Tag: curling

A Promotional poster for a Special Olympics floor curling taster block at Curl Aberdeen, featuring photos of people playing floor curling and text with dates in January–February 2026, time 5–6pm, free four-week sessions for people with an intellectual disability aged 8+, booking link, and Scottish Curling branding.

Scottish Curling announce a four-week block of Try Curling Sessions

With the Special Olympics World Winter Games 2029 soon approaching in Switzerland, Curling (on ice) will be heavily featured throughout the games. Therefore Scottish Curling are aiming to have a Scottish / British team involved at the games.

To raise awareness of the sport and to provide participation opportunities, Scottish Curling are hosting a 4-week block of floor curling (non-ice based curling) sessions. Which are being held at Curl Aberdeen on upcoming Friday evenings, with an option for this becoming weekly, with a further possibility of adding in sessions on the ice throughout the season.

The initial 4-week taster block of sessions will run as follows, if you are interested, it would be preferable if you would be able to attend all 4 weeks (if possible).

 

  • Friday 16th January.
  • Friday 23rd
  • Friday 23rd
  • Friday 6th February.

With all sessions running from 17:00 – 18:00.

These sessions are open to anyone over the age of eight with a learning disability. To find out more, and to register for the sessions, complete the following link: https://wkf.ms/47SKMVk

If you are unsure about signing up, or if you are not sure what curling is, or more specifically floor curling, please do have a look at the following videos.

If you have any questions at all, please contact Rhiannon from Scottish Curling – rhiannon@scottishcurling.org

 

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Applications are Now Open for Curling 360° – ASN project 2025/26

With a very successful Curling 360° – ASN project so far this year (24/25), we are delighted to announce applications are now open for another year! Once again, this coming year, the project is being funded by the Leslie Ingram Brown Legacy, administered by Scottish Curling Trust – a huge thank you to them for their support. Without funding, projects like these would be unable to run, and therefore, we are very grateful for their generosity. 

If you would like more information or to be considered for next year’s Curling 360° – ASN project (25/26), please head to the following link:

https://www.scottishcurling.org/development/inclusive-curling/curling-360/ 

As a reminder, if you have your own floor curl or new age curling kit as part of your school / Active Schools team, we would love for you to still be part of the project, giving you access to the training, resources, awards and competitions along with all the other schools. 

If you have any questions, please do let me know, and we would really appreciate it if you could share this information with your contacts also. 

 

World Champions Norway Headline the 2024 Stirling Wheelchair Curling International

Norway, the 2024 World Wheelchair Curling Champions, return to Stirling to compete in the 9th Stirling Wheelchair Curling International which will be held at the Peak from 15th to 18th October.

The event, whose main sponsor is Allanwater Homes and is hosted by Stirling Wheelchair Curling Club, will feature eight international teams.  Game times are 10am and 2.30pm from Tuesday to Thursday with an earlier start of 9.30am on Friday 18th October.

Andy Hemming, Chair of the event, said: “We are delighted to welcome the eight teams who will take part this year. Our overseas visitors are coming from Canada, Italy, Korea, Norway and Switzerland with the entries being completed with teams from England and Scotland. Teams will be building towards the World Championships in Auchinharvie, Scotland, next year and the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games and with that in mind we look forward to some top quality wheelchair curling.”

 

2024 Stirling Wheelchair Curling International – Draw: 

Table of the draw for the wheelchair curling international competition

 

All details of the event including the draw are on the Stirling Wheelchair Curling website and social media: Facebook and X.

Stirling Wheelchair Curling Club holds sessions every Wednesday from 12.30pm to 2.30pm at the Peak.  Please contact Jacky McLaren if you would like to try out the sport: jackymclaren@yahoo.com