President's Cup and Day League B Team

The third week of the President's Cup saw Bob Cherry skip the Jimmy Niblock team with Anne Hay and Ernest Mutter to a 7-5 victory over Peter Kennedy. Peter had his first foray on ice after his injury. Good to see our President back on his feet. Team Niblock are the only unbeaten rink this year and top the table with 6 points.

Close behind on 4 points are Robert Charters, who had a 7-2 win over David Gray, and Steel McFadzean, who beat Richard Morrison by 8 shots to 6.

The table is here.

Yesterday also saw a win for our Day League B team.  Euan Lawrence, Richard Morrison, Peter Galloway and Steel McFadzean have played 7 games in the B division, winning six and drawing one.  They finished unbeaten and will feature in Division A next year.  Hearty congratulations to the four team members and the various subs who all contributed.

President's Cup - Week 2

Biggest winner of the night was Jimmy Niblock's team who were ably skipped by Bob Cherry to an 11-3 victory over Steel McFadzean.

Robert Charters team, under the captaincy of Austin Thomson, also had a good win over Richard Morrison, by 8 shots to 3.

The third match was very close. Peter Galloway was skipping the Peter Kennedy rink against the David Gray team, with Euan Lawrence in charge. Euan was 5-2 up after 5 ends but scores of 1, 1, and 2 saw Peter sneak a lucky win by one shot, 6-5.

The table can be found here.

Start of President's Cup Competition

Monday saw the start of this year's President's Cup.  The Cup is the competition where skips move down to lead and everyone else moves up.  For ease of communication I shall use the original skip's name to identify the team.  On occasion I might mention who is actually skipping but please don't moan if I forget!

The first games saw wins for the teams of Jimmy Niblock, Steel McFadzean and Peter Kennedy. The resulting table is fairly close and can be found by clicking here.

Skips for the first game were:

Rink 1 - Ronnie Wilson                                     Rink 4 - Bob Cherry

Rink 2 - David Hope                                          Rink 5 - Austin Thomson

Rink 3 - Francis McCrossin                               Rink 6 - Jimmy Begg 

                                      

Annual Match V Ayr & Alloway

Our match against Ayr & Alloway resulted in a good win for the Gangrels.  Robert Boyd and his team of Peter Reynolds. Peter Galloway and Gordon Todd started well by taking a 4 at the first end and finished well too with a final score of 13 -3 in our favour.

In the second game, Gangrels didn't start quite so well, losing two shots, but Richard Morrison and fellow team members Ronnie Peat, Bob Cherry and Francis McCrossin took control at the second end by scoring 5 shots. The final score there was even better, at 14 - 4.

Peter Kennedy and Alistair Tyre for A & A spoke eloquently (and briefly) afterwards.

Drew Duncan Quaich

2019 - A New Year and a new time to play the Drew Duncan Quaich. It was good to have a bonspiel format for the competition, where everyone has a couple of ends to try their luck at skipping.

The team who were the best on the night was David Gray, with Jim Nelson, Francis McCrossin and Gordon Todd.  They finished 7 shots up, having beaten Steel McFadzean by 11-4.

In second place was Jimmy Niblock who beat Jim Dunlop by 9 shots to 5. Third was Peter Kennedy's rink who had a close game against Richard Morrison, winning by 7 shots to 5.