Kirkbride Rose Bowl Finals + Women's World Championships

Two contrasting games tonight. The Low Road Final was never very close and despite having only three players, Jimmy Niblock, Colin Naismith and Robert Charters won the Low Road with a 12 - 4 victory over Scott Thomson, Austin Thomson, Ian Ruthven and Ernest Mutter.

Low Road Finalists
On the right are the winners, Jimmy Niblock, Colin Naismith and Robert Charters

The High Road Final was a different game entirely, with the lead changing hands regularly and some good shot playing evident.
At the last end, Jimmy Begg's team of Euan Lawrence, Peter Galloway and Charlie Jack had a two shot lead. Jimmy with his first stone drew half behind cover, in the four foot, for first shot, but this was matched by an angled tap back and roll by Ronnie Wilson to lie two.  Jimmy then managed to get another shot close, but there was doubt about whether it was second or third shot.  Ronnie Wilson drew the tee line for two and was delighted when the measure was declared in his favour.  A three meant his team of Ronnie Peat, Peter Reynolds and Robert Boyd had won 7-6.

Kirkbride Rosebowl Winners
Peter Reynolds, Ronnie Wilson (skip), Robert Boyd and Ronnie Peat

Runners Up
Euan Lawrence, Peter Galloway, Charlie Jack and Jimmy Begg (skip)

Titlis Glacier Mountain

Women's World Championships

If you were able to see some of the World Juniors last week, you may also be interested in Women's World Championships.  These start on Saturday 16th  and are taking place in Riga, Latvia.

Scotland will be again be represented by Eve Muirhead's team and they will be hoping to improve on last year's 6th place.

You can follow the games on Eurosport, although the Scotland teams don't feature all that often. The Schedule of games can be found here.

Last Year's AGM Minutes

There is now a page for AGM minutes.  These can be found by clicking on the page link on the right hand side, or by following this link.

Kirkbride Rosebowl Semis

Semis tonight and in the High Road there were wins for Ronnie Wilson against David Gray and Jimmy Begg against Bert McKay. Ronnie & Jimmy play the final on Thursday 14th at 5.00pm.

It was good to see Gerry Watson on the ice and I'm sure I speak for us all when I say that we're thinking of him at this difficult time.

The Low Road semis saw wins for Austin Thomson (subbing for Scott Thomson) and Jimmy Niblock.  Their final is also next Thursday at 5.00.

New Rinks for Frame Salver

Thanks to everyone who responded to Bob's email about the reduction in rinks from 10 to 8 for the Frame Salver.

A new draw has been made and the rinks will be as follows:

Rink 1             D Hope, C Jack, F Watson, E Mutter

Rink 2             D Gray, J Dunlop ,R Morrison, P Reynolds 

Rink 3             B McKay, E Lawrence, B Grassom, B Cherry 

Rink 4             S McFadzean, F McCrossin, R Charters, P Galloway

Rink 5             S Thomson, R Peat, K Ross, R Boyd

Rink 6             J Begg, C Naismith, A Thomson, G Watson

Rink 7             R Wilson, G Hodge, A Brown, D Moulds 

Rink 8             J Niblock, A Hastie, D Kidd, J Henry  

World Junior Curling Championships 2013

This Thursday sees the start of the World Junior Championships. The Russian resort of Sochi is hosting the event and this will be a further trial of their ice and facilities before they host the Olympics in 2014.

Scotland's Hannah Fleming from Lockerbie will be defending the Gold Medal she won last year and will no doubt be trying to put the disappointment of losing the Scottish Women's championship to Eve Muirhead a week or so ago.

In the Men's event, we are again represented by Perth's Kyle Smith. His team will be looking to improve on  a creditable Bronze from 2012.

The schedule of games can be found here. Please bear in mind that Sochi time is 4 hours ahead of us.

The WCF is providing free coverage and this can be found by using this link.

Pairs Competition

Gangrels Pairs Competition

 This report from David Hope

The High Road Semi Final was contested between Colin Naismith and Peter Galloway who were playing Robert Charters and Bert McKay.

This was a close game, which could have gone either way. After two ends it was peeled at 1 each. The last end could have gone either way with Robert and Bert just easing into the final.

Peter Galloway, Bert McKay, Robert Charters and Colin Naismith
Bert and Robert were winners of High Road

The Low Road Semi final was contested between Jim Henry and Robert Boyd who were up against Francis McCrossan and George Hodge. Jim and Robert got off to a good start but Francis and George kept plugging away with them getting a 2 at the third end. However Jim and Robert went onto win the match.

George Hodge, Francis McCrossin, Robert Boyd and Jim Henry

The second High Road Semi Final was played out between Harry Peters and David Hope who was up against Jimmy Niblock and Euan Lawrence. Although Jim and Euan got a single shot at the first end. It could have been a different story and the same story was to continue for Harry and David for the next few ends where Jim and Euan would deny them a shot. Jim and Euan went onto win this tie.

Euan Lawrence, Jimmy Niblock, Harry Peters and David Hope

The Final low Road took place between David Gray and Peter Kennedy who received a bye from the previous round and they were up against a changed rink of Jim Henry and (Robert Boyd). Unfortunately Robert had another game to play in at this time so George Hodge stepped in to play in his place. After a nip and tuck final of the Low Road David and Peter came through in the end to win what was a very close last end.

Final of the High Road was between Bert McKay, Robert Charters and Jim Niblock, Euan Lawrence. The Final got off and running with the first end going to Jim and Euan by a single shot. At the second end Bert and Robert got a four. At the third end Jim and Euan got a single shot. The fourth end was a bit of a nip and tuck with both teams having a tough last end with Bert and Robert getting a single shot to win the Pairs Trophy.

A special thank you to all the members who took part in this competition.

Pairs - 2nd Round

The second round of the Pairs Competition took place during the late session tonight and there were one or two byes caused by unforeseen circumstances.
Despite these issues, the top half produced good wins for Colin Naismith and Scott Thomson, George Hodge and Francis McCrossin and Steell McFadzean and Allan Hastie.
The bottom half had only two games played resulting in wins for Jimmy Niblock and Euan Lawrence, and David Gray and Peter Kennedy.

The semi finals and final are on this Friday night (22nd February) and the line up is as follows:

Playing at 6.15
Top Half

Bob Charters and Bert McKay  v   Colin Naismith and Scott Thomson  (High Road)
George Hodge and Francis McCrossin   v  Steell McFadzean and Allan Hastie   (Low Road)

Playing at 7.15
Bottom Half

Harry Peters and David Hope   v   Jimmy Niblock and Euan Lawrence   (High Road)
Willie Scott and Bob Grassom   v  David Gray and Peter Kennedy    (Low Road)

Playing at 8.30
Low Road Final

Playing at 9.30
High Road Final

These are the official placings but I know that substitutes are being arranged to ensure that we have 16 players on the night.

Scottish Championships on BBC

The next two nights will see the finals of the Women's and Men's  Scottish Championships at 11.20 on BBC2.
The women's game is on Tuesday Night and the Men's on Wednesday.