EL Knockout

Thanks to our team but unfortunately they failed to make it past a strong Haddington Team in the first round.

The updated draw can be found on the fixtures tab, above.

Trophy @ 75%

With all the teams having two games remaining Sandy sits top with one hand on the Trophy.
But Panic not........
Sandy is still vulnerable having survived a scare against the bottom of the table team last night and relying on a last end takeout to secure the 2 that he needed for the win!
With the exception of Team Maguire, all the other teams are still in with a chance of the title ! (and Graeme could still end up second
So Gambate .... as they would say in Japan

Welcome Julia

*** NEW MEMBER ALERT***
Please note that Julia Mackey has recently come over here from Canada on a 2 year contract
It is nearly 10 years since Margaret played with us and I remember how much she shook up some of the establishment (Willie in particular springs to mind!)
Julia is an accomplished curler who is comfortable playing in any rink position. She played a game for Aberlady last night (so some of you have already met her) and I quote 'is very good'

Please let us make her feel welcome and give her every chance to play games as a reserve, maybe we can persuade her to become a rink player (skip?) next year !
 

Her details are as follows:-
Julia Mackey
Julia DOT mackey AT hotmail DOT ca
She only has a Canadian mobile number just now but hopes to have a UK mobile in the next week or so.

East Lothian Province Competitions

The draws for all the East Lothian Competitions have now taken place and can be found on the Fixtures tab.
Congratulations also to Cathy, Sandy, Graeme, Morgan, John G, Pauline, Mike and Stan Howard who have been selected for East Lothian Teams in these external competitions.  The rinks can be found on the East Lothian Province website

Trophy at 50%

There are no run away winners, so far, with all teams having suffered at least 1 defeat.  Team Mike Wood heads the pack, supported by new member Tegan with 2 wins and a defaulted game.  Father and Son skips were obviously not 'working together' and took points off each other leaving Team Nicoll Jnr in second slot, 1 point behind Mike.  Team Maguire, however got off to a slow start, only fielding three players in their first three games by coming back strongly to in their last 2 games, leaving then two points off the pace, with team Nicoll Snr snapping at their heels.  Meanwhile Team Good sits strongly (holding the rest of the teams up) and suffering badly for their forfeited game, where they actually beat out leaders.
Hopefully the second half of the competition will be as entertaining as the first !

Normal Service - Resumed

Apologies for having missed the start of the season, for reasons of motorbiking pleasure.
I have now returned and will be updating the site as normal.  I am trying to catch up with the results of the games that I have missed and will update them when I get the score cards.
In the Meantime.

Knockout
Mike v Sandy
Mike suffering from a first time failure of the (now scrapped) Rota system, took on Sandy short handed.  A score of 4 for Sandy in the third end seemed to halt Team Woods resistance and Sandy went on to record a 10 - 4 victory.
Lindsay v John G
Lindsay deputising for her dad, as is now traditional in the Knockout, had a tight fight against a short handed Team Good.  With John leading 6 - 3 after five ends, Linsday made good use of the last two ends to record an 8 - 6 victory
FINAL - Sandy v Lindsay
The final, between two previous winners, ensured that the KO would be won by a (born) Nicoll for the third successive year.  Team Sandy obviously had a point to prove with a dominant performance, although the feminine side of the family (is she still family, now she is married?) ensured that he couldn't score more than 2 per end. Team Sandy however restricted 'big sis' to a single end and took the title with a 7 - 1  scoreline. 
The Nicoll family should be warned, they have never won it 4 years in a row !
Congratulations to Sandy, Dave Wyllie, Cathy Maclean, Liz Nicoll/Alasdair Robertson

Season 2018/19 - Housekeeping

As the 'New Season Packs' have now been distributed, I have updated the website with all information to hand.
PLEASE NOTE :- There are new session times on Thursday and Fridays.