Kettle Trophy Round Six

A big night tonight for teams Fleming and Gunn in their top of the table clash.  Brian crucially was away curling with his seniors team (John Steven and Dave Munro were also absent, as we shall see later) and Niall, Kerry Barr, Karen Munro and Graeme Maguire took full advantage with a big 10-4 win in their eight-end game against their key rivals, skipped by Raymond Preston, with Betty Gibb at third, Donald Kennedy and substitute Colin Campbell.

In the other big game of the night, Andrew Cargill beat John Steven's team, skipped in John's absence by Norman Nicol.  This was a tight affair that was only settled in Andrew's favour with a two in the last end for a one shot win.

Jenny took care of Bob in the clash of the Barrs and this enabled her to leapfrog her rival Katie Wood who could only draw against Susan Kesley.  Mind you, Katie threw the stone of the night with her last stone - a perfect draw to the corner of the one-foot circle and in behind a guard.  Susan's attempted button draw slid agonisingly through the button and back to the eight foot.

Here is the game score grid.

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
Gunn	11	4	5				10	5	3	4	4	3	15	4	5	10	7	3				10	4	4
Barr J	6	4	3	5	10	4				2	9	1				7	4	4	4	7	3	3	11	2
Cargill	5	3	3	4	4	4	9	2	5				8	7	3				6	5	3	7	8	3
Steven	6	3	4	4	15	2				7	8	4				6	5	4	7	6	3	4	5	2
Barr B	3	13	2	7	10	4	4	7	2				5	6	3				3	8	3	3	9	2
Kesley S	4	4	3				7	4	4	5	6	3	6	7	4	8	3	4				2	9	2
Fleming				4	10	4	11	3	5	8	7	3	5	4	4	9	3	5	9	2	4

Here is the resultant league table with one round to go. 

Position	Team	Played	Ends	Shots u/(d)	Shots scored	Points
1	Gunn	6	23	32	60	11
2	Fleming	6	25	17	46	10
3	Cargill	6	21	10	39	9
4	Steven	6	19	-8	34	6
5	Kesley	6	20	-1	32	5
6	Barr J	6	17	-18	27	4
7	Wood K	6	21	-4	31	3
8	Barr B	6	16	-28	25	0

In the last round, the three contenders for the prizes shape up as follows.  Niall Gunn plays Susan Kesley, Brian Fleming plays Katie Wood and Andrew Cargill plays Bob Barr.  Exciting times ahead!