Mother Club: Livingston Curling Club
Other Clubs : Mid Calder Curling Club, Gogar Park Curling Club, Construction Curling
Home Ice Rink: Murrayfield Curling
Years Curling: 28
Occupation : Senior Technical Project Analyst for the National Health Service
Status : In a Long Term Relationship with Abigail,  Dog : Archie the Patterdale Terrierist.

Curling offices held:

• Mid Calder Curling Club – Vice President 2021-23
• Livingston Curling Club – Committee Member 2003-2006, 2008-2015
• Livingston Curling Club – Vice President 2006-2007, President 2007-2008
• West Lothian Province – President 2007-2008
• Edinburgh Curling Club – Director 2013-2017
• Edinburgh Curling School – Committee Member – 2012-2014, Vice President 2011-2013, President 2013-2016
• Organised and booked Try Curling, Beginner & Improvers Courses. Booked ice allocation of ‘New Stones’ Virtual Curling Club and managed the online booking system for members
• Edinburgh International Curling Championships – Webcast, Online Scoring & Social Media 2013-2018
• Working closely with an external webcasting company I lead a team of volunteer camera operators to record and produce the webcast of the Edinburgh International Curling Championships (EICC). In addition I worked remotely with the SoftPeelR team in Switzerland to provide an online scoring service for the event, while also bringing the results directly into the webcast, along with updates being updated to the EICC Facebook group.

Curling achievements:

• British Open Runner-Up – 2004, 2006
• Braehead Open Winner – 2005
• West Lothian Province League Champion – 2008/09, 2013/14
• Yara Farmers Championships – Quarter Finalist 2012
• Represented Scotland in 4 Nations – 2013, 2016
• Jackson Trophy Winner (Champion of Champions @ Edinburgh) 2009, 2010, 2017, 2018
• Represented Mid Calder Curling in the Swan Trophy, Winner 2009, 2012, 2014
• Represented Edinburgh in Double Rink Championships finals 2012/13
• Represented Edinburgh in the Maxwell Trophy 2012-2017
• Curling Coach – Level 1 – 2010
• Curling Coach – Level 2 – 2013

Why I wanted to be part of the curling tour:

I have been lucky enough to play against the incoming Canadian Strathcona tourists on the last two visits. Being able to join and participate as a member of the outgoing tour to Canada would fulfil a long term ambition I have held for many years.

Curling for me is much more than winning, although it is always favoured! It is about playing against old friends while also making new ones, taking part, promoting the sport and most of all about having fun with a lot of laughter along the way. Even on the days when things may not go so well, once you step off the ice the scores are largely forgotten and we enjoy the frivolity of the social side of our sport.

For me, touring Canada would be best experienced while I am still young enough to play the roaring game to the best of my abilities and before my knee’s and joints start to creak and complain too much.

Hobbies/Interests:

• Curling
• Photography – I focus on Landscape, Wildlife, Macro, Astro & Sports. Though happy to try other genres.
• Baseball.  Fan of the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees and Houston Astro’s (in that order).  Attended the 2019 London Series and visited Rodger Centre in August 2019 to see the Jays against the Astro’s.
• Walking / Hiking – Touring Scotland to walk roads less travelled for the purpose of photography, but also keep fit and walk our Dog.