Kettle Trophy Final Results and League Table

It was all over, bar the whimpering, last week, but true to C&B form, the last two games had to be played out, and both were fought tooth and nail to the end! For those who need their teeth looked at, C&B has many recommendations to give its members; nails are another thing altogether, though we understand that the Lilac Rooms in Currie are very good with the scissors, varnish and all that other stuff that goes on between one's nail person and oneself. Not something I've ever worried about myself, but there we are and the world is a fine place for its diversity. Here's the final results grid before Christmas.

Jenny Barr's rink, skipped in her absence by Jennifer Marshall with Margaret Nicol and Angela Downie had a comprehensive win over Dave Munro's team. Team Barr was already assured of third place but this result stretched the gap between the haves and the have nots. Team Barr finished on 11 points - enough in previous C&B leagues to assure them of second spot and sometimes enough to win the league outright! Sadly for them one loss and one draw was enough to relegate them to third place in this competitive league. Team Copland leapt athletically (it says here) to an 8-3 win over team Watt, skipped in Shona's absence by Kerry Clark, and means that he also skipped into seventh place in the final league table. To be very fair, his team of regular third Maggie Barry and substitutes Douglas Burns and Vicky Gumley played out of their skins and made his life relatively easy and Kerry's life insanely difficult. Was he complaining? Are Hearts going to win the league? He rests his case. Here's the final league table.

Kettle Trophy Round 7.1

Well, it's all over! Congratulations to Brian Fleming, Rowena Steven, Douglas Burns and Richie Anderson, winners of the Kettle Trophy. They played John Steven's strong team - remember that they were in contention until only last week - and they ran out convincing 11-4 winners; crucially, they won five ends and made it impossible for second-placed Karen Munro's team to overtake them on ends. Here's the results grid.

In the night's other game, Karen Munro's team, skipped by Andrew Galloway, with Mike Wood playing third stones and subsitutes Eilidh Yeats and Angela Downie also had a good win over Niall Gunn's team, skipped in his absence by Katie Wood with regular team players, Betty Gibb, David Hogg and substitute Cammy Burns (thanks again for playing, Cammy). Though Karen's team had a convincing 13-4 win, they actually only managed to win four ends so they were unable to overhaul Brian's team. Congratulations to Karen Munro, Andrew Galloway, Mike Wood and Graham Paterson, who take the Harlaw Cup; they have been strong contenders for the Kettle Trophy throughout the competition and managed to keep Brian and his team honest right until the end! Here's the league table.

Kettle Trophy Round 6

Ooft! What with all the chat about European Championships and the like, we are apt sometimes to forget the really important stuff: C&B's Kettle Trophy results and league table with only one round remaining! So, we are down to three teams for the Kettle and four for the runners-up and the Harlaw Cup. Brian Flemingless, skipped in Brian's absence by Rowena Steven had a really good win over Niall Gunn and as a result, moves to the top of the table on ten points. Niall was one up without coming home, but lost a two and the game. Karen Munroless, skipped in Karen's absence by Andrew Galloway, was also victorious with a good win over John Steven's strong team, effectively knocking John out of the running for silverware. The two top teams are on ten points. Jenny Barr had a good win over Shona Wattless's team, skipped by not a bad player, right enough, the recently married Kerry Clark (in joke - don't ask!). There was another game played between two grizzled veterans and their young teams. Neither team is in the running but Mr Munro prevailed in what was actually a really good fun game of curling. So, first of all, here's the results grid.

So what does that do to the league table and what can happen in round 7 of the competition? First up, here's the league table after round 6.

Round 7 will be played over two Fridays. On the 9th December, John Steven plays Brian Fleming. John is out the running for a top two finish, but he could throw a spanner in the works because if he wins, then Brian would stay on ten points. The other game on the 9th is between Karen Munro and Niall Gunn. Again, Niall cannot win anything but will have a huge say in who wins both the Kettle Trophy and the Harlaw Cup. If he wins, Karen stays on ten points - potentially the same score as Brian (both might win, in which case they both move onto twelve points; they could both draw their games, in which case they would move to eleven points - you get the picture!). Fast forward to a week later and Jenny's game v Dave Munro, whose daughter, of course, is in the running. I'm not one for conspiracies you understand, but - all I'm saying! Anyhow, Jenny wins against Dave and moves to eleven points. See an earlier sentence in this increasingly long paragraph and - three teams on eleven points! I just love it. Meanwhile, Shona Watt plays Robin Copland. This game is for the honour of finishing plum last, a position currently held by Mr Copland, on zero points. Fair to say that neither are challenging for the top spot, so I am going to ask my glamorous assistant to get out the veil and draw it.