Kirkbride Rosebowl Semi-Finals

 Francis McCrossin and his team of Jimmy Niblock, David Hope and Anne Hay started their game by scoring three against Ken Ross's team.   Thereafter they seemed to show no mercy.  To be fair, they let Ken score 2 at the third end, but that was all.  A resounding win by 11 shots to 2.

On the other sheet, David Gray scored singles at the first two ends, but Ronnie Peat's team of Euan Lawrence, Gillian Watson and Bob Cherry then took control.  They finished up winning by 9 shots to 2.

Next week the two victors will play each other, at 5.15, for the trophy.   

Kirkbride Rose Bowl First Round

 The Kirkbride Rose Bowl is our Knockout Competition and the first round was played tonight. When there are only 6 teams the draw can get quite complicated, but after this round it begins to make sense.

The Highest Winner was Ronnie Peat's team, who found some form again and beat Team Reynolds by 10 shots to 1.

Second Highest Winner was Francis McCrossin, who had a close game with Peter Galloway. Four ends where they scored two shots were sufficient to win by 8 shots to 5.

The closest game was between David Gray and Ken Ross, with David winning by 7 shots to 6.  These two teams fill the places of 3rd and 4th Highest Winners.

The draw for next week's games is therefore 

Ronnie Peat  v  David Gray

Francis McCrossin v Ken Ross

Earlier in the day, Richard Morrison skipped Ronnie Peat, Ernest Mutter and Fraser Hogg in the final group game of the Ross Low Trophy.  A tied game against Ayr &  Alloway was sufficient to top their section and progress to the semi final, which will be on 28th February at 12.00, against Dundonald.  The winners will play that afternoon at 2.30 against either Galston or Troon Portland.

Gangrels v Tarbolton 10 Feb 22

 We faced Tarbolton for the 21^st time in this annual inter-Club event for the Wilkie Trophy.  To date, Tarbolton had won it 14 times and the Gangrels 7, so it was all to play for.  The President’s Rink of President Peter, Ronnie Peat, Richard Morrison and Peter Galloway started well and were 5-2 up by the 6^th end but Tarbolton came back in the 7^th end with a steal of 3 to peel 5-5.  

The Vice Pres Rink of Vice Pres Jim Dunlop, Willie Scott, David Gray and Jimmy Begg scored consistently in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6^th and 8^th ends to win 7-3 against a 1 man depleted Tarbolton Rink.  Overall, it was a 12-8 win to Gangrels who retain the Wilkie Trophy for another year.

A most enjoyable and social meal concluded the evening’s events.

Final Week of President's Cup Competition

 Francis McCrossin's rink completed a perfect 5 out of 5 wins tonight and cemented their position as winners of the President's Cup.

Skipped by Jummy Niblock, or Jimmy Nibbie as the score card has it, they were in a tight game against George Hay and the David Gray team but eventually won by 6 shots to 4.

Ronnie Wilson's rink, with Peter Galloway in charge, had a comfortable win over Gordon Todd and the Peat team. They only lost one end and won the game by 7 shots to 2.

Ernest Mutter also had a comfortable win.  He led Ken Ross's team to a 10-6 victory over Peter Reynolds, whose team was skippped by Jim Dunlop.  A score of 5 at the last end made the score respectable!

Next week's games are the start of the Kirkbride Rose Bowl.  This is a knock-out competition where the three winners and the top loser progress to the semi finals.

The final table for the President's Cup is here.

 

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.