The 5th round of the President's and Crawford Cups were played at Greenacres on Mon 2 Mar when Gangrels 2 (Lawrence (S), Niblock, Charters, Galloway) faced the league leaders A&A3 (R Wilson (S), Ireland, L Wilson, Haddow) on Sheet C and Gangrels 1 (McFadzean (S), Cherry, Watson, Peat) played A&A2 (Mitchell (S), H Kennedy, Shanks, McKinley) on Sheet D.
Gangrels 2 started strongly and took the first 4 ends to lead 8-0 but A&A3 relied positively by taking the next 2 ends to then lie 3-8 at the end of the 6th. Gangrels 2 successfully concluded the game by taking a single at the 7th and a further 3 at the 8th to shake hands as winners 12-3.
On the adjacent sheet, A&A2 also took singles in the first 4 ends to be 4 up at the 5th. Bob Cherry then had an awkward fall on the ice and injured a thigh muscle which resulted in him having to withdraw from the game. Spurned on by this misfortune, Gangrels 1 then took a 4 followed by a further 3 to draw ahead 7-4 at the end of the 6th. As the bell rang, A&A2 took a single at the end of the 7th to lose 5-7.
The overall results table is attached/below.
Rink Skip Played Won Drawn Lost Points Ends+ Ends- Shots+ Shots- Position
Gan 1 McFadzean 4 1 0 3 2 10 18 17 30 5
A&A1 Baines 3 1 0 2 2 11 10 26 18 4
Gan 2 Lawrence 3 2 0 1 4 14 7 24 12 3
A&A2 Mitchell 3 0 0 3 0 9 11 12 29 6
Gan 3 Mutter 3 3 0 0 6 10 10 19 13 2
A&A3 R Wilson 4 3 0 1 6 16 14 30 24 1
