Jimmy Niblock takes the McCrossin rink to the top

Jimmy Niblock continued the unbeaten run for Francis's team by scoring a 10 - 2 victory over Ernest Mutter, skipping for Ken Ross.  Ernest took singles at the first and last ends, but Jimmy scored 10 shots in between. The McCrossin rink are the only team still to drop a point.

Gordon Todd continued his good form for the Peat team and won the game by 5 shots to 4 against Jim Dunlop and the Reynolds rink.  However they were handicapped by only having three players and suffered a 3 shot penalty, leaving the result 7-5 to Peter.

The third game was close and indeed finished 5 shots all.  There was only one shot in it all the way through for the Gray and Wilson rinks.  George Hay was skip for David Gray and he managed to score a single at the last to ensure a share of the points and to break their duck.

The table can be found by clicking here.

President's Cup Week 2

 Francis McCrossin and Ronnie Peat remain unbeaten after two games.  Gordon Todd skipped Ronnie's team to a victory by 8 shots to 3 over Ken Ross, who skipped the Ernest Mutter Rink.  Gordon was 5 shots up after 3 ends, but Ernest scored 3 over the next two.  Scores of  2 and 1 in ends 6 and 7 were enough to seal victory.

Jimmy Niblock was in charge for Francis and had a comprehensive victory over Peter Galloway and the Ronnie Wilson rink. They were 6-2 up after 5 ends, scored a 5, lost a 1 and finished up by 11 shots to 3.

The third game was tied at 6 shots each.  Jim Dunlop was 5 up after 2 ends and 6-3 up after 6.  George Hay took 3 at the seventh and the game finished tied at 6 all.

The table is here.

President's Cup

 The New Year of 2022 brings a slightly amended way of curling, but it really was good to be on the ice again.  We can cope with only one sweeper being allowed.

The President's Cup is where the skips play lead and everyone else moves up. As I've mentioned before this can cause confusion, so I will continue to call the rinks by the original skip's name, while acknowledging in the comments who is actually skipping. 

This is particularly relevant in the first game mentioned, where Gordon Todd skipped Team Peat beautifully and had a convincing 11-1 win over Team Gray, skipped by George Hay.

Team Ross was skipped by Ernest Mutter and the game was closely fought. The score was 4-4 after 6 ends against Peter Galloway and the Wilson rink. Scores of 2 and 1 and the last two ends gave Ernest a 7-4 win.

The third game was also close. The McCrossin team were led by Jimmy Niblock and they scored at three of the first four ends to lead 5-1. However, Jim Dunlop (Team Reynolds) fought back with a three at end 5 and was only one behind playing the last.  Jimmy scored a single shot to win the game 7-5.

The league table is here and is also available by clicking on the President's Cup link at the top of the page. 

Drew Duncan Quaich won by the McCrossin Rink

 It was great to see eight Gangrels teams playing for this years's Drew Duncan Quaich tonight.

The Quaich is the competition where players have two ends at each position and then move on.  It made for some very close games.  In fourth place, on +2 shots, was Robert Charters' team of Gordon Todd, Bob Cherry and Ronnie Wilson.  Third on +3 was Willie Scott with Jimmy Niblock, George Hodge and Anne Hay.  In second place at +4 was Ronnie Peat, with Alan Chapman, David Gray and David Hope, but the winners on an astounding +14 shots were the Francis McCrossin team. Francis had Donald Cattanach, Richard Morrison and David Graham.

There followed an excellent three course meal by Lorrie and his team. First class food and quick service. The Christmas Pudding looked a bit lonely, but it was a very large serving dish.

And congratulations to David Gray who braved a trial by fire from Lorrie to ensure that it was just right for serving.

Of course our curling is not yet finished for 2021.  Next Monday is our Points competition.

Details of the draw are:

Points

Mon Dec 20th 5.15 and 6.15 pm

First Round  5.15pm

G Hay, A Henry, R Wilson, R Charters, P Galloway, D Gray, F McCrossin, R Peat, 

Scorers:  K Ross & P Reynolds

Second Round 6.15 pm

A Chapman, B Cherry, JNiblock, D Haddow, P Reynolds, K Ross, G Todd, G Watson, D Hope

Scorers:  P Galloway & D Gray

Look forward to seeing everyone then.

Ronnie Wilson's Team wins Fraser Cup

 

Fraser Cup Winners 2021
Peter Galloway, Richard Morrison, Ronnie Wilson (skip), Peter Kennedy

Ronnie Wilson's team were tied at the top with David Gray's as the final round got underway tonight. He knew that he had a lead of a few ends but he must still have had a little bit of concern when he lost the first two ends and saw that David was 4 up at the same time.

They knuckled down, however, and won the next 5 ends, beating Ronnie Peat's team comprehensively by 7 shots to 4.

David Gray built up a good lead and was 7 shots up after 4 ends.  But he was pegged back as Francis won the last 4 ends. The lead was sufficient and David won eventually 7-6.  

As you can see from the league table, here, the two front runners finished equal on points, but Ronnie, Peter, Peter and Richard finished comfortably ahead by 6 ends at the finish.  

Hearty congratulations to them.

The other game saw Ken Ross beat Peter Reynolds by 9 shots to 4, anf finish in third place.

Next week at 5.15 we play the Drew Duncan Quaich. The teams are shown below and each player will skip for two ends.

 Rinks for Drew Duncan Quaich and Frame Salver

Rink 1                           Rink 2                            Rink 3                        Rink 4

P Reynolds (S)            F McCrossin (S)       S McFadzean(S)          R Peat (S)
J Dunlop                      D Cattanach              P Kennedy                   A Chapman
D Haddow                   R Morrison                J Begg                         D Gray
E Lawrence                 D Graham                   A Henry                      D Hope

Rink 5                           Rink 6                        Rink 7                        Rink 8

W Scott (S)                 K Ross (S)                P Galloway (S)            R Charters

J Niblock                    G Watson                   E Mutter                     G Todd

G Hodge                     F Hogg                       S Bloomfield              B Cherry
A Hay                         G Hay                        J Lyburn                      R Wilson

Please make sure you let Peter know your choice from the festive menu as soon as possible. 

One week to go - and then there were two!

 Last week's top three became this week's top two when Francis McCrossin's team came up against Team Peat. Losing five at the first end was the wrong start for Francis and, although they scored four at the last, they finished up losing by 10 shots to 6.

Ronnie Wilson and David Gray still share top spot, with 13 points each.  Ronnie stays in top position with a victory over Peter Reynolds by 9 shots to 4, but David is also on that mark. However, he has only won 34 ends to Ronnie's 39. David's team started well with a four at end one but promptly gave up four at end 2. It stayed close against Ken Ross but David finished on top by 8 shots to 7.

Final games in the league are next week. David Gray plays Francis McCrossin.  The two Ronnies go head to head and Ken Ross plays Peter Reynolds.  All to play for!

The league table is here.  

 

It's very close (at the top!)

 A win for David Gray over Ronnie Wilson, coupled with a loss for Frances McCrossin leaves the top three teams separated by only one point.

Ronnie Wilson's team remain top of the league with 11 points, but he only leads David by 4 ends. Frances is only one point behind, but has scored two more ends. It promises to be a very close finish, with only two games left.

Ernest Mutter was skipping for Ken Ross and led by 5 shots after 4 ends. Frances fought back to be only one shot behind playing the last, but Ernest held hid nerve to score a single point and win 7-5.

David Gray was also leading by 5 shots, in his case after 5 ends.  Ronnie Wilson scored singles at each of the last three but ultimately also lost 5-7.

Peter Reynolds played solidly and a score of 4 at the 6th end made sure of an 8-2 victory over Ronnie Peat.

The league table can be found here.