Stranraer Weekend

This years Stranraer weekend was a roaring success and a great time was had by all. The fun started with Linda's brilliant quiz on the Friday evening and continued with a lovely dinner and some dancing and general sillyness on Saturday evening.  The food was excellent, as was the wine, a conclusion reached after ... More

Points Competition

Congratulations go to Charles Sutherland, winner of the 2019 Sheriff's Medal at Points. A dozen Troon Portland curlers tested their skills at the annual competition, which was held on Sunday, 24 February. Charles came in first place, followed by Ewan Marr and Jack McCorkell, who tied for second place. Curlers were ... More

Troon Portland Wins Gairdner Trophy

Troon Portland took home the Gairdner Trophy on Monday night, 27 January. Four Troon Portland competed against teams from Dundonald and Kilmarnock. All four TPCC teams won their matches, giving Troon 8 points in the overall competition and securing a victory. Andrew Kerr skipped the top scoring rink from Troon ... More

Troon Portland Takes Second in Province Medal

Troon Portland finished in second place in the Province Medal on 8 January. Dundonald Curling Club won the competition with an overall score of plus 17 points. Bert McKay's rink of Jamie Mason, Fiona Bain and Alison Young beat Beresford Ladies by 7 points in the afternoon game. Andrew Kerr’s rink of Kirst Letton, ... More

Letton Stone Bonspiel

There was once again a full house for Troon Portland Curling Club's annual Letton Bonspiel, which was held on Monday, 19 November. The bonspiel pairs two new curlers with two experienced curlers. This year's competition was a single 8-end game, rather than several 2-end competitions.  Following the match, the curlers ... More

Howie Cup Pairs Competition

Six teams of two played in the annual Howie Cup Pairs Competition on Sunday, 18 November.  Congratulations to Ewan Marr and Joe Miller, winners of the 2018 Howie Cup. Ewan and Joe edged out Alan Caldow and Lillian McIntyre by a score of 5-4 in the final game. Pairs is similar to traditional curling, but each team is ... More

Troon Portland Rink Wins Hart Bonspiel

Congratulations go to skip Aileen McCorkell and her rink, Lisa Mason, Fiona Bain and Wendy Hollingworth, who won the 2018 Hart Trophy on Tuesday, 6 November. The team was behind by one point going into the final end of the last game, when Aileen made a perfect final shot to chip in a biting stone to score two and seal ... More

Troon Portland Take Home the Finnie Kettle

Congratulations to Bert McKay and his team of Jamie Mason, Charles Sutherland and Wendy Hollingworth, who were presented with the Finnie Kettle after going up +7 shots on their opponent, Riccarton. This is the second year running that Troon Portland has won the Kettle. This year’s game was held on the 30th October ... More

Kirsty Letton awarded an MBE

Congratulations to Troon Portland Curling Club Member Kirsty Letton, who was awarded the MBE for services to curling. Kirsty is a longtime member of Troon Portland Curling Club and we offer our congratulations for this much deserved recognition. For the full story, please see: https://www.scottishcurling.org/queen... More

Moving On Up…in the Day League!

Troon Portland's number 1 rink in the Day League went through to the B League, losing just once and peeling once to finish with 11 points. This record was actually matched by both Tarbolton and Ayr but the TPCC rink, skipped by Kirsty, has been promoted to the A League having won 32 ends against 29 by Tarbolton and 27 by ... More