Kettle Trophy Round 6

Ooft! What with all the chat about European Championships and the like, we are apt sometimes to forget the really important stuff: C&B's Kettle Trophy results and league table with only one round remaining! So, we are down to three teams for the Kettle and four for the runners-up and the Harlaw Cup. Brian Flemingless, skipped in Brian's absence by Rowena Steven had a really good win over Niall Gunn and as a result, moves to the top of the table on ten points. Niall was one up without coming home, but lost a two and the game. Karen Munroless, skipped in Karen's absence by Andrew Galloway, was also victorious with a good win over John Steven's strong team, effectively knocking John out of the running for silverware. The two top teams are on ten points. Jenny Barr had a good win over Shona Wattless's team, skipped by not a bad player, right enough, the recently married Kerry Clark (in joke - don't ask!). There was another game played between two grizzled veterans and their young teams. Neither team is in the running but Mr Munro prevailed in what was actually a really good fun game of curling. So, first of all, here's the results grid.

So what does that do to the league table and what can happen in round 7 of the competition? First up, here's the league table after round 6.

Round 7 will be played over two Fridays. On the 9th December, John Steven plays Brian Fleming. John is out the running for a top two finish, but he could throw a spanner in the works because if he wins, then Brian would stay on ten points. The other game on the 9th is between Karen Munro and Niall Gunn. Again, Niall cannot win anything but will have a huge say in who wins both the Kettle Trophy and the Harlaw Cup. If he wins, Karen stays on ten points - potentially the same score as Brian (both might win, in which case they both move onto twelve points; they could both draw their games, in which case they would move to eleven points - you get the picture!). Fast forward to a week later and Jenny's game v Dave Munro, whose daughter, of course, is in the running. I'm not one for conspiracies you understand, but - all I'm saying! Anyhow, Jenny wins against Dave and moves to eleven points. See an earlier sentence in this increasingly long paragraph and - three teams on eleven points! I just love it. Meanwhile, Shona Watt plays Robin Copland. This game is for the honour of finishing plum last, a position currently held by Mr Copland, on zero points. Fair to say that neither are challenging for the top spot, so I am going to ask my glamorous assistant to get out the veil and draw it.