The Border Ice Rink opened its doors to ice sports on the 1st October 1964 with a "Curling Bonspiel”, followed by a

dinner in Ednam House then a wekend of skating.

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Here we are in 2024, some 60 years later and still going strong.   To mark this milestone we have organised a Curling Bonspiel, a Jubilee Dinner and a 60s Theme Skating Weekend for you all to enjoy similar to what happened in '64.

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For the curlers we are hosting a bonspiel for 128 players on Saturday 19th October when the north of our catchment area will play the south in their clubs.  Invited players from further afield are also being invited.   

 

The Diamond Jubilee Dinner with music, toasts and an after dinner speaker will take place in the Cross Keys Hotel, Kelso on the evening of the 19th Oct after the curling and prior to the skating on Sunday 20th.

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(The details of the skating event is on the skating page.)

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Curling Information

We are inviting our border curling clubs to enter at least one team, but many will want to enter more for this special one-off event, we are sure.   There is provission on the form below to enter two teams and some additional players.

We ask for the players and their partners to attend the dinner if at all possible.

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We require this "Team Entry Form" no later than 21st June to confirm the local numbers as we are widening the invitations to ex-patriots of BIR and other curlers from outwith our local area who would like to join us, but we will prioritise on our home members first.

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Once we have your forms in we will contact you again to colate all the names of the teams and the names of those wishing to attending the dinner with a menu selector for the meal.

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The estemated charges will be £15 for the curling and £35pp for the dinner.   These prices will include a memento and other little extras.   We will confirm the charges when we get in touch later