2025-26 League with The Gangrels

From January to March 2026, Ayr and Alloway play for the Crawford Cup, while Gangrels play for the President's Cup.

Following the excesses or otherwise of the festive period, 4 Rinks from Gangrels and A&A met on the restored ice at Greenacres following their new ice plant minor repairs in the first round of the Crawford Cup (President's Cup for Gangrels) on Mon 5 Jan 26.

Gangrels 1 (B Cherry (S), Peat (sub Watson), Niblock (sub McFadzean), Mutter) shook New Year hands with Gangrels 2 (Charters(S), R Wilson, Galloway, Lawrence) on Sheet D while A&A1 (Baines (S), Graham, Todd, J Cherry) did the same with A&A 2 (Mitchell (S), Shanks, Haddow, Thow) on Sheet C.

A&A1 set off with a bang to score substantially in the first 2 ends lead 7-0. A&A2 retaliated by taking a 3 in the 3rd end but A&A1 once again surged ahead by taking a 5 in the 4th followed by another single. Despite taking a single in the 6th end, A&A2 drew the game to a close by shaking hands with A&A1 winning 13-4.

Gangrels 2 took early steals in the first 2 ends to be 4 up going in to the 3rd. Gangrels 1 then took singles in the next 2 ends to reduce the deficit but Gangrels 2 kept ahead with some adroit guard defence to take the final 3 ends to win 9-2.

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Stranraer outing a great success

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For the first time, A&A and Gangrels combined to take all 4 sheets of ice at North West Castle and formed 8 Rinks to play a series of festive social curling games on Wed 10 Dec.

Ed Baines wins the Fergusson Rose Bowl

09/12/2025

The new format of joining forces with The Gangrels proved successful and the first half of the season is complete.

Eglinton Jug 2025

04/11/2025

Ayr and Alloway entered one rink for the Eglinton Jug, Ayrshire's premier curling competition. It was held on 1st and 2nd November 2025 at Greenacres. The rink was Charlie Steele skip, Alan Mitchell, Ken Ireland and Ed Baines.

Find out more about joining our club

Ayr and Alloway is one the largest clubs that played at Ayr Ice Rink. With the closure of Ayr, we now play at Greenacres, with outings to Stranraer.

It is a particualrly friendly club, with over 40 members, and we are keen to invite anyone to join us. It maybe you would like to try curling for the first time, or you wish to have extra games. Just Send an email to the secretary for more information.

Social curling, yet competitive

You will not find a friendlier club, but there is still a competitive element. Here are some of the competitions we used to play for when Ayr Ice Rink was open. Hopefully we get back to these competitions when a new curling rink opens.

League & Knockout

We have eight rinks in the league playing each other once per season. The Knockout will be played as a league, with eight rinks. We enter 2 rinks in the Day League.

Other Curling

We play several inter-club "friendlies", and enter rinks in many of the open competitions including the Eglinton Jug and Rink Championship. We also play Points, Pairs and a Cue Competition.

Social Side

We have a pre-season barbecue or picnic, group practice sessions, coaching and various social nights. The prizegiving and AGM are preceded by a meal held in the Abbotsford Hotel.