Alan Durno

(Fochabers Curling Club)

I’m aged 47.  I’m a beef and cereals farmer from Clochan, a small village lying to the east of the famous River Spey.  I’ve been married to Susan, a teacher for 25 years.  We have 2 sons – Neil (21) who is now farming with me and Gregor (15) still at school. 

Outwith curling I enjoy watching football, clay pigeon shooting and foreign travel.

Address: Cuttlebrae, Clochan, Buckie AB56 5HS

Telephone: +44  (0) 1542 850312

Email: ALANDURNO@aol.com  

John Paul

(Rothes Curling Club)

John is a farmer in Leslie, Fife - farming over 700 acres consisting of dairy, beef, sheep and arable enterprise. He also has a small milk delivery business to keep him out of mischief. He has been married to Catherine for 20 years and they have two sons, John Jnr. (16) and Cameron (8)

John is past president of Rothes Curling Club and an active committee member. he has been curling for 25 years, qualifying for the Scottish playdowns on numerous occasions. He has won many regional competitions and currently plays in the Perth Super League.

John’s hobbies are socialising, showing beef cattle, breeding bantams and football.

Address: Meikle Balquhormie Farm, Leslie, Fife KY6 3HD

Telephone: +44  (0) 1592 742278

Email: JohnPaul@balquhomie.fsnet.co.uk  

Albert Rae

(Dunfermline Curling Club)

I live in Cowdenbeath, a small town in Fife 25 miles north of Edinburgh. I have been a member of Dunfermline Curling Club since 1965, and consider highlights to be from 1982 and 1984 when I played in a rink, which reached the last eight of the Scottish Men’s Championships in those years. Presently I am President of West of Fife Province.

I am an electrical engineer by profession and have spent my career within the Electricity Distribution/Supply Industry, working mainly across the central belt of Scotland.

Outside of work and curling my main interest has been the Territorial Army in which I served as an Officer with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers foe 27 years. (The Territorial Army is a part-time volunteer reserve force for the British Regular Army and is available in the event of any shortfall in manpower with particular skills)

Now retired from both the Electricity business and Territorial Army, my principal diversions are DIY repairs and building, although I hope to enhance my reputation as a fair weather golfer outside of the curling season!

Address:   3 Glenfield Gardens, Cowdenbeath KY4 9ET

Telephone: +44  (0) 1383 510708 

Email:         albert.rae@btopenworld.com

Ian Mackay

(Dornoch Curling Club)

Ian lives in Dornoch, which is 45 miles of Inverness and curls at Brora Ice Rink (the most northerly ice rink in Scotland) and Inverness. 

He and his wife, Maureen, have three children, two of whom sometimes join themin a family rink.  He is a partner in a firm of chartered accountants. 

He has been secretary of his curling club for almost 20 years, is a past president of the Sutherland Province and has been treasurer of Brora Ice Runk for 10 years.  He started curling in 1975 and particularly enjoys taking part in outdoor bonspiels, when Jack Frost permits. 

He also enjoys golf (but rarely makes time for it), gardening, local & curling history and travelling.

Address: 4 Sutherland Road, Dornoch, Sutherland, IV25 3SX

Telephone: +44  (0) 1862 810333

Email: fkf@golspie.f9.co.uk