuesday, where more than 1000 curlers were out, both returned victories.
Nairn rinks were: No. 1 (P. M. Pottie, R. A. Fraser, W Niven (substitute), R. M. Pottie) who beat Monzie & Cultoquhey no. 2 by 4 shots up; and Nairn No. 2 (D. R. Macdonald, A. B. Read, R. M. Paton and A. Fraser) who beat Dunblane No. 1 by 6 shots up.
LORD CAWDOR QUAICH
By courtesy of the Nairn Club, members of the Cawdor Club met at Nairn on Jan. 25 to play the points game for Lord Cawdor's quaich. Seventeen Cawdor curlers took part and competition was keen. H. Robertson, Newton of Cawdor, was winner and W. Allan, Heathmount, was a close runner-up.
Mr W. J Brown thanked Nairn Club for their co-operation and Mr Fred Knowles for his excellent arrangements.
9th February 1959 - Management Committee
Final arrangements for the Annual Dinner and Court in the Royal Hotel were made. Arrangements were made for displaying the Club's trophies, and for providing the accoutrements for the court. R A (Bobby) Fraser was to attend to the decorations. The hall was to seat 80. The top table seating plan was: President Peter Pottie, and on his right - John Smith (Vice-president R.C.C.C.), Tom Walls, Hugh McCallum (piper), Jack Bookless (Highland), with Robert Taylor and Percy Knight at the side; and on his left - Lord Leven (President Nairnshire Curling Association), Sir Wm. Gordon-cumming (President Moray Province) , Vice-president Dr J MacFadyen, Henry Reay (President Highland CC), Col G Borwick(Provost of Nairn,) with Secretary George Calder, George Innes, and H Lethbridge Waters on the side.
Whisky was to be bought from the hotel at 39/- at bottle, and syphons at 1/-. The Club would sell the whisky at 42/- and no charge would be made for the syphons. A late licence until 1 am was arranged.
10th February 1959. - Nairnshire Telegraph
ARDCLACH ADD PROVINCE MEDAL TO HONOURS LIST
Ardclach Club, who captured Nairnshire Curling Association's major trophy two weeks ago, gained further success last Wednesday when, at Loch of Blairs, Forres, they emerged top club in the Province of Moray bonspiel. And the runner-up was another club from Nairnshire—Glenferness, who were 1958 joint holders of the Nairn trophy.
The ice was in magnificent condition on Wednesday when the Provincial Club bonspiel was held for the first time for 20 years and the competitors in eighteen rinks from nine clubs in the area enjoyed every minute of the play. They were grateful to Sir W. Gordon-Cumming for having given use of the loch and for his generous hospitality.
Ardclach won by averaging 10 shots (up and were closely followed by Glenferness, who averaged 9 shots up, then followed Highland (Inverness) 6 shots down; Cawdor and Altyre each 1 shot down:
The Ardclach rinks were: No. 1 — H. Macarthur (skip), D. Stewart, A. Innes, D. A Macarthur; No. 2— R. Stewart (skip), E. James, D. L. Middleton, P. S. Smart.
Ardclach. No. 1 defeated Nairn No. 1 (T. Walls (S), Dr McFadyen, E. Brown, F. Knowles) by 17 shots to 3 while Ardclach No. 2 defeated Highland No. 1 by 14 shots to 8. continued/
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ARDCLACH-CAWDOR RIVALS
Ardclach were the guests of Cawdor Club on Thursday evening but on their own pond as the latter have no pond at present. Cawdor No.1 (R. Hay (S), J. Brown, J. Innes, G. Ross) lost by 9 shots to 14 to Ardclach No. 1 (D. Macarthur, (S), H. Macarthur, R. Cochrane, A. Mitchell). Cawdor No. 2 (H. Robertson (S), , J. Craigie, A. Wood, W. Robertson) were victors over Ardclach No. 2 (A Innes (S), H. MacKenzie. S. Macarthur, J. MacKintosh) by 9 shots to 8.
ROTARIANS LOSE
The Nairn Club beat the Rotary Club by two shots in a match at Nairn pond last week. The Rotary Club rink skipped by T. Walls won 13-6; the rink skipped by Colin Young lost 6-12, and the rink skipped by George A. Whyte lost 6-9.
TWO-SHOT VICTORY
Nairn beat Altyre by two shots up in a two-rink match at Nairn pond on Friday night. The Nairn skips were T. Walls and Peter M. Pottie.
24th February 1959 - Nairnshire Telegraph
CURLING
14 Novitiates Presented
Eighty-six curlers from this area were present when Nairn Curling Club held their annual dinner at the Royal Hotel, Nairn on Feb. 13 and 14 novitiates were presented at "Court."
The chairman was Mr P. M. Pottie, president, and after he had proposed "The Queen" the following toast list was gone through— “ Jack Frost," by Mr H. MacCallum; "The Royal Caledonian Curling Club," by Mr W. J. Macdonald, (reply by Mr John Smith, vice-president, Royal Caledonian Club) ; "Neighbouring Clubs," by Mr R. A. Fraser, (reply Mr D. A. Macarthur); "Wives and Sweethearts," by Mr J. G Watson, (reply Mr H Wilson) ; "The Chairman," Provost Col. G. Borwick.
During the evening "Curlers Court" was held with the following officiating- Mr Pottie, Mr T. Walls, Mr R. Taylor and Dr J. McFadyen. The novitiates present were Lord Leven, the County Association president; Sir Wm. Gordon-Cumming, Moray Province ; Messrs F. Lamont, R. Gordon, W. Stewart, D. Munro, J. Crichton, J. Stark and Dr H. Gebbie of Nairn Club; Messrs G. Ross, A Wood and W. Robertson of Cawdor Club; and Messrs J. Riddoch and J. Gordon of Glenferness Club.
The hotel management made an excellent job of catering and the arrangements for the dinner were capably carried out by a Committee with Mr G. G. Calder as hon. secy.
24th April 1959 - Annual General Meeting
The membership totalled 85, including 4 honorary and 7 occassional. The accounts showed a balance of £80:12/7.
Mr Peter Pottie stood down as President as he found living in the country made it difficult to keep track of the business. He thanked the Club's office-bearers, and reported two rinks had entered the Grand Match and both had won. At the Highland Bonspiel Nairn had won the Dalziel Trophy for the 3rd time. The Moray Province had been resurrected and the Dinner & Court had been a great success.
Dr J MacFadyen was elected President, and Robert Taylor Vice-president. R H R Christie was appointed auditor.
Mr G Innes stated that the Nairnshire curling Assoc. were in need of funds and wished to run the dinner this coming season.
It was agreed to enter the District Medal if drawn against a rink within a reasonable distance.
30th September 1959 - General Meeting
The Nairnshire Curling Association is to run the dinner this season. The death of G Whyte was noted and tribute paid to his work for the club. The RCCC had requested £5 to help with the cost of the Canadian Curling Tour visit – it was agreed to send £2 : 2/-. Moray Province is to provide two rinks to play the Canadians at Perth on 28th January, and P M Pottie had arranged that Nairn provide one rink chosen from P Pottie, Dr D MacDonald, T Walls and R A Fraser.
A new water pipe was required at the ponds. In response to an invitation to play at Dundee Ice Rink, Eric Brown is to arrange an outing there on 27th October.
2nd December 1959 - Management Committee
Eric Brown and John F Wilson to look at improving the pond lighting. A Gunn was accepted for membership.
An inexpensive wind-break of wooden 'backs' to be erected at the North side of the ponds.
Arrangements for a dinner & court are now to be made by Nairn for 12th February 1960 in the Royal Hotel, and these were put into action.
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