The Grand Match, also called The Bonspiel, is an outdoor curling tournament, or bonspiel, held most recently on the Lake of Menteith in Stirling, Scotland, when the weather is cold enough. Traditional
Charles Martin Hardie - Curling at Carsebreck (1899)
Carsbreck railway station was a private station opened on the Scottish Central Railway near Carsebreck Loch, the Royal Caledonian Curling pond, between Stirling and Perth for the use of the curlers be
Grand Match
…Barr Meadow, 1850 - near Castle Semple Loch Carsebreck, near Blackford - 25 matches between 1853 and 1935, on leased land which was specially flooded to provide good, safe ice - the final match, on 24…