The first round of the Fraser Cup and first game of the new season was played at Greenacres on Mon 7 Oct with modified Rinks 3 and 4 competing for the first result of the new season. It had been a bumpy start with Greenacres having to delay their opening date due to ice pad problems and 4 of the nominated players as shown in the Fixture List being unavailable to compete. As a consequence, 2 Reserves and 2 of the nonplaying members from Rinks 1 and 2 magnanimously stepped in to fill the gaps.
President Donald welcomed everyone to a well appointed Greenacres venue and sparkling ice which was to prove testing in its keenness but relatively unpredictable swing. At the end of the second end, Rink 4 (R Peat (S), P Galloway, D Haddow and A Chapman) had a 3 stone lead. But this did not last long. Rink 3 (E Lawrence (S), D Gray, S Bloomfield and D Cattanach) clicked in to top gear and took the next 4 ends in very competitive play. At the close of the 7th end, they were in the lead 5 - 4 with 5 minutes to the bell.
The final and 8th end was going to be close fought thing which they won by a single stone which had been well protected from the take out initiatives of Rink 4. The final result was 6 - 4 to Rink 3 and all agreed that it had been a most challenging and enjoyable start to the new season. The results table is shown below.
Week 1
The league table can be found by clicking here.
Rink 1: J Begg, F Hogg, D Graham, S McFadzean
Rink 2: D Cattanach, B Cherry, R Charters, A Chapman
Rink 3: E Lawrence, D Gray, J Niblock, G Watson
Rink 4: R Peat, P Galloway, P Reynolds, P Kennedy
Skips rotate as required and shown in
the Fixture List on a game by game basis.
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