Join us every Tuesday night from now through until April. New curlers are welcome at any time, especially on our next beginners night, November 22, so do get in touch if you’d like to try the sport.

There are opportunities for club curlers to get a fun game in every week, and the Straus tournament is running alternate evenings throughout the year. Later in the season we’ll have the Ann Beeley tournament to play and other competitions to take part in so keep your eye on the calendar.

Take a look at the rink: Pictures of our Opening Night in October and the last English curling championships.

Congratulations to Preston Curling Club for winning the Inter-club Competition, held at Fenton’s Rink over the weekend of November 12-13. The POL had two teams playing in the bonspiel.

Preston, as overall winners, will go on to represent the ECA in the RCCC National Province Championships in 2006.

You can click on the picture to see other shots from the weekend.

See the latest Straus Cup results here.

The Scottish men’s and woman’s teams have been announced for the European Championships this year in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The British Olympic squads are likely to be drawn from these members, next year in Turin. In no particular order (positions have not yet been chosen):

Join us every Tuesday and Wednesday night between October and April. New curlers are always welcome, with free coaching and equipment available. We can even pick you up from Tonbridge train station and bring you back from the rink at the end of the night. Experienced or not, you can be sure of a good time with friends and great ice. Answers to the most common questions about curling with us can be found here.  If you would like to join us please email James Hustler at games.secc@googlemail.com.

The European Curling Championships are nearly here and we’re very proud to have a few players from our club participating. Stephen Hinds and Mark Wilkinson will be playing for England with skip, Bruce Bowyer, and teammate Ricky Hills. Andrew Grant will be the fifth player.

The women’s team is made up of skip Joan Reed, Lorna Rettig at third, Claire Grimwood at second and Kirsty Balfour at lead. Caroline Reed is going as a fifth player.

You can keep up with our English teams here. We will be posting the scores as they happen.

Petra Groot is at the top of the Umbrella League, which ranks players based on how they’ve done in non-Straus games. The ranking is based on points, shots won, then shots lost and then how many shots up or down you are. Ian MacDonald and Friedel Grant are second and third.

We’ve just got 2 more Tuesday night curling sessions left before Christmas, the 13th and the 20th. Both of them will be fun nights so come along for a good way to unwind among friends from the holiday rush. On the 20th we’ve even been promised mince pies from Steve! Jane Clark is organising both nights and you can reach her by emailing jane dot l dot clark at btopenworld dot com

Big congrats to both the English Women, skipped by Joan Reed, who won a bronze medal in the European Championships and also to the English Men, led by Bruce Bowyer, who came in fourth. Both teams did wonderfully and have a lot to be proud of. You can see some pictures of the competition in our photo gallery.

You’re all invited to our annual away weekend, which this year will be held March 25-26th at Greenacres Ice Rink near Glasgow. For those who haven’t been to Greenacres before, the ice is excellent, it’s just a few minutes from Glasgow airport and there are two very nice hotels nearby. All the details you need are here in this word document. We have space for only 8 teams so please get your entries in!