Kettle Round 4.1

 Another split evening with teams one to four (Wood, Barr, Fleming and Steven) taking to the ice. 

In what is becoming a tight race at the top, Katie and Brian went head to head with Brian taking an early lead with a 4 in the first end. It proved too difficult for Katie to come back and despite taking it to 8 ends, the game ended 8 - 4. On the other sheet (and the other end of the league table), Jenny went up against John. Unfortunately for Jenny, she wasn't able to get her first win despite a late come back attempt. 

Here is the league table after these games:

League table after Round 4.1

And here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 4.1

Currie and Balerno Doubles Competition 2024

C&B had their annual doubles competition on the 3rd of November. It was a great turn out 16 pairs taking to the ice in 2 sections, 8 in each.

One section (unfortunately my section) had very close games with few big ends being taken. The other section however had some very high scoring games and the eventual winners and runner ups were in that section.

Fun day was had by all and our eventual winners were:

Vicky and Lois - With a score of +13

Runners up were:

Kerry and Susan - With a score of +8

Great day for the ladies! Thank you to all who played and to all the subs that stepped in too.

Kettle Round 3

Another great night with all teams out on the ice and from the looks of the scores, some really good games! I certainly had a very close game against Brian, ending in a draw of 8 all. It was a mistake by me in the last end that gave up the win and that last end will live in my memory forever. 

Over on the other sheets, Niall and Jenny were having a fairly close game until some large ends allowed Niall to take the lead. Sarah was skipping Katie's rink against Kerry. A very close game but an excellent hit by Sarah in the 2nd end gave her team a 4 and Kerry tried her hardest to make a come back but unfortunately it was not to be. John and Shona also had a close game but a 5 from John in the 3rd end made it difficult for Shona to stage her come back and John took the win.

League table after Round 3:

League table after Round 3

Score sheet after Round 3
 

Score sheet after Round 3

Kettle Round 2

It was great to see all teams out on Friday, and it was also fantastic to see so many subs playing as well! Some big scoring games although my game against Niall was a lot closer than maybe either of us wanted it to be, coming down to the very last stone (an excellent last stone from Lois saved my skin!) 

Although it is still early in the season and it could all change, there are a few teams pulling away at the top.

Anyway, the thing you all read the blog for: The league table:

League table after round 2

Score sheet after round 2

Score sheet after round 2

Kettle Round 1.2

 The second half of the 1st round was played tonight (18th Oct) with the other 4 teams taking to the ice for the 1st time! It was Team Jenny Barr vs Kerry Clark and Katie Wood vs Niall Gunn.

Again, two high-scoring games with one being slightly closer than the other...

Here is the league table after the game:

No change at the top after Round 1.2

Score Sheet after Round 1.2

Kettle Round 1.1

It was great to see C&B back out on the ice for the start of the 24/25 season. Testing ice plagued both rinks with Karen and Brian's teams coming out on top. Brian had a much closer with a 2 in the last end giving him the win.

Here is the league table after the first game:

League table after Round 1.1

Here is the score sheet after the first game:

League table after Round 1.1

Kettle Teams and Draw 24/25

 Hello Everyone and Happy New Season!

I hope everyone has had a lovely summer (despite the awful weather! Sods law it'll be glorious when the season starts!) and that you are all looking forward to the season starting already.

The committee have been hard at work putting teams together for the upcoming season and the draw has been released.

The teams for the 1st half (The Kettle Competition) are as follows:

And the draw is as follows: