HIGHLAND
INTERNATIONAL CURLING WEEK 1967
(Note the original name) |
Participating Rinks
Section A
J Fosberg - Canada
W.S Prentice - Scotland
P. Niven
J. Craigie - Cawdor
Section B
R..Shenkel
W. Black
A. J. Russell - Grampian
J. Dennis - Inverness
Section C
T. Akerlund
D Robertson Snr - Nairn
A Johnston - Aberdeen
E Connell - Inverness
Section D
F /L Agar
R Christie - Edinburgh
Mrs M Hutchinson
A Cameron - Committee |
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Participating Rinks
Section E
L.Hemmingson
J McWhiter
G Grant - Grampian
E Brown - Nairn
Section F
Franz Marti
D.Nicol
D. MacArthur - Ardclach
P.Halley - Crief
Section G
B Mortensen
R Gardner
J.Hutcheson - Inverness
D.South - Aviemore
Section H
Sweden
Mrs J Love
E.Walls
H.McLennan - Ross-Shire |
The Winners of the first ever Highland Week of International Curling.
The winning rink was skipped by Bob Christie from Corstorphine and
was supported by a young team of Edinburgh curlers, Iain Baxter, Jim
Young and Jim Moffat.Bob is seen here being presented with The Johnnie
Walker Gold Plate by David.C.Kerr Managing Director, John Walker &
sons Ltd.
The above photograph was actually taken of Bob and his rink in 1968
as there were no photographs in the 1967 programmee.
Of the participating skips Jerry Fosberg then in the Canadian Air
Force in Germany also attended many more HWIC weeks including the
40th in Inverness |
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The 1967
programmee
The Programmee was very basic
and did not have any introduction or detail other than what you
see above except for what it called a list of officials,
Competitions:-
Allan Cameron (Convener) and Hector Maclennan (Vice Convenor)
Entertainment . Excursions . Transport . Accomodation:-
Len Hutchinson (Convenor)
Finance:- Eric Brown
Press and Publicity:- David Bland
Secretary:- W.T.Martin |
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