Drew Duncan Quaich won by the McCrossin Rink

 It was great to see eight Gangrels teams playing for this years's Drew Duncan Quaich tonight.

The Quaich is the competition where players have two ends at each position and then move on.  It made for some very close games.  In fourth place, on +2 shots, was Robert Charters' team of Gordon Todd, Bob Cherry and Ronnie Wilson.  Third on +3 was Willie Scott with Jimmy Niblock, George Hodge and Anne Hay.  In second place at +4 was Ronnie Peat, with Alan Chapman, David Gray and David Hope, but the winners on an astounding +14 shots were the Francis McCrossin team. Francis had Donald Cattanach, Richard Morrison and David Graham.

There followed an excellent three course meal by Lorrie and his team. First class food and quick service. The Christmas Pudding looked a bit lonely, but it was a very large serving dish.

And congratulations to David Gray who braved a trial by fire from Lorrie to ensure that it was just right for serving.

Of course our curling is not yet finished for 2021.  Next Monday is our Points competition.

Details of the draw are:

Points

Mon Dec 20th 5.15 and 6.15 pm

First Round  5.15pm

G Hay, A Henry, R Wilson, R Charters, P Galloway, D Gray, F McCrossin, R Peat, 

Scorers:  K Ross & P Reynolds

Second Round 6.15 pm

A Chapman, B Cherry, JNiblock, D Haddow, P Reynolds, K Ross, G Todd, G Watson, D Hope

Scorers:  P Galloway & D Gray

Look forward to seeing everyone then.

Ronnie Wilson's Team wins Fraser Cup

 

Fraser Cup Winners 2021
Peter Galloway, Richard Morrison, Ronnie Wilson (skip), Peter Kennedy

Ronnie Wilson's team were tied at the top with David Gray's as the final round got underway tonight. He knew that he had a lead of a few ends but he must still have had a little bit of concern when he lost the first two ends and saw that David was 4 up at the same time.

They knuckled down, however, and won the next 5 ends, beating Ronnie Peat's team comprehensively by 7 shots to 4.

David Gray built up a good lead and was 7 shots up after 4 ends.  But he was pegged back as Francis won the last 4 ends. The lead was sufficient and David won eventually 7-6.  

As you can see from the league table, here, the two front runners finished equal on points, but Ronnie, Peter, Peter and Richard finished comfortably ahead by 6 ends at the finish.  

Hearty congratulations to them.

The other game saw Ken Ross beat Peter Reynolds by 9 shots to 4, anf finish in third place.

Next week at 5.15 we play the Drew Duncan Quaich. The teams are shown below and each player will skip for two ends.

 Rinks for Drew Duncan Quaich and Frame Salver

Rink 1                           Rink 2                            Rink 3                        Rink 4

P Reynolds (S)            F McCrossin (S)       S McFadzean(S)          R Peat (S)
J Dunlop                      D Cattanach              P Kennedy                   A Chapman
D Haddow                   R Morrison                J Begg                         D Gray
E Lawrence                 D Graham                   A Henry                      D Hope

Rink 5                           Rink 6                        Rink 7                        Rink 8

W Scott (S)                 K Ross (S)                P Galloway (S)            R Charters

J Niblock                    G Watson                   E Mutter                     G Todd

G Hodge                     F Hogg                       S Bloomfield              B Cherry
A Hay                         G Hay                        J Lyburn                      R Wilson

Please make sure you let Peter know your choice from the festive menu as soon as possible.