Well, I have obviously lost the old marketing touch! After my wee piece on the history of points and the Currie Curling Club's role in codifying the various disciplines, only three people actually played in the event this year. Given that two of them rejoiced in the surname Steven, is this the only time there has been a Points event where the name of at least one of the podium finishers was known in advance?
Rowena and John Steven had come down to the rink to compete and Jenny Barr, who was originally going to keep the score and generally organise the event, made up the three.
Instead of having four shots in each discipline, they decided to have two shots, but to go through the whole card. John won the overall event with 25 points, which translates to 50 had all the shots been taken. Given that typically you get your read / find your weight from the first stone that you throw, plus from watching the other competitors' ice and shots, that's a pretty good score in the circumstances. Well done, John.
Rowena won the ladies competition with a creditable 20 points - ditto my comments above.
Now what can we say about the cue-using (on this occasion) Jenny? Well, she was either runner-up in the main competition (if Rowena's score is not allowed because it counted towards her winning the ladies competition), runner-up in the ladies competition (on the grounds that John is a man - oops, stop right there, Robin, you can't say that kind of thing now), third in the main competition (see above), or last in the main competition (but that doesn't sound as good as third!). Haven't got a clue, to be honest. Tell you what; we'll leave it to the club secretary to make the decision and buy the prize.
Who - Jenny Barr, you say? The same Jenny Barr that came either second or third, depending?
Confused.com.
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