FIXTURE LIST: SEASON 2026-27

Thursday 17 September, 5.45 p.m. at Kinross
FORRET v KINROSS
Inter Province League

Tuesday 13 October, 8.00 p.m. at Kinross
THORNTON v ABERDOUR
Inter Province League

Thursday 29 October, 8.20 p.m. at Perth (Provisional date and time)
BORELAND
LARGO
FOSSOWAY
ABDIE
HERCULES
RAITH & ABBOTSHALL
ORWELL
INVERKEITHING
Fife & Kinross v Perth Bonspiel

Tuesday 15 December, 5.45 p.m. at Kinross
MARKINCH v KINROSS JUNIORS
Inter Province League

Monday 11 January, 5.45 p.m. at Kirkcaldy
THORNTON v LARGO
RAITH & ABBOTSHALL v BORELAND
BANK OF SCOTLAND v HERCULES LADIES
INVERKEITHING v MARKINCH
HERCULES v ABERDOUR
George Sinclair Memorial Bonspiel

Wednesday 6 January, 8.00 p.m. at Kinross
ORWELL v BORELAND
Inter Province League

Friday 5 February, 8.00 p.m. at Kinross
HERCULES v BROOMHALL
Inter Province League

Friday 19 February, 8.00 p.m. at Kinross
RAITH & ABBOTSHALL v ABDIE
Inter Province League

Thursday 25 February, 6.00 p.m. at Perth (Provisional date and time)
BISHOPSHIRE v INVERKEITHING
LARGO v ROTHES
ORWELL LADIES v RAITH & ABBOTSHALL LADIES
HERCULES LADIES v CUPAR PROVINCE LADIES
FORRET v BANK OF SCOTLAND
ST.ANDREWS v KINROSS
Inter Province Bonspiel

Wednesday 3 March, 5.45 p.m. at Kinross

FOSSOWAY v INVERKEITHING
CERES v LARGO
Inter Province League

Area 10: Annual General Meeting 2026

The Annual General Meeting of Fife & Kinross Area (Area 10) was held at Kinross Ice Rink on Thursday 23 April 2026.

The draft minutes are here:

…and agenda and papers here:

Inter Province Bonspiel Results 2025-26

This season’s Inter Province Bonspiel was played on Thursday 26 February at Perth.  Each of the 4 Provinces in Fife & Kinross Area entered 3 teams, and the trophy was awarded to the Province which had the best record across their 3 games.   That was Loch Leven, with 2 wins and a peel.   

Congratulations to the teams who represented Loch Leven – Kinross, Fossoway and a Loch Leven Province Ladies select.

The full results were: 

Red = East of Fife Province

Blue = West of Fife Province

Black = Loch Leven Province

Green = Cupar Province

PROVINCE TOTALS

Winning Province = Loch Leven (Kinross, Fossoway and Loch Leven Province Ladies)

Inter Province League Results 2025-26

Congratulations to Cupar Province who have won this season’s Inter Province League. Their 3 teams (Abdie, Ceres and Forret) had a +7 shot average across their 3 matches, well ahead of East of Fife in 2nd place.

Average Results

Cupar Province:  +7 shots (+21 shots over 3 games)

East of Fife:  -1 shots (-2 shots over 2 games)

Loch Leven: -3 shots (-9 shots over 3 games)

West of Fife: -2.5 shots (-10 shots over 4 games)

Winners = Cupar Province (Abdie, Ceres and Forret

Wednesday 17 September, 8.00 p.m.

BROOMHALL (West of Fife)  8  KINROSS (Loch Leven)  11

Tuesday 14 October, 8.00 p.m.

FOSSOWAY (Loch Leven) 5 ABDIE (Cupar) 16

Tuesday 16 December, 5.45 p.m.

LARGO (East of Fife) 5 INVERKEITHING (West of Fife) 10

Wednesday 21 January, 8.00 p.m.

MARKINCH (East of Fife) 9 CERES (Cupar) 6

Friday 6 February, 8.00 p.m.

FORRET (Cupar) 16 BORELAND (West of Fife) 3

Wednesday 4 March, 5.45 p.m.

KINROSS JUNIORS (Loch Leven) 5 RAITH & ABBOTSHALL (West of Fife) 6

George Sinclair Bonspiel Results 2025-26

The George Sinclair Bonspiel is played in honour of the former head iceman at Kirkcaldy who worked at the rink in the 80s and 90s. This year it was played just after the Xmas break, on Monday 5 January.

The bonspiel is won by the highest up rink. On this occasion, this was Boreland CC with +11 shots. Congratulations to their rink of Steve Jamieson (skip), Leslie Wilson, John MacGalloway and Malcolm Gerdes-Hansen who, in the absence of the trophy which has been missing for several years, were presented with bottles of wine by Area 10 Vice-President, Iain Rennick.

The scores were:

Thanks to Ron Filsell (Markinch) for the following report on the matches:

George Sinclair Memorial Trophy Bonspiel:
This Bonspiel, in memory of Iceman, George Sinclair, took place on Monday, 5th January, 2026. This prestigious event used to attract enough clubs from East and West of Fife Provinces, along with Cupar Province, to require 2 or more sessions, but, it is, now, sadly, reduced to one session. Unfortunately, Hercules was stood up by its scheduled opponents, Largo, so, the Bonspiel was reduced to 5 matches.

On Sheet B, East’s Kennoway was paired with West’s Aberdour. Aberdour started with a single, matched by Kennoway, at the second end. Aberdour continued the trend with another single at the third, but, Kennoway edged ahead with a 2 at the 4th end, then, extended that with a great steal of 3 shots. Aberdour continued its scoring of singles, taking the 6th end, then, stealing (you guessed it!), only, a single, at the seventh and last end. This meant Kennoway merged as victor, winning 6-4.

Sheet C saw a clash of East clubs, Hercules Ladies and Thornton. The Ladies started the ball rolling with a single at the first end. The singles see-sawed between the two teams over the next 3 ends, but, Thornton went into full stealing mode, taking a 5, then a 4, to race into an 11-2 lead. The Ladies got some pride back, taking a 3, then, stealing a 2, at the last end, but, not enough to prevent Thornton taking the match, 11-7.

West’s Raith & Abbotshall might have been shaking in their curling shoes, having lost to Markinch, 17-1, in the League match, however, they were not such lambs to the slaughter, this time, making a go of it, coming back at Markinch’s single and steal of 2, with a 2 and a single steal, at the 3rd and 4th ends. Markinch pulled away, again, taking a 2, and, stealing another 2, at the 6th end. R & A took its turn of taking two ends, again, but, were restricted to two singles to allow Markinch a 7-5 win.

Cupar Province’s sole representative, Stratheden, took on West’s Inverkeithing, on Sheet E. Inverkeithing used its local knowledge to dominate this match, opening with a 2, and, after giving up a single, piled the pressure on Stratheden, scoring a 5, then, rubbing salt in its wounds with a steal of one. Stratheden licked its wounds with a score of 2, before the match was ended with an exchange of singles, meaning Inverkeithing took the match, 9-4.

Sheet F was full Western, with Boreland robbing the Bank (of Scotland). Boreland took the first 7 ends, with five 2s, interspersed with singles at the second and sixth ends, before relenting for the Bankers to take a single crumb of comfort at the eighth end. The Boreland score of 12-1 meant that Boreland won the long and still missing trophy, but, had the consolation of a bottle of wine each.

Fife & Kinross v Perthshire 2025-26

The annual match between Fife & Kinross Area and Perthshire for the Silver Kettle trophy took place at Perth on Thursday 30 October.  The results were:

Winning Area = Fife & Kinross

Highest Up club on winning side (who are awarded the Silver Kettle) =  Inverkeithing (+7 shots)

Highest Up club on losing side =  Coupar Angus (+6 shots)

Penalty shot rules for Area competitions

At the Fife & Kinross Area AGM in April, we agreed changes to the penalty shot rules that apply to Area competitions where a team is a player short at the start of the game.

For our 3 bonspiel competitions…

Fife & Kinross v Perthshire

George Sinclair Bonspiel

Inter Province Bonspiel

…no penalty shots apply if a team is 1 player short (i.e. has 3 players). Games should start on time. If the missing player subsequently appears, they can join in the game at the appropriate time depending upon their playing position.

In our league competition – the Inter Province League – which is played at Kinross we apply the same penalty shot rules as apply to other league competitions run by the Trust. At present, this is essentially the same as described for the bonspiel competitions above…i.e. no penalties apply for a team being 1 player short.

In all cases, if a team is 2 or more players short, they forfeit the match by 6-0 and 5 ends.

Welcome

Welcome to the website of Area 10 (Fife & Kinross) of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club.  Area 10 covers East of Fife, West of Fife, Loch Leven and Cupar Provinces.  This website will be updated throughout the season with the results from the various Area 10 competitions and other news.  Click on the competitions tab to see the draws for the various competitions.

The role of the Area is:
• To provide a two-way communication channel between Scottish Curling and grassroot curlers who play at Kirkcaldy and Kinross. The President and Vice President of the Area sit on Scottish Curling’s Areas Standing Committee (ASC) whose remit includes offering advice to the Board, communicating the views of Provinces and Clubs and, reporting the views and policies of Scottish Curling to local curlers. The Areas Standing Committee works closely with the Ladies Standing Committee, including regular joint meetings.
• To liaise with the ice rinks at Kinross and Kirkcaldy to help improve the level of membership and involvement of curlers at the two ice facilities and, where necessary, lobby for the improvement of curling facilities (on and off ice).
• To run competitions between clubs within the 4 Provinces covered by the Area – Cupar, East of Fife, Loch Leven and West of Fife – and against other Areas.
• To organise the itinerary (matches, accommodation, meals and entertainment) for incoming men’s tours during their time in Fife and Kinross. This includes collection of an annual levy / entertainment fee to cover the costs. Arrangements for incoming ladies tours are organised by Ladies Branch.