EL Province Draws 2013/14

The draw for the East Lothian Competitions has now been held and the full draw can be seen on our 'Fixtures' Page.
Our opponents are as follows:-
East Lothian Knockout - Sat 14th December at 6pm
Dirleton
East Lothian Pairs - Fri 20th December at 7.30pm
Doo'cot
East Lothian Bonspiel - Fri 24th January from 12.30pm
Haddington 1

Good luck to all our teams.

Overheard on the Ice

The following was overheard on the ice.  Names shall remain private but shouldn't take much working out.

"It's not often that you will hear an old ex-hippie telling a Sheriff to be more conservative"

Very true, but I have my doubts over the hippie being an 'ex'

Any more candid overheard comments are always welcome !

Knockout Final

Our first winner of 2013-14

Amidst allegations of match fixing and in-game betting, the knockout final was keenly contested between Mike Wood's rink, (led by Graeme in Mike's absence) and Morgan's rink.  Momentum in the game swung with almost every end which were usually decided by several shots.
In the first end, with Morgan lying two, Graeme had a take out for a potential five but was caught out by some straight ice but still racked up a two.  Morgan fought back taking two successive threes in the second and third ends before Graeme again squared the match with a four for a six all scoreline after four ends.

Morgan came back and re-established a two shop lead in the next end while Graeme's rink scored the first single of the game to go into the final end one down and without the hammer.

In the final end with a shot on the button, Graeme was slightly heavy (again) with his guards and Morgan with his last stone to come faced three blue stones jammed together on the button, but with a chance of a triple take out.  His shot was close leaving only a single blue stone lying on the button to peel the game at eight all.

In a tactical error Graeme let Morgan take the first shot in the 'draw challenge'.  With a little sweeping he ended half in the 'four foot'.  Graeme, cheered on by George Chisholm, Lindsey Nicoll and John Niven, followed his earlier form and played slightly to heavily to just hang on to the 'four foot' circle leaving Morgan's rink of Dale Callander and Rosie Clark the winners by half a stone.

The knockout competition complete, it is now on to the opening game in the Trophy Competiton.

It's a Knockout

Old and new friends assembled last night and caught up on tales of a good summer (for a change).  Then it was down to business as usual.
In game one Graeme v Morgan, it was wondered if Graeme's third Sandy had been knobbled by his father resulting in his knee injury.  His place was taken up by Lorna (and for the last 3 ends Karen).  The game was notable for missed opportunities, by both skips (but mostly Graeme).  The man of the match was very much Dale 'call me lucky' Callander who managed to take a surprising number of doubles, even when there was no apparent doubles to take.  The final score shows a 5-3 win for Morgan.
In game two John G's side played steadily taking four of the first six ends.  Mike in contrast had two big ends tying the score at 7-7 going into the last end.  Mike eventually taking his first single of the match to end up on top.
Morgan will now play Mike in the Final on the 9th October 2013.