Sunday, February 20, 2022

EVE MUIRHEAD WINS OLYMPIC GOLD IN BEIJING

Huge congratulations to past P&K Ladies' County champion & team member Eve Muirhead who led her GB team to Olympic curling gold this morning.
Perthshire born Eve Muirhead, who turned down offers of golf scholarships in the USA to follow her curling career, realised her Olympic dream today.

Alongside fellow Scots Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds, Hailey Duff and alternate Mili Smith, the 31 year old skip won Team GB's only gold medal of the Winter Olympics.

For Eve it was fourth-time lucky (all as skip) after failing to progress from the group stages at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, winning bronze at Sochi in 2014 and suffering a heatbreaking loss to Japan in the bronze-medal match at Pyeongchang in 2018.

Twenty years after she watched Rhona Martin (now Howie) send down her "Stone of Destiny" at the Salt Lake City Games to win gold, Muirhead finally managed to emulate her fellow Scot's success.

Like Martin, Muirhead finished 5-4 after the round-robin matches and had to rely on the results of others to squeeze into the knockout stage. But, this time there was no dramatic last stone drama for the gold. Instead, after a semi-final roller-coaster against Sweden, which GB came through to win 12-11 at the 1st extra end, Eve and her team dominated the final, wrapping up a superb 10-3 victory over Japan with an end to spare.

After her win, Eve Muirhead said:

"To think it was 20 years ago when Rhona Martin made history in Britain by winning that gold medal. We’ve followed in her footsteps and done it. This is a moment I’ve dreamed of as a child. To stand on the podium and get that gold medal around your neck is honestly a moment I’ll never forget."

Tuesday, February 08, 2022

P&K COUNTY TEAM SHORTLISTED FOR P&K SPOTY AWARD

Huge congratulations to our Perth & Kinross Ladies' County Team who have been shortlisted for the P&K SPOTY 2021 Team of the Year award.
Congratulations also go to County member Moira Lumby (King James VI) and former County Champion and Team member Eve Muirhead (Pitlochry) who have been shortlisted in the volunteer and sports personality categories respectively.

Perth & Kinross Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) Awards
Every year the Live Active Leisure Sport Development Team host the annual Perth and Kinross Sports Awards, in partnership with Perth & Kinross Sports Council. The awards celebrate the success of Perth & Kinross athletes, teams, coaches and volunteers.

The top three nominations for each category are listed below (in no particular order). The winners will be announced at the P&K SPOTY awards ceremony, on Friday 4 March 2022 at Perth Museum.

Sports Personality of the Year
ðŸĨŒ Milli Smith (Curling)
ðŸĨŒ Eve Muirhead (Curling)
ðŸŽ― Laura Muir (Athletics)

Young Sports Personality of the Year
ðŸĨ‹ Gregor Miller (Judo)
🏌ðŸŧ‍♂️ Connor Graham (Golf)
🏊‍♂️ ðŸšī 🏃 Struan Bennett (Triathlon)

Veteran Sports Personality of the Year
ðŸļ Dan Travers (Badminton)
🏊 ðŸšī 🏃 Selwyn Parker (Triathlon)

Disability Sports Personality of the Year
🏉 Cayden Thomson (Wheelchair Rugby)
ðŸŽŊ Lesley Stewart (Target Shooting)

Volunteer of the Year
ðŸļ Frazer Robertson (Badminton)
⚽️ David Inglis (Football)
🏌ðŸŋ Moira Lumby (Golf)

Youth Leadership Award
🏊‍♀️ Anna Woodhead (Swimming)
🏊‍♀️ Rebecca Harvey (Swimming & Netball)
⚽️ Sam Currie (Football & Swimming)

Club of the Year
⚽️ Fair City Junior FC
⚽️ Jeanfield Swifts Community Football Club
🏌️‍♀️ Strathmore Golf Centre / Strathmore Juniors Golf Section

Sport For Change Award
ðŸŽū Madoch Centre
ðŸĪš Salle Ossian Fencing Club
🏒 Perth Parrots Floorball Club

Chuck Hay Team of the Year
ðŸī Pegasus Vaulting Group
⚽️ Perth High School Under 15 Girls' Football Team
🏌ðŸŋ‍♀️ Perth & Kinross County Ladies' Golf Team

George Mortimer Service to Sport Award
🏊‍♂️ Bruce Bannerman (Swimming)
⚽️ Atholl Henderson (Football)

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

HELEN DALGLEISH

With great sadness, we have learnt that Helen Dalgleish passed away at Ninewells Hospital, after a short illness, on Tuesday 1 February 2022.
Helen Dalgleish (on the left ) with Jean Laburn, 2015.

Helen Dalgleish
Helen Dalgleish, aged 75, was a larger than life charcter with a great sense of humour. She enjoyed many sports including hockey, curling and, of course, golf. Helen was a member of King James VI Golf Club, P&K Ladies' County Golf Association and Midland Vets. She was a regular attendee at our County competitions over the years.

Until she retired, she was a Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer at Perth Royal Infirmary.

The funeral will be held at 12:30hrs on Wednesday 16 February at Perth Crematorium. All friends are invited. Donations may be made to Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance.