About us

Instituted in 1821 and admitted to the R.C.C.C. in 1850 we are amongst the oldest clubs in Scotland. The preface to our constitution of 1821 makes an interesting read and captures the spirit and traditions of the game. Read it on our history page. The club is part of the Peeblesshire Province, which in turn is part of Area 5 of the R.C.C.C.

Our home ice is at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, about 25 miles from Peebles. A few games are also played at Edinburgh’s Gogar Park Club.

Nowadays we are a mixed club although there is still a separate Ladies “club within a club” that plays daytime curling on a Thursday. The main club plays mostly evening ice at 5.45 and 7.45.

There are two league competitions, the Challenge Rink Cup - played before Christmas and the John Milne Trophy - played after Christmas. There is a pairs competition for the Wormiston Cup, the Points Medal, a knockout competition for the Ballantyne Salver and the Blackwood Quaich which is played on an aggregate of three games for the men against the ladies. Probably the most prized trophy of all is the Silver Broom, for which any club member can issue a challenge against the holder. The Broom, incidentally, precedes it’s namesake, the Air Canada Silver Broom, by 80 years.