Just had a wee look and surprised at so little awards dished out  , I thought there were more than what was listed or maybe I thought there were more .No ice maker f the year just an most improved , why the change , was it to give it to someone different ? , anyway congrats to all the winners.

TPN and John

You maybe are thinking of previous years. When the 2011 Awards Dinner was first advertised on the Royal Club site, it was noted that nominations would be saught in the following six categories only:
Young Curler of the Year (Sponsored by the Ladies' Branch)
Grassroots Coach of the Year (Sponsored by Curling Supplies)
Team of the Year (Sponsored by Star Refrigeration)
Most Improved Ice Maker of the Year (Sponsored by Murrayfield Curling Limited)
Ice Rink Manager of the Year (Sponsored by the Royal Caledonian Curling Club)
Ice Diamond Award (Sponsored by Murrayfield Curling Limited).

These six awards were presented on the night.

In previous years there has also been a journalist/writer/photographer award, an award for an 'elite' coach of the year, and a second award in the icemaker category. I would imagine it varies with what sponsorship is available.

Bob

Thanks, Bob. My memory is failing me!

I usually resist picking up points of English in fora because we all make mistakes when we are pounding on our typewriters, but this one is getting more prevalent all over the place and it seems that people really do think that 'must of' is the correct use of English.

it is of course 'must have'  as in 'I must have had a thought' or 'I must have done this' - it is just that sloppy speech has led to the use of 'must of' when written down.

Sorry PN - but I just ran out of tolerance.

Allow me to stand up for TPN here. There are people who simply cannot spell (or use English properly), and there are people who simply cannot be bothered to spell (or use English properly). TPN belongs to the former.

After some thirty years of writing or editing books I have learnt (or should that be learned) that any language, every language, suffers evolution. Anyone who fails to absorb this will lose the language. The language will die. Coming from someone whose first language is Afrikaans (now dying) I will say no more.

As far as I am concerned, colloquial english is certainly allowed. But text speak in abbreviation remains a challenge. TPN, say it how you say it, an opinion is worth more than literary correctness. The only problem will be when people cannot understand what you are trying to say, and you will have to try again.

jmlb,

As a fellow pedant I am instinctively in your camp.

While straying from the thread topic I’m interested by the quote above. Having read one of Bob Agg’s posts pre-censor, I would have categorised his reference to polishing the extremity of a bell as colloquial English (note the capital). It was also an opinion on the question posed.

Not easy being a Moderator.

I voted for David Patullo... and so did many others.