Team McCrossin win the President's Cup

Congratulations go tonight to Jimmy Niblock who skipped the McCrossin rink to a 5-4 victory over Gordon Todd and the rest of the Peat team.  Jimmy is now standing at a perfect 8 points from 4 games, four points clear of his nearest rival with only one game to go.

Ronnie Wilson's team, skipped by Peter Galloway, had a very good start and was 7-1 up after 3 ends. They didn't show any mercy afterwards either, and scored a further 4 shots to win by 12-1.

Ernest Mutter and the Ross team also had a good start, scoring 8 shots in the first three ends and winning eventually by 10 shots to 5.

There are no games next Monday and the final games in the President's cup finish on Monday 7th February at the usual time.

The table is here  

Points Competition Results

Peter has sent the following email with details of the Points last night.  Congratulations to everyone for a well organised evening.

"Thank you for playing last evening and many thanks to the scorers Ken, Peter R and David G.  As usual, each sheet had its own unique challenges which tested us all in the 7 disciplines completed in the time available in both sessions.  The top results were:

Winner;  David Hope with 33 points.

2nd;       Alistair Henry with 28 points.

3rd equal; David Gray,  Ken Ross and myself with 25 points."

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.