Gangrels v Ayr & Alloway Mini League

 

The 3^rd round of the Gangrels and A&A Mini League took place at Greenacres on Mon 9 Dec at 1230 where the 2 Rinks from each of the respective clubs were playing each other.  On Sheet A, A&A1 (Baines (S), Wilson, Kennedy, Haddow) were facing A&A2 (Mitchell (S), Chapman, Shanks, J Cherry).  Both A&A Rinks initially alternated in scoring 2 per end and were peeled at 4 each at the end of the 4^th end.  A&A1 then took a larger step forward with a 3 on the 6^th end which was redressed by A&A2's score of 2 on the 6^th end.  Only 1 point between them going in to the 7^th end where A&A1 increased their lead by taking a 2 and then adding another single shot in the last end to win 10-6.

On the adjacent Sheet B, Gangrels 1(B Cherry (S), Graham, Niblock, Cattanach) faced off against Grangrels 2 (Galloway (S), Begg, Watson, Charters).  Gangrels 1 opened the scoring with a single in the first end but Gangrels 2 responded by taking a 4 and then a 2 in the following 2 ends.  Gangrels 1 then sought to redress the balance by scoring 2 in the 4^th end where the score was then 3-6.  Gangrels 2 then increased their lead to 9-3 by taking the next 2 ends.  In the final end, Gangrels 1, with the hammer, took a single to leave Gangrels 2 winners at 9-4.  The overall league table results are attached here.

President's Cup 2025

Despite the dire yellow weather warnings of snow and ice, the journeys to and from Greenacres for the first round of the President's Cup between Rinks 1 and 2 were uneventful and completed without incident in fine sunny weather with only a smattering of snow in the vicinity of Greenacres.  Rink 1 (Graham (S), McFadzean, Hogg, Galloway (sub for Begg) blithely stepped on to the keen and well prepared ice unaware of the onslaught which was to follow from Rink 2's "Santa Slay" (Chapman (S), Cattanach, Cherry, Carters).  

It was not a particularly high scoring game but Rink 2 won each of the first 6 ends to be leading 8-0 with 10 minutes remaining on the clock.  Desperate to break their duck, Rink 1 eventually, and much to their relief, managed to securely guard their lying stone to take the final end.  Hands were shaken with Rink 2 winning 8-1.  The results table is shown here.

Rink 2 (Cattanach (S), Cherry, Charters, Chapman) will go forward into the High Road scheduled for Mon 3 Feb at 1230 to meet the winners of the Pres Cup Round 2 to be played on Mon 13 Jan.  Rink 1 (McFadzean (S), Hogg, Begg, Graham) will then play in the Low Road scheduled for Mon 24 Feb against the losers of the 13 Jan game."