Good if your face fits. Same old same old IMO.

A recent controversy in the world of badminton stemmed from the fact that the ladies have been told to wear skirts or dresses in competition. My view is that this should also be compulsory in curling as it would attract a brand new audience to the game. I ain't too keen on all these lycra trackies and under armour gear. GH looked terrific in her chosen attire and woolly headband and will be missed around the country - time for the new brigade to take up the mantle, come on girls waddya say?

I think all these squads do is alienate the other teams. We have seen it all before especially with junior teams. Keith Maclennan a prime example.  Wd to big keithy.
Bob

Bob - there were 3 lonegunmen but in which TV series?

quite right - and these are the people who complain(wrongly) that the Royal club does not look at the Forum. Why should the Royal club  bother to look at the Forum when it conains drivel  posted  by people who would do us all a favour and send e-mails to each other rather than clutter up the site with their puerile nonsence

A good viewpoint almost ruined by your ridiculous point scoring

However i do agree with you to some extent. I don't know why anyone's so bothered about the royal club. I really don't think they will be interested  in this forum. My son has a blue blazer and we have certainly found the royal club to be a very strange clique. If your "face" fits then you will be fine.

Is anyone on this forum actually bothered about the rccc?

Bringing this thread back to the my original post:

HughJ, Invicta, JM, lonegunman: it's nice to read that my choice of on-ice attire was appreciated:-) I have only stopped competing in ladies curling. So, as long as my knee holds out, the skort and headband will still be on display at murrayfield in club curling and whatever else I end up playing in. If anyone wants me to join them in the mixed, mixed doubles, gormac or whatever else, I will still be keen on playing, but ladies curling is a no-no.

I think the state of our ladies game is disappointing. Long gone are the days when you had 16 teams trying to qualify, everyone had to fight tooth and nail just to qualify because there were no free tickets to the Scottish Championships plus we did well on the world stage. Times have changed with curling's inclusion in the Olympics and with Lottery funding and, having been on the receiving end of it, the level of support that you get if you are funded is great, so there are positive aspects to how the game has evolved from some points of view.

There are some very, very strong young players out there just now with huge potential to excel, but having so few teams competing now in the ladies makes me wonder about the long term future of our ladies game. Therein lies the challenge.