Two from Two

Congratulations to Sandy.  After a hard fought game against John G, which turned one way and then the other, Sandy pulled it back in the final end to earn himself and his team a peeled game.
This leaves himself with his second Aberlady trophy of the season and means that he has successfully defended his title from last season.  The records show that since 1963 no-one has won the Trophy three times in a row, so he still has something to play for next year.
Sandy has been assisted this season by his rink of Karen Munro, Mike Wood, Cathy MacLean and Stanley Simpson

E L Province Competitions

The full draws and confirmation of dates is now up on the Fixtures Tab

Congratulations to Sandy

Sandy is the first entry on our list of club winners for the season.
On paper the two teams looked well matched, the problem was the game was played on ice not on paper.  The final scoreline, looked a comfortable win in the knockout final for Sandy's rink of Mike Wood, Cathy MacLean, and Stanley Simpson but in practice it was a much closer game than that.  There were some excellent shots and playing from both teams, requiring much thought and delicate play.
Graeme's rink, in truth probably lost the game in the first 2 ends.  Graeme was looking for an early lead and asked for some risky shots from Karen (substituting for Stan Howard).  Their loss was limited to a single in the first end but a four in the second end was a major blow. Two excellent draws through a narrow port put Graeme on the scoreboard.  Sandy, riposted with a brilliant wide strike and angled roll against a possible four to get take a two.  With the game lost Graeme had two stones counting and his last stone to come opted to try for a three, again drawing through a narrow port, but like the first ends was a millimeter off and popped Sandy in for another single.
Final score 9 - 2 for Sandy and a well deserved win for his squad.

....... and now for the Club Trophy

Knockout start to the season

Traditionally the Knockout marks the start of our season.  This year saw Morgan's team, led by Lindsey take on brother Sandy, while the reigning champion John Good took on Graeme.

Sandy, playing with only three players took some time to adjust to the reduced sweeping power that has become his hallmark.  This allowed Lindsey, aided by George, Pauline and Pam to take a 4 - 0 lead after three ends.  Sandy, with Cathy and Stanley, was not to be denied and recovering his form took two shots in the next three ends to run out a 6 - 4 victor.

Meanwhile, Graeme got off to a good start and was 3 - 0 up after two ends (despite the opposition removing stones during a measure, and leniency being dispensed).  John G, aided by Dale, Dave W and Karen, came back with a two in the third end.  The fourth end was decisive with Graeme, Stan and John S getting off to a poor start leaving Graeme facing a well guarded five with his final stone.  The shot having been decided, a draw weight taking a roll off one of John's stones was played, and succeeded, albeit, rolling off a different stone from that originally intended.  Graeme then stole a single and left John needing a four to win.  John piled the stones in while Graeme guarded second shot, leaving John with a tricky double take out to take his four and win the game.  The wide strike was an ask too much and went wide giving the final score 5 - 3 to Greame's rink and meaning that there will be a new Knockout champion this year.

The game was followed by a supper in the bar.

Season 2016/17 starts at the very Beginning.

It was a successful  'Beginners' night, with four new faces being coached by Karen, Graeme, Sandy and Rosie.
Following a brief introduction and description to and of the game a 4 end game followed, with an Old v Young format being decided by Sandy.  Despite a few protests, along the lines of 'Who do you think you are calling old'  the game got underway, with our 'coaching staff' playing lead and skip of the two teams.  It wasn't until early in the first end that Skip Nicoll started asking his beginners for strikes.  The other team led by Rosie, who learned a lot about the game by performing as skip, played a more traditional game.  The result was, in the end, immaterial as ALL the players enjoyed their first session.

Updates for 2016-17

There have been a couple of alterations to the Syllabus since it was initially posted here, mainly telephone numbers.
I have updated the syllabus on the 'Fixtures' tab to the newest version.

There are still a couple of places available for the Come & Try on Friday 23rd September at 5.30pm.
If you know of anyone who is interested please let Graeme or Sheena know asap.

NB. Haddington are running a Come & Try on Saturday 1st October at 3.45pm, so if you know anyone that is interested but cannot make the 23rd, again let Graeme know and he will arrange a place for them.

Season 2016 - 17

Now that the syllabus (and demands for ice payment) have been issued by our efficient secretary, I am getting round to doing my pre-season spring clean of the website.  Already all our seasons fixtures have been added to the appropriate tab and other bits and bobs will be tidied up, in readiness, over the next few days.
In the meantime I hope everyone has enjoyed our three days of summer and look forward to seeing everyone on the ice soon !!!