Season Update

With 1 round of the Shots Competition and the Peter Allan Shield remaining, Morgan is still the man to beat.  He has now opened up a decisive lead in the shots and is still on a 100% win rate for the Peter Allan with 5 wins from 5.

The Shots Competition - Underway

The Shots competition, decided only by shots up over 3 games, started last night.
In the absence of his skip, John Good battled against Morgan.  The game was an uphill battle with 5 of the first six ends going to Morgan with a single shot (Unfortunately the other end went to Morgan with a 2).
With the scoreline at 7 - 0 John came to play his final stone of the last end with the comfort of 2 scoring stones.  He delivered a light take out to Morgans only counting stone, wide on the left wing and played a perfect shot coming past the guard, removing the stone and sitting for a count of 4.
Final score 7 - 4.  With a point difference of only 3 there is all to play for.

This win extended Morgans lead in the Perter Allan Shield competition to 4 wins out of 4.

Pam and her Pair of Pairs

The long and the short of it is, They Won !

Well done to Pam Clark who successfully defended her club pairs crown, this time with Morgan as her partner.  With only 8 players, the competition was run as a round robin, with Pam and Morgan coming through undefeated.
Pam and Morgan have to work hard for their prize and the gallery was astounded witness Morgan stripped to his tee-shirt and looking 'in the pink'.
Congratulations to Dale for organising the competition and keeping it running smoothly.  All this on his daughter's birthday too !  Hope you were not in too much trouble.

Canada Tour 2013

Morgan Nicoll

Congratulations to Morgan Nicoll and Dave Munro (you know Sheena's man) for being selected for the 2013 Tour of Canada.  Selection was a hard fought process with over 90 curlers applying for the 60 places.  Mention should also be given to John Good and Graeme Maguire who are on the reserve list.

Waldie Griffith Trophy

Cathy MacLean

Well done to Cathy McLean, Mike Wood and Sandy Nicoll, who represented Aberlady in this years Waldie Griffith Trophy match.  The Waldie Griffith is an inter province tournament which this year pitched four East Lothian teams against Breadalbane.  We returned with 3 outstanding wins (which featured our players) and 1 loss yielding and average win of 7.5 shots up, the last time that it was won by East Lothian, we did it with a 6.5 average, so things look hopeful that we can achieve another win.
For a fuller report and link to the current standings please see the Province Website

4 Nations 2012

Another year, another 4 Nations.  Once again, I had a great time and helped the Scottish Men (officially this time) retain the Tom Ballantyne Trophy from the English.  With only the result from the eighth and final match to come England were beating Scotland by 5 shots however a 12-3 scoreline saw the result reversed to give a Scottish win by 4 shots.  I was privileged to play with a great skip and third combo, Hamish Lorrain-Smith and Alan Chalmers, both of (Musketeers) and we contributed a total of 16 shots up, over our two games, to the overall Scottish winning margin of +4.

Alan Chalmers, David Wright,  Graeme & Hamish Lorrain-Smith

Scotland also won the Connie Miller Trophy (Scot v England ladies) and the Marshall Millenium Trophy (Scot v Ireland)

Our rink also won the ECA Medal for the best Scottish rink, the second year in a row that I have won this.