Friday 18 December 2015

Kettle Trophy Final Round Results and League Table

Niall Gunn, Kerry Barr, Karen Munro and Graeme Maguire Win the Kettle!

If there were nerves in the Gunn team, they were not showing tonight - even with Kerry Barr missing the last and critical league game (mind you, Colin Campbell is not a bad substitute!), there was a steely determination on show and all four players played well.  They were 4-0 up after three ends, which took them past their first target - to equal Andrew Cargill's total number of ends.  Even if they lost the game from there on, they were assured of at least second place in the league.

Twos were swapped in ends four and five before the team ran out deserved 8-3 winners.

From left, Niall Gunn (skip), Karen Munro and Graeme Maguire

 

The final games are shown in the completed results grid below.
 
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
F A E F A E F A E F A E F A E F A E F A E F A E
Wood K       4 11 2 4 6 4 3 5 3 3 6 3 13 3 6 4 4 3 4 6 3
Gunn 11 4 5       10 5 3 4 4 3 15 4 5 10 7 3 8 3 5 10 4 4
Barr J 6 4 3 5 10 4       2 9 1 6 4 4 7 4 4 4 7 3 3 11 2
Cargill 5 3 3 4 4 4 9 2 5       8 7 3 8 2 5 6 5 3 7 8 3
Steven 6 3 4 4 15 2 4 6 3 7 8 4       6 5 4 7 6 3 4 5 2
Barr B 3 13 2 7 10 4 4 7 2 2 8 1 5 6 3       3 8 3 3 9 2
Kesley S 4 4 3 3 8 2 7 4 4 5 6 3 6 7 4 8 3 4       2 9 2
Fleming 6 4 4 4 10 4 11 3 5 8 7 3 5 4 4 9 3 5 9 2 4      
 

Brian Fleming, Raymond Preston, Betty Gibb and Donald Kennedy win the Harlaw Cup

Meanwhile on the adjoining sheet, Brian Fleming's team with perennial sub Josh Kellock playing instead of Betty Gibb, played out a great final game against Katie Wood, eventually overhauling Andrew Cargill's team by one point - enough to secure the Harlaw Cup for the runners-up in the first half league.
 
Here is the final league table.
 
Position Team Played Ends Shots u/(d) Shots scored Points
1 Gunn 7 28 37 68 13
2 Fleming 7 29 19 52 12
3 Cargill 7 26 16 47 11
4 Steven 7 22 -10 38 6
5 Barr J 7 21 -16 33 6
6 Kesley 7 22 -6 35 5
7 Wood K 7 24 -6 35 3
8 Barr B 7 17 -34 27 0
 
All in all, this was a great competition with three teams right in it until almost the last stone of Brian's game against Katie.
 
After the New Year break, the first round of the Lymphoy Cup will be on Friday 8 January, when all eight teams will be out on the ice.  Here's hoping that the Lymphoy is as good a competition as this year's Kettle has been.
 
A Merry Christmas and a Guid New Year to all club members!

Saturday 12 December 2015

Kettle Results and League Table Round 7.1

Cargill Leaps to the Top of the Table!

In order to keep their challenge live, Andrew Cargill, Lois Copland, Morna Aitken and substitute Melissa McCluskey had to beat the holidaying Bob Barr, whose team was skipped in Bob and third Shona Watt's absence by Simon Kesley.  They scored an emphatic 8-2 win and won five of the six ends that they managed to play.

Jenny Barr scored a good win against John Steven's rink, skipped in John's absence by Dave Munro.   

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Wood K   41124643533631336443   
Gunn1145   105344315451073   1044
Barr J6435104   2916447444733112
Cargill533444925   873825653783
Steven6344152463784   654763452
Barr B31327104472281563   383392
Kesley S443   744563674834   292
Fleming   41041135873544935924   

So the league table looks like this with two games to play.

Position Team Played Ends Shots u/(d) Shots scored Points
1 Cargill 7 26 16 47 11
2 Gunn 6 23 32 60 11
3 Fleming 6 25 17 46 10
4 Steven 7 22 -10 38 6
5 Barr J 7 21 -16 33 6
6 Kesley 6 20 -1 32 5
7 Wood K 6 21 -4 31 3
8 Barr B 7 17 -34 27 0

Andrew may yet rue his team's ends won total, because Niall Gunn only has to score three ends to overtake their total.  Niall plays Susan Kesley in what could be a tough last game for his team.  Brian Fleming, who is also well in the mix, plays Katie Wood in his last game.  Katie would like to overtake Susan Kesley by beating Brian and hoping that Susan loses; Susan would like to beat Niall to overtake Jenny and finish fourth; Brian would like to beat Katie and hopes that Susan beats Niall so that he wins the competition outright! 

Andrew in the meantime hopes that Susan gubs Niall and Katie destroys Brian, because then he wins.

Good to see that the spirit of Christmas reigns supreme in the Currie and Balerno Curling Club!