Lymphoy Cup Round 6.1

 Hi All, 

Here goes, my first blog post! Please let me know if there are any issues. 

Friday seemed to be tricky for all teams. Brian Fleming and Katie Wood had an interesting game, with difficult ice being the main blame. Karen Munro and Kerry Clark had a very close game, and family vs family with the Barry's going against each other in second. Unfortunately, Karen and Brian fell short on the night, but congratulations to Kerry and Katie. 

Lymphoy Cup Round 5.2

Just when you thought this league couldn't deliver any more fun and games, it does. Big game today between Team Kerry Clark (Kerry, Jenny Barr, Maggie Barry and substitute Alexander Crich) and the league leader, Andrew Galloway, with Niall Gunn back from his Canadian adventure, Morag Wellman and Susan MacFarlane. The game swung one way, then the other but the turning point was the seventh end when Kerry scored a four. Actually, Andrew had an ouside shot at a peeled game with his last stone which he took on. He didn't quite make it and Kerry scored a two to wrap things up. Importantly, she also won the end. In the night's other game, John Steven had a big win against Woodless Katie, who was playing in the Scottish Senior Women's Championship in Hamilton. Her team was skipped by regular third, Lois Copland. John's team leapt from bottom place in the league to a slightly more respectable 5th, courtesy of a 16-1 win. Here's the results grid.

And now the league table.

You can see what I mean when I say that the last end in the game between Andrew and Kerry could be really important going forward. Andrew is still one end ahead in the league, but would have been three ends to the good if he had scored in their last end. He went for the peeled game with a really tricky runback double rather than take on the easier draw. You can see why: if he makes the double, then he peels the game and goes one point clear. But if he doesn't - well, he is still one end to the good with all to play for. In the run in, Andrew plays Jennifer Marshall and Dave Munro. Dave is still in the hunt on six points as, to be fair, is Jennifer on five points. Kerry meanwhile plays Brian Fleming and Karen Munro. League's not over yet!

Team Wylie Win Silver at the Scottish Women's Senior Championships

Susan Wylie, Katie Wood, Vicky Gumley and Morna Aitken have been competing in the Scottish Senior Women's Championships this weekend and the splendid news is that they reached the final against old rivals, Jackie Lockhart, Mairi Milne, Wendy Johnston and Katie Loudon. The game kicked off at 15.00 at the Lanarkshire Ice Rink in Hamilton. There followed a really tight game which started off well for Susan's team with a nice couple of stolen ends to take an early two-shot lead. Jackie's team is strong as well though and they fought back. The game was tied at 3-3 going into end seven, where Jackie managed to score a two to take a two-shot lead into the eighth and final end. A stolen shot secured the title for her and her teammates, but what a fantastic perfomance from Susan, Katie, Vicky and Morna and congratulations from us all on your well-earned Silver Medals.

Nice picture taken by Louise Edwards of our Silver Medallist-winning team. Congratulations all!

Apologies to Teams Munro (D) and Wood!

As a result of a transposed scoreline back in mid-January, I had recorded a win for Dave Munro over Katie Wood when, in fact, Katie had the beating of brother Mike (skipping in Dave's absence). I mean, it's there in black and white. The card is correct; it's been signed. The problem is the staff; you just can't get decent people these days - and more's the pity. What's that you're saying? It was me who got it wrong? Oh. Forget that first bit. Anyhow, many thanks to the eagle-eyed David Hogg, who spotted the error and brought it to our attention. Here's the revised (and hopefully correct!) league table.

So. All that guff I wrote last week about Dave now challenging, blah-di-blah-di-blah? Igonore it. Pathetic really, but there we are. Normal service will be resumed soon. Padded cell - what?

Lymphoy Cup Round 5.1

So, apparently there was another competition going on in Dumfries this week and some of our younger members felt that it was more important than C&B's Lymphoy Cup! Good grief, is all your correspondent can think; what was it - the Scottish Championship or something? Oh. It WAS the Scottish Championship. I see. Well anyhow, two games tonight and here's the results grid.

Dave Munro and his team of Mike Wood, Raymond Preston and David Hogg are a bit like the middle distance runner who comes from near the back, waltzes through the field and finds themselves at the front with 200 metres to go. And, to be fair, that will be the first and probably the last time that Mike Wood will ever be compared to a middle distance runner! A good win for them tonight against Karen Munro. In the other game, Brian Fleming did a bit of heavy lifting, moving him and his team of Shona Watt, Betty Gibb and Graeme Paterson from near the bottom to respectability in mid-table. Here's the league table

Lymphoy Cup Round 4

As we gently pass the league's halfway point, patterns begin to emerge and the front runners and riders begin to make a play for the silverware on offer at the end of the season. The big winners on Friday night were Andrew Galloway (13-4 over Karen Munro) and Dave Munro (6-1 over Kerry Clark). Dave's win gets him and team right in the mix. Interestingly, he and Andrew have still to play each other; that match up takes place on Friday 6th March and, I dare say, the result will have a direct impact on who the ultimate winner of the competition is. Jen Marshall continues to keep the teams above her honest after a good win over Katie Wood. Here's the results table.

In the league, the top four teams are gradually stretching away from the rest, who seem to be having their own wee private battle amongst themselves!

C&B's Eilidh Yeats Takes up New Role with British Curling

In an announcement on the British Curling website, it has been confirmed that Eilidh is taking up a new role, based in Stirling but part-funded by the English Institute of Sport, as a Data Scientist. For the older readers, what this means is that Eilidh has thin fingers as opposed to fat ones and that she knows how to work a computer quite well, as evidenced in the picture below.

The picture, by the way is lifted from the British Curling website. The position builds upon Eilidh's background as a competitive curler and also on her Masters in Data Science in Business from Stirling University. There follows a picture, taken by Graeme Hart, of Eilidh in more recognisable pose as far as her fellow C&B members are concerned!

Many congratulations from all at C&B. We may not understand it, but we know it's important, so good luck going forward in the new role!