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Results of curling matches held at Lanarkshire Ice Rink in Hamilton on Tuesday were:
Men’s Senior League: B. Smith 13, J. Carmichael 5; J. Motion 10, G. Mcgraw 3; B. Marshall 8, J. Harcourt 2; A. Macintosh 7, R. Simpson 8.
Lanarkshire Province League: Wishaw 12, Lesmahagow 7; Bellshill 3, East Kilbride and Hairmyres 7; Lanark 5, Hamilton and Thornyhill 5.
T. B. Dick Trophy: Coulter 6, Douglas 8; Lesmahagow II 5, Lanark 8; Strathaven Ladies 8, Bellshill 9; Upperward Ladies 8, Bothwell Ladies 1; Cadzow 7, Cambusnethan 8; East Kilbride 7, Dippool 5.
Duncan Johnston Trophy: B. Marshall 2, J. Tait 9; A. Kerr 3, D. Hall 6.
Small Clubs League Section A: Wishaw 11, Bathgate 5.
Small Clubs League Section B: Eaglesham 7, Cadzow 11.
■ Hamilton Rugby Club are holding a Halloween Fun Night on Friday, October 27, from 7pm-9pm.
Tickets are £3 per person, which includes a hot buffet for the kids.
There will be lots of spooky games and a prize will be given for the best costume. Lanark swimmers Jack Mccomish and Shiona Mcclafferty helped to launch an initiative aimed at teaching more than 3000 deaf children to swim.
The duo, who starred at the Deaflympics in Turkey, joined SNP MSP John Mason at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow last month to launch the National Deaf Children’s Society’s deaf-friendly swimming project across Scotland.
Funded by Big Lottery, the two-year project aims to break down the barriers deaf young people face when learning to swim, and will focus on supporting those who live in rural Scotland.
The project will also support swimming coaches to teach deaf young people effectively, and will work with deaf young people to help them gain coaching qualifications, so they can teach other generations of deaf children to swim.
As well as launching the project, deaf young people and their families also spent the day taking part in a consultation workshop to help design and improve services for deaf children across Scotland, and tried out the latest technology and equipment available to deaf young people.
Eleanor Connelly, who manages the project for the National Deaf Children’s Society, said:“it was fantastic to launch the deaf friendly swimming project in Glasgow with some inspirational deaf athletes.
“They really proved to everyone there that deaf children can do anything their hearing peers can, when given the right support.”
For more on the project visit www. ndcs.org.uk/swimming