Friday the 13th is unlucky to some people, and for some of the teams on Friday, it lived up to its promise! All teams were out on the ice. With wins for Brian, Dave and John, it throws the whole competition wide open, with 4 teams on 6 points! Karen is still out in front with 8, but with 2 draws under her wing, she will need to win her next games to avoid getting pushed down the table.
Here is how the league table sits after Round 5:
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| League table after round 5. |
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| Score sheet after Round 5 |
Currie and Balerno's annual doubles competition was held on the 8th of November and what a competition it was! There 2 sections, each with 8 pairs! In the first section, there were 4 teams who had impressive wins. These teams then played themselves with Kerry coming out on top of the section with +11, followed closely by Andrew B with +10. Niall and Joe had a great start to their doubles campaign by winning their first game by 7 points, then following it up with another win of 7, leaving them with +14. The only other teams in the second section to finish on a + score were Karen with +1 and David A with +2. After some close (and some not so close...) games, the top 3 teams were:
1st: Niall Gunn and Joe Barry - with +14 shots up
2nd: Kerry and Robin - with +11 shots up
3rd: Andrew B and Roger - with +10 shots up
It was great to see everyone out on the ice and I'm sure everyone had a great afternoon, despite the scores!
The final 4 teams to complete round 4 played last night, and 4 was definitely a theme for one of the teams! (Shame the game was not on the 4th of November!)
Kerry's team took on Karen's team with a top of the table clash. It was a very close game, with only 1s being exchanged over 8 ends. Despite both teams having the chance for a multiple at some point, the game finished 4-4, with each team getting 4 ends each! That means that Karen is still up at the top of the league table with 7 point with Kerry behind on 6.
On the other sheet, Dave took on John. It was a tight game with a few large ends exchanged, but with Dave only managing a 3 instead of a 5 in the last end, John took the win 8-7.
Here is the league table after the completion of Round 4:
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| League table after the completion of Round 4 |
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| Score sheet after the completion of Round 4. |
Currie and Balerno's annual doubles competition is on the 8th of November. Here are the teams and draw for the day itself - make yourself aware of your start time as it is staggered. If you need to get a sub, or have got yourself a sub, can you please make the committee aware. Thanks, and happy curling!
Friday saw all teams out in force, and what a night it was!
The 2 teams at the top of the table - Fleming and K Munro - went head to head. A 5 in the 3rd end sealed the deal pretty early for Karen, keeping Brian to only a couple of single ends to win 10-2. (Big ends was a common occurrence across all games!)
Kerry went against Andrew Galloway, taking a 6 in the 5th end then stealing a 4 the end after, leading to a final score of 14 - 2
Jenny and Dave went head to head, with a 6 in the 2nd end making it very difficult to come back from, leading to a 12 - 4 win to Dave
The best comeback of the season must go to Niall Gunn and team. Losing a 7 in the first end to John Steven, the 3-man team of Niall, Isobel and Margaret fought back to close the gap to 4, with John taking the win 11-7.
Here is the league table after last night's games:
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| League table after the completion of round 3 and the start of round 4 |
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| Score sheet after the completion of round 3 and the start of round 4 |
Friday saw two different games. Niall was up against a depleted Andrew Galloway's team and despite the game being close for the first 4 ends, it was a 4 in the 5th then another in the 7th that gave him the victory, his first of the season.
On the other sheet, Jenny and Brian fought it out, going toe for toe until the last end, where Jenny managed to score a 2 and take the win, her first of the season too.
The league table has been jumbled slightly with Jenny and Niall now with points on the board.
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| Kettle league table after the first 4 games of Round 3 |
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| Kettle score sheet after the first 4 games of Round 3 |
Friday saw the other 4 teams complete their round 2 in the Kettle and what a couple of games. Of the 16 players there were 7 subs, so thank you to them all for stepping in to help out. We couldn't do it without you!
Niall's team took on Karen's team and despite Margaret's excellent skipping and team full of subs of different abilities, it wasn't to be and Karen took the win 15-3.
On the other sheet was a family battle for the ages as Rowena stepped up to skip from Brian's team to play against her Dad, John. Despite a close first 4 ends, a 5 in the 5th end in favour of Rowena kept the game out of John's reach. Brian's team took the win 10-6.
This means that currently Karen and Brian are the only teams with 4 points.
Any way, here is the league table after the completion of Round 2:
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| League table after the completion of Round 2 |
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| Score sheet after the completion of Round 2 |
