Once again, 16 Gangrels made up 4 Rinks for the first start of season social day's curling at the North West Castle (NWC) on Wed 23 Oct. We could not have asked for nicer autumnal weather for the journeys to and from Stranraer. The quality of the ice, ambience and snack lunch food was, as usual, first class.
The competition scoring was initially announced as being based on cumulative shots up with the morning Rinks being swopped for play in the afternoon session and the former Skips then leading. However, the structure of all the Rinks was such that they were all very closely matched and the high scoring rounds of previous visits were not repeated. As a consequence, the Match Secretary recommended that the scoring be changed to a conventional points, ends and shots up system.
Team Wilson (Wilson (S), Charters, Peat, Chapman) played on sheet 3 against Team Cattanach (Cattanach (S), Hogg, Lawrence, Dunlop) while on sheet 4, Team Hope (Hope (S), McFadzean, Galloway Mutter) faced Team Niblock (Niblock (S), Graham, Cherry, Reynolds). At the lunch break, Team Wilson were in the lead with Teams Niblock and Hope hard on their heels. After a most enjoyable soup, sandwiches and traybake lunch, the Rinks returned to the ice on Sheets 1 and 2 with the leaders Team Charters/Wilson against Team McFadzean/Hope and Team Hogg/Cattanach against Team Graham/Niblock. Once again, the level of play on both sheets was extremely close , competitive and fun. The final results table is can be found here. (Sorry, but my computer link is not behaving itself - I'll try to fix it soon.)
In closing, President Donald thanked all of the NWC staff for making the day such a pleasure and presented the prizes to the winning Rink."
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