the wheels on the bus

Please excuse the lateness of these results. The Wi-fi on the bus is intermittent.
I am also having problems Posting tables, is also problematic. So here are the latest score cards, make the rest up yourself, sorry.

Individual Points 2013

Club President Liz Nicoll welcomed nine Aberlady members to the annual Individual Points competition on Sunday 13 January 2013. Some had great expectations, considering Points stalwarts Morgan Nicoll and Graeme Maguire were absent as they were part of Scotland's current challenge for the Strathcona Cup in Eastern Canada. Not all were to be realised.
Youth, and response to inter-personal competition from cohorts Lorna Nicoll and Karen Munro, saw Sandy Nicoll concentrating intensely to finish the winner with 33 points. John Good, in finishing second with 30, ruefully mused that he did quite well considering the lack of any of the benefits enjoyed by Sandy!
Karen Munro, with her usual fluent style, might have been second overall but for a zero score for Raising, and finished on 28 making her First Lady.
The results after the completion of eight disciplines were:
Sandy Nicoll            33
John Good               30
Karen Munro            28
Lorna Nicoll              27
George Chisholm      25
Dale Callander          25
John Smail               20
Cathy Maclean         17
Pam Clark.                 15

Oh Canada

Full reports, blogs and live score updates can be found here
http://strathconacuptour2013.co.uk
Dave Munro has faced travel difficulties and has been snowed in in Nova Scotia and has not been able, yet to get to Newfoundland. This could be a deliberate ploy by the Canadians because his east section of the tour is recording the best scores.
Graeme and Morgan in the central tour are having a tough time and their section is only 9 shots up after approx 30 games. Morgan's team skipped by Lockhart Stewart are by far the best performers so far and are now being targeted by the local clubs who are pitting their best clubs against them.  Graeme's rink got off to a great start but has been pegged back but is never the less performing steadily and is about level, to date.

EL KO - Semi-final 2

East Lothian Province Knock Out Competition - Semi Final 2
The Athelstaneford rink skipped by Robin Aitken, with Shaun Govan, Frank Ross and Alec Kerr scored 10 shots to Dirleton's 4. The Dirleton rink was Skipped by Callum Harvey with Roy Meikle, Graham Elder and Bob Simpson. The two teams were not far apart until the fifth end when Athelstaneford took a four to go six ahead.

The date of the final of the Province Knock Out between Aberlady and Athelstaneford, originally scheduled for 2 February, is under discussion with Murrayfield Curling Ltd as Athelstaneford cannot play on that date. An announcement will be made as soon as practicable.

Happy New 2013

Happy New Year to everyone, hopefully 2013 shall be a good one!

 

Certainly memorable for two of our members who are heading off to Canada on 9th January as part of the Strathcona Cup Scottish Tour- we send both Graeme and Morgan our best wishes for an enjoyable tour. They will also carry the Aberlady Curling Club banner - handing out our badges to their opposition after each match, the length and breadth of the Central tour of Canada. I'm sure they will share their experiences when they return!

You can catch up on the tour with official daily blog entries on the Strathcona Cup website.

Graeme will also be blogging on his own website 

 

For those of us left at home - January is a busy month, therefore some dates for your diaries:-

 

Wednesday 9th January- First game of the new year - 5.30pm thirds medal - B vs D

 

Friday 11th January - 5.30pm - Aberlady were successful in reaching the next round of the East Lothian Province Knockout, the team will be

D Callander, J Good, S Nicoll & L Nicoll playing against Doocot.

 

Sunday 13th January - 11.30am - Again Aberlady were successful in reaching the final of the low road in the East Lothian Province Pairs(well done to Morgan and Ross)- Michael will now replace Morgan for this game.

 

Sunday 13th January - 3.45pm - Aberlady POINTS competition - please come along and participate in this, good fun and excellent for improving your accuracy! NAMES please by Monday 7th

 

Friday 18th January - 12.30pm - EAst Lothian Province Bonspiel - One team required to play two games. Michael is skipping the rink.NAMES please by Monday 7th

 

Wednesday 23rd January - 8.05pm - District Medal game at Kirkcaldy- NAMES please by Monday 7th

 

Thursday 7th February - 2pm at Kirkcaldy - Waldie Griffiths match - Aberlady require to put forward 3 names. NAMES please by Monday 7th

 

 

I think that is all for the moment, it's exhausting just thinking about it! Not sure what it must be like thinking about 31 games in 3 weeks!

 

Look forward to hearing back. Greatly appreciate we are rather restricted due to many of the games being during the 'working week', many thanks; in advance to those who can support Aberlady Curling Club on such occasions.

 

Kind regards

 

Liz