Fraser Cup Round 2

 Fraser Cup Round 2

Round 2 of The Fraser Cup took place at Greenacres on Mon 28th Oct between Rinks 1 and 3.

Everyone quickly adapted to the keenness of the Greenacres ice and Rink 3, skipped by D. Gray with J. Niblock, G. Watson and E. Lawrence, drew first blood, taking a single shot at the first end.

Rink 1, skipped by F. Hogg with S. McFadzean, D. Cattenach and J. Begg then immediately responded in the second end by taking a single shot themselves.

And so it was throughout what proved to be a very nip & tuck game with Rink 3 scoring 2 shots at the 3rd end before Rink 1 secured a single shot at each of the next 3 ends. Rink 3 then scored a single shot at the 7th end to draw the game at 4:4 going into the last end.

In the final end, it all came down to the skip’s stones as they both attempted to draw into what was by now a very full head and Rink 3 found themselves sitting with 2 shots up when Rink 1 played their last stone to try and steal the end. Unfortunately, the very last stone of the game failed to find its mark and Rink 3 ended up winning the last end by those 2 shots resulting in a final score of 6:4.

Everyone agreed it was a thoroughly enjoyable and extremely close fought game which could easily have gone either way.

Fraser Hogg