JOHNNIE WALKER HIGHLAND WEEK
AVIEMORE 1969

Participating Rinks
Section A
S Tornqvist - Sweden
H McDiarmid - Canada
B Mortensen - Norway
B Christie - Edinburgh
Section B
R Arfwidsson - Sweden
E Mackenzie - Canada
E Walls - Mid scotland
J Dennis - Inverness
Section C
P Thorkildsen - Norway
S Dunlop - Scotland
A Lambin - France
S Russell - Speyside
Section D
J.L.Blanc - C.A.F
M. Olsen - Denmark
M Mackenzie - USA
A. Johnston - Aberdeen

Mrs. Elsie Mackenzie is photographed at Aviemore with the Johnnie Walker Gold Plate which was awarded
to her British Columbia rink, winners of the 1969 Highland Week of International Curling.
This photograph also shows, on the left ,Lord Elgin, 1969 President of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club,
and Major Alan Cameron, Convener of the "Week"

Elsie as she was better know was a fantastic character, "I know cause I was there" she was a wonderful lady suffice to say she was a granny a couple of times and the other three members of the rink were grannies also.
I will not mention any skips names but there were a few that year who fancied there chances of winning in 1969 but their ambitions were put on hold by Elsie Mackenzie and her rink.

This year we have with us twenty rinks from outside Scotland, nine countries in all being represented. This surely must be a record for any bonspiel, and certainly a record for Scotland and the Highlands
So great has been the demand to enter that there is a waiting list of curlers at home and overseas. It is very gratifying to know that the Highland International Week has become so popular.
Outside bonspiels have traditionally been a feature of the curling scene. In recent years there has seldom been sufficient frost in the Highlands to provide the minimum depth of ice on outside ponds. The absence of these bonspiels has been a sad miss to many. The introduction of indoor curling facilities has made it possible to arrange this indoor bonspiel.

Johnnie Walker Highland Week of International Curling, during this week the accent is not only on attaining a high standard of curling but on recreating and fostering the social atmosphere traditionally associated with the outdoor game and bringing together, in the true spirit of the game curlers from all over the world

Sandra South Cairgorm Ladies rink
left to right
S South, M Maclennan, F Pendreigh, J Grant

Grampian Province Rink 1969
left to right
I McCook, N Grant, G Grant, D Keith

Supplementary Winners 1969
left to right
T Walls, with brother Eadie, Jenny & Jimmy Scott