'Friendly' v Haddington

Following our withdrawal from the Swan we sent one team into battle in a 'friendly' against our neighbours, Haddington.  Our rink was skipped by Graeme (mother club Haddington) and assisted by Annabelle Martin, David McKay and Pam Clark.  Opposition knowledge told us that the Haddington rink contained no less than three of their regular skips.

Due to an astute call from Annabelle, we went into the final end tied at 6 - 6 but without the hammer.  Despite our best efforts Graeme's final stone was a diagonal tap up.  Contact was made but just failed to tap in far enough leaving Haddington with a draw for three.  The final score, a creditable 9 - 6.  

Well done to our team.

NEW TEAM in Thirds League !

While skip Dave Wyllie is unable to play (hope things improve for you soon) his team, playing one short,
was last night entirely made up of reserves.  They took on a strong team and came out convincing winners.

The team was helmed by Cathy MacLean, who according to opposition captain "was making everything" and was backed up by recent new reserve member Megan, who is returning to curling after several years off and 'super-sub' Susanne Udall.   

Congratulations again to our all female 'super reserves'.

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Graeme & Adam playing in the rain

The awaited Trophy Finale saw a top of the table clash, which was a repeat of last season and the Knockout, between Team Julia and Team Graeme.  The Maguire squad, minus one Adam Hicks, set their minimum target to win at least 3 ends, set off as though they meant business.  The Mackey squad had an evening dogged by bad luck (and that was the ONLY luck that they had). 

Although the final result shows a four end to three win for Team Maguire, all of Julia's ends were kept contained to single shots while Graeme's team were picking up shots right and left.  Both skips regularly making good use of their final stones.  The final score was 12 - 3.

So, it is congratulations to Graeme, John G, Adam and Ian for the winning and successful defense of the  Trophy Competition.  This also gives them a handy lead for the Peter Allan Shield.