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Gallery: Archive images showing curling teams in the north-east

By Alison Stenhouse
1990: Skip Betty Donald’s sweepers hard at work during their opening game at Stoneywood
1990: Skip Betty Donald’s sweepers hard at work during their opening game at Stoneywood

We’ve gone through our archives and dug out these images of curling teams in the north-east over the past few decades.

Used EE 09.01.1976.
Philip Dawson (left) and Walter Simpson, of Marischal Curling Club, assist the stone on its way for a take-out in their game at today's Bonspiel.
1975: Skip Jack Suttie proudly displays the Westburn Salver which his team, Aberdeen, won in the Scottish Grocers’ Federation curling championship at Falkirk. Other members of the team are, from left, Hugh Thom, David Suttie and Duncan McGregor
1991 : Elma Martin, past president of the Aberdeen Ladies Curling Club, left, hands over to the new president, Annabel Hogg at their annual dinner and prizegiving at the Palm Court
1991: Scott Johnson, 16, prepares to deliver the shield to the Robert Gordon’s College team which won the schools curling tournament at Stoneywood. With him, from left, are Paul Preacher, 18, David Maxwell, 18, Graeme Chandler, 17, and Mr Wood.
1989: Aberdeen skip Sandy Shand pays close attention to the weight of his stone as his teammates wait for the call to begin sweeping during the RCC rink championship
1975: Margaret Service holds the Grouse Whisky Challenge Trophy with the rest of the winning team seated beside her, surrounded by the qualifiers for the final stages
1980: Curlers, from left, May Gray, Lena Michie, Eileen Anderson and Irene Duncan
1976: Umpire John Carmichael takes precautions against the cold with a warming drink
1974: Each male curler was paired with three ladies at the Three And One competition at Donald’s Ice Rink. Pictured are competition winners Mary Donald, Sandy Shand, Phyllis Repper and Norma Shewan
1988: Taking to the ice in fancy dress for some festive fun at Aberdeen Curling Rink were members of the AWW Curling Club (Another Whisky and Water), with teams The Pavlovas and The Roly Polys preparing to do battle
1978: Measuring a shot at the area bonspiel at Donald’s Ice Rink, Aberdeen, is Wilbert Fiddes, of Meldrum, and Daviot Curling Club
1985: George Rogerson, skip of the winning team in the Banchory Curling Club centenary bonspiel at Stoneywood, receives the trophy from Christine Paterson, the club’s women’s president. Team members were, from left, Beverley Forrest, George Cooper and Marguerite Chapman
1990: Skip Betty Donald’s sweepers hard at work during their opening game at Stoneywood

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