Ronnie Wilson's Team still Leading

Week 4 of this year's Fraser Cup saw Ronnie Wilson's team continue their unbeaten run. It was fairly close, though. Jim Dunlop was skipping for Peter Reynolds and was level at 5 shots all starting the last end.  Ronnie had the last stone and it was enough to score the winning shot.

Francis McCrossin's rink are chasing hard. They were 7 shots up on Ronnie Peat's team before losing a two. Scores of 3 and 2 at the next two ends resulted in a comfortable win by 12 shots to 2.  Ronnie was unavailable for comment when we tried to speak to him later, but acknowledged they were well beaten.

The third game saw Ken Ross score in 5 ends in a well crafted 6-2 victory

The league table is here.  

Week 3 - Fraser Cup

 Ronnie Wilson's team had a great start to their game, winning the first 4 ends to lead by 6 shots.  David Gray then staged a comeback by winning three of the next four ends, finishing down by 7 shots to 4.  However, Ronnie is now the only unbeaten team and leads the league on 5 points.

One point behind is Francis McCrossin. Francis and his team also had a great start and they were 8 shots to the good before Ken Ross staged his fightback. Ken scored 8 shots in the second half of the game, but lost a 5 in end 7, leaving Francis the winner 13-8.

Ronnie Peat and Peter Reynolds had a close and well fought game with Peter scoring a 4 at the sixth end to finish up leading 7-6 at the conclusion.

The updated table can be found here

Fraser Cup - It's Close at the Top

 We now have three teams tied at the top after two games.  Ronnie Wilson, David Gray and Ken Ross all have three points out of four and are only separated by ends.

Ronnie Wilson had a comfortable victory over Jimmy Niblock, who was skipping for Francis McCrossin's team. David Gray finished tied at 5-5 with Peter Reynolds and Ken Ross beat Ronnie Peat by 10 shots to 4.

The league Table, which is here, shows David Gray's team now on top - because of a slightly better ends against record. 

Jim Lyburn opens the New Season

 Honorary President Jim Lyburn started the new season with an almost perfect draw. 

 

Earlier, President Peter Reynolds had welcomed everyone back on the ice again and the assembled company were then "raring to go".

The ice, which had been very keen last week, was unfortunately a bit slow, but it did not detract from  some hard fought games.

Setting the early pace is the rink skipped by Francis McCrossin who scored two fives in their 12-5 win over Peter Reynolds team.

David Gray was also in good form and his team played solidly in winning by 6 shots to 3 over Ronnie Peat.

Ronnie Wilson and Ken Ross shared the points at 7 all and we think they had 4 ends each. It's only natural that seconds will take a littkle while to remember how to count!

The league table can be found by clicking here or on the Results Tab.

Afterwards 20 of us had an excellent meal from new chef Lorrie Headley.

The fish platter went down a treat.

 

 

New Season

 Our Secretary has been hard at work and the cards for next seasson are now being sent out.

All the details of teams and dates of play for our games and matches and competitions have also been updated on our website.   The links are on the right hand margin.

There is a practice session on Tuesday 28th September at 5.15.  This is a great opportunity to get back in the swing of things and also to bring along anyone who wants to try curling. 

AGM Meeting 18th March 2021

 Our AGM was held by Zoom on Monday 18th March. 

Details of the Meeting can be found by clicking on the  AGM Minutes link at the Right Hand Side of the page, or by clicking here.

Fraser Cup is Off and Running

 President Peter Reynolds had a few words of wisdom before the start of the playing season for Gangrels.

The three games started thereafter and we soon worked out where to stand when not sweeping and attempting to maintain our social distancing. Despite the restrictions, it was good to be back curling.

Peter Galloway's team wasted no time in picking up form.  They won 6 of the 7 ends against Ken  Ross and finished up by 12 shots to 1.  Impressive stuff!

Francis McCrossin's team also started well. Their game against Peter Reynolds was tied at 3 shots each after 4 ends, but Francis scored 5 shots in the remaining ends to finish comfortably ahead.

The third game, between David Gray and Ronnie Peat, was close.  Ronnie's team  went 4 shots up after 2 ends but then lost the next three to be 7-4 down. They won the next two ends, but only with singles and lost by 7-6 at the close.

The league table is here.

Earlier in the day, Peter Galloway skipped Ronnie Peat, Ernest Mutter and Jimmy Niblock to a close victory over Troon Portland in the first game of the Ross Low Trophy.