While outside the mercury reached late August record levels it was time to brave the ice and start the 2019/20 curling season!

First up Falkirk opened their small clubs season against neighbours and defending champions Grangemouth in a ‘Kelpie Derby’. An overswept final stone in second end by the Bairns saw Grangemouth steal and take a three shot lead. Falkirk hit back as skip Ferguson played an angled run-back amongst a well guarded house with the final stone to nip out the Grangemouth scorer for a well deserved end. The teams then traded deuces before the deciding end saw Falkirk steal a four and seal an opening day win 8-5.

In the second August fixture of the small clubs league Falkirk froze out Laurieston & Zetland. Giving the club a strong start to the season.

The 2019 Opening Bonspiel saw seventeen(!) Falkirk players take to the Peak Ice for an enjoyable evening of curling. With each team playing each other over two ends it was the team skipped by C McInnes who opened an early lead scoring a five in the first end. By the final end it was a tie on “shots up” as the Bonspiel is scored – with two teams on +3. It took two tiebreaks to separate the team, K Hutton’s team losing out to C McInnes, K Spence, D Steel & K Welton in the end. Both teams were closely followed by team skipped by J Urquhart with +2 shots up. The team lead by I Ferguson carrying the broken brush on -8. The teams will regather for the clubs 2020 closing bonspiel in March where the overall aggregate best scorers across the two bonspiels will win the Nimmo medal. All to play for!