DAVID HAY has thrown the first stone of the 36th Yara Farmers Curling Competition, which will be running all this week at the Dewars Centre, Perth.

David, whose father Chuck was instrumental in establishing the competition, is pictured with the commercial director of Yara UK, Peter Smith, while Alan Wood is to the left, and John Middleton from Yara is to the right. Also pictured are Rob Stevenson's team from Kirkcaldy, featuring father and son Alan Clark snr and jnr.