22. Cathcart Castle Match - The Park-Crerar Trophy
Arrol Crerar was a member of both Pollok Curling Club and Cathcart Castle Curling Club. In 1969 Arrol was President of Cathcart Castle Curling Club and Russell Park was President of Pollok Curling Club. There was no Trophy for the annual match between the two Clubs and so Arrol and Russell decided to present a trophy which has been played for since 1969. Arrol was Secretary/Treasurer of Pollok Curling Club for 14 years from 1977/78 to 1991/92. He was made an Honorary Member of Pollok Curling Club in 2008. Pollok Curling Club and Cathcart Castle Curling Club have been very close to each other.
At Pollok's AGM Dinner, the President of Cathcart Castle is an invited guest and proposes the Toast of Pollok Curling Club, and at the AGM Dinner of Cathcart Castle Curling Club the President of Pollok Curling Club is an invited guest and proposes the Toast to Cathcart Castle Curling Club.
The winning club each year is listed below, coupled with the name of the winner's President for that year. At times when Pollok Curling Club have been one or two members short in their Bonspiels, Cathcart Castle members have been asked to fill in. In 1967 a special Royal Caledonian Curling Club Medal was won by Pollok Curling Club in beating Cathcart Castle Curling Club. It was suitably inscribed and presented to the President Alex G Morris.
1st April 2011: AGM – ““Inexplicably, we then lost to Cathcart Castle, despite them fielding one gent and three wee girls against Mr Cockburn’s rink..”
Results of the matches for the Park-Crerar Trophy, and winning Club Presidents:
Arrol Crerar was a member of both Pollok Curling Club and Cathcart Castle Curling Club. In 1969 Arrol was President of Cathcart Castle Curling Club and Russell Park was President of Pollok Curling Club. There was no Trophy for the annual match between the two Clubs and so Arrol and Russell decided to present a trophy which has been played for since 1969. Arrol was Secretary/Treasurer of Pollok Curling Club for 14 years from 1977/78 to 1991/92. He was made an Honorary Member of Pollok Curling Club in 2008. Pollok Curling Club and Cathcart Castle Curling Club have been very close to each other.
At Pollok's AGM Dinner, the President of Cathcart Castle is an invited guest and proposes the Toast of Pollok Curling Club, and at the AGM Dinner of Cathcart Castle Curling Club the President of Pollok Curling Club is an invited guest and proposes the Toast to Cathcart Castle Curling Club.
The winning club each year is listed below, coupled with the name of the winner's President for that year. At times when Pollok Curling Club have been one or two members short in their Bonspiels, Cathcart Castle members have been asked to fill in. In 1967 a special Royal Caledonian Curling Club Medal was won by Pollok Curling Club in beating Cathcart Castle Curling Club. It was suitably inscribed and presented to the President Alex G Morris.
1st April 2011: AGM – ““Inexplicably, we then lost to Cathcart Castle, despite them fielding one gent and three wee girls against Mr Cockburn’s rink..”
Results of the matches for the Park-Crerar Trophy, and winning Club Presidents:
1969 CATHCART CASTLE J A Crerar
1970 POLLOK J M Dodds 1971 POLLOK W S Jack 1972 CATHCART CASTLE A N Kirk 1973 POLLOK M K Dickie 1974 CATHCART CASTLE D McLaren 1975 CATHCART CASTLE D McLaren 1976 POLLOK J A Crerar 1977 POLLOK H R Levick 1978 POLLOK W Skeoch 1979 POLLOK H W V Noble 1980 CATHCART CASTLE I McGregor 1981 POLLOK J R Boyle 1982 POLLOK M Grindlay 1983 CATHCART CASTLE D Wallace 1984 POLLOK A Campbell 1985 CATHCART CASTLE E A Millree 1986 POLLOK D Thomson 1987 POLLOK I L Dunsmore 1988 CATHCART CASTLE W Skeoch 1989 POLLOK R W Addison 1990 CATHCART CASTLE W S McFarlane 1991 CATHCART CASTLE W S McFarlane 1992 POLLOK I K McDermid 1993 CATHCART CASTLE N Murray-Lyon 1994 POLLOK A Hutchison 1995 POLLOK H Clark 1996 POLLOK K Minto 1997 POLLOK A H Thomson |
1998 POLLOK E L Cunningham 1999 POLLOK G Wintersgill 2000 POLLOK D McAlpine 2001 POLLOK G Leslie 2002 CATHCART CASTLE C Dykes 2003 POLLOK I Addison 2004 POLLOK G Anderson 2005 POLLOK G Steele 2006 CATHCART CASTLE A Colville 2007 CATHCART CASTLE A Colville 2008 CATHCART CASTLE N Murray-Lyon 2009 POLLOK I Taylor 2010 CATHCART CASTLE J McGowan 2011 CATHCART CASTLE J McGowan 2012 CATHCART CASTLE D Horne 2013 POLLOK R Morris 2014 CATHCART CASTLE W Highet 2015 CATHCART CASTLE W Highet 2016 POLLOK M Paterson 2017 TIED: POLLOK M Paterson CATHCART CASTLE J Wilson 2018 CATHCART CASTLE A MCMahon 2019 POLLOK A Robertson 2020 POLLOK G Smith 2021 Not Played – Pandemic 2022 CATHCART CASTLE A Smeaton 2023 CATHCART CASTLE A Smeaton 2024 POLLOK P Carnan |