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2001 18th January - Grantown Bonspiel
2001 18th January - Grantown Bonspiel
46 rinks (186 curlers) gathered from miles around to compete for the Moy Hall Trophy on the ice on the pond opposite the Craiglynne Hotel, Grantown-on-Spey. The local organisers, Strathspey Curling Club under the leadership of Donly MacLeod, had worked tirelessly to clear the ice of snow and mark out the rinks.
A shotgun at 11am signalled the start of games, with a further shot later to stop for lunch. At the end of the day's play, scores from North rinks were set against those from the South, and North declared the winners! The Moy Hall trophy was then awarded to the highest up rink on the winning side, and this was the Nairn rink of Martin Macdonald, George Pirie and Mike McInnes, skipped by Jimmy Asher.
Nairn had previously won the trophy in 1966, when Jimmy Asher had played third for Eric Brown.
I'm a Celebrity ! Jimmy Asher is interviewed for BBC Scotland TV
The MOY HALL TROPHY was gifted by the Mackintosh of Mackintosh, Moy, in 1892. The newspaper cutting of 1897 is the earliest report of competition. The Bonspiel was held at Moy conditions permitting, until 1933 when Strathspey CC took over running the event. The Grantown venue is now part of the Cairngorm National Park, and cutting of the rushes to allow smooth ice when frozen is not allowed so as to protect insect life.
2001 2nd February - Dinner & Court
There was another "full house" at The Golf View Hotel.
Top Table guests and speakers: Kenny MacDonald (Piper), Alan Stewart (Jack Frost), Ali Asher (Match Secy), Alex Webster (Vice-pres), Alan Durno (Moray Province), J.Ainslie Smith (RCCC President), Bill Steven (Reply -Neighbouring Clubs), Gregor Munro (President), David Kilgour (Area 10), George Pirie (Secy/Treasurer).
2001 20th April AGM
Even though the Club had made a surplus of £578 on the year's working, the annual subscription was raied by £1 to £16. The surplus had been due to the successes of the golf day and the dinner. James Asher was unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the Club.
The Match Secretary reported that outwith the Club competitions Mike McInnes's rink had won the Inverness Superleague KO. A notable game in the Inverness Superlleague was Mike Mcinnes v Ewen MacDonald, a member of the recently crowned Scottish Champions. Mike's rink recorded a 7, a 3 and two 2s in a 14 - 4 experience in returning to reality! Alan Stanfield's rink of Graham and Larry Kerr and and George Pirie had won the Area 10 League Winners Play-offs.
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