Lymphoy Cup Round 6 finished

 The 4 final teams to complete round 6 did so on Friday 14th March. My team were against Brian Fleming's and my Dad's were again Jen's.

 My game was a race for the wooden spoon and despite my best efforts (I will be dreaming of the angled tap up I had to make on the 5th end for a while!) it looks like we may be the recipients of said spoon...Brian's team were on fire.

On the other sheet, a middle table challenge was on. Jen was victorious, snatching a 3 in the second to last end to seal the deal.

Next Fridays games are going to be interesting. The only real game to watching will be Mike Wood vs Kerry Clark. If Mike wins or draws, he will win the Lymphoy. If Kerry wins, she will leapfrog him into the top spot. Should be an interesting game! 

Here is the league table after the end of Round 6:

League table after Round 6.

Here is the score sheet:

Lymphoy Cup Round 5.75 and 6.5

 On the 7th of March, we had our first 4 sheet game in a while! It was really nice to see everyone out on the ice and nicer still was people staying for a meal afterwards.

On the ice we had John Steven vs Dave Munro. If John had won this game, it would have put him in serious contention for the trophy but Dave held his ground winning 6-5 (with one end coming down to a measure where the winning stone was literally a millimetre closer to the centre, so close the thirds couldn't decide!). 

On my game against Andrew Galloway, I had a strong start then Andrew's team made a comeback to peel the game 5-5. Another peel was had in Kerry's game against Brian. That peel may have lost Kerry the title! It will all come down to her game against Mike Wood's team in the last game!

Jennifer's team had a tricky game against Mike but Mike did come out on top.

Anyway, league table:

League table after Round 5.75 and 6.5

Here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 5.75 and 6.5

Lymphoy Cup Round 4 complete and 5.5

 Last Friday (28th of February) saw Dave and Karen Munro's teams finally complete Round 4 of the Lymphoy, meaning we are over halfway through the competition and it is very close at the top!

John Steven's team were against Karen's, however John and third, Morna, were away representing Currie and Balerno at the Rink Championships up in Perth. John brought in new club member, Andy McDiarmid to skip and had Rachel Macrae at lead. They played out of their skins and Karen (me) was left with some difficult circus shots! It was tough!

I don't want to speak on Andrew Galloway's behalf but I hope he felt my sympathies from the sheet over after a lose against my Dad.

Any way...enough about those games! The league table:

League Table after Round 4 finished and Round 5.5

Here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 4 finished and Round 5.5

Lymphoy Cup Round 4.75 - The Catch-up Game

The game that was postponed by Storm Eowyn on the 24th of January took place on Sunday (23rd of Feb). This saw Jennifer Marshall's team take on Andrew Galloway and John Steven take on Brian Fleming. A close game between Marshall and Galloway finished with Galloway taking the win. The other game was a little less close, with team Steven taking the win.

Here is the League table after the game on Sunday:

League table after Round 4.75.

Here is the Score sheet after that catch-up game:

Score sheet after Round 4.75

Lymphoy Cup - Last of Round 3 and Start of Round 5!

Last Friday (21st of February) saw Kerry Clark go against John Steven and Andrew Galloway go against Mike Wood. Both games passed some large ends back and forth but ultimately John and Mike came out on top. This makes the race for the top a lot tighter!

Here is the league table after the game on the 21st:

League table at the end of Round 3 and start of Round 5.

And here is the Score sheet

Score sheet after the end of Round 3 and start of Round 5.

Lymphoy Round 3.5 and 4.25 (or something like that!)

Ah, Valentines Day...the perfect day to take to the ice and avoid having to take your partner out for a meal.

We are almost through Round 3 of the Lymphoy and there is no change at the top. Kerry's team had a win over Jennifer's team and Mike's team had a win over Brian's team. That means Kerry is out on top with 8 points with Mike behind on 6. They are, however, the only teams to have played 4 games, so there is a chance that someone may catch up although it will be difficult!

Here is the league table after last Friday's game:

League Table after 14th Feb

And here is the score sheet:

Score Sheet after 14th Feb

Lymphoy Round 2.5 and 3.25

Round 2 is now complete with Brian and Jennifer's teams taking to the ice against The Munro's. 

Karen and Brian did not have a good night with some pretty big loses (Brian lost 8-2 to Dave and Karen lost 13-6 to Jennifer's team, skipped by Maggie Barry). We even discussed just heading to the pub about half way through! 

Anyway, here is the league table now that Round 2 is complete and we are halfway through Round 3:

League table after the completion of Round 2

Score sheet after the games on the 7th February

Score sheet after Round 2 completion

Lymphoy Cup Round 2.25 and 3.1 (or something like that!)

After storm Eowyn prevented a game happening last week, 4 teams were back on the ice yesterday (the 31st Jan, or the 92nd of January for teachers!)

It looks like there were 2 good games with one game only scoring 1s and 2s, where the other game had a couple of 3s scored for good measure! 

Kerry's team continue their winning streak with a 6 - 3 win over Andrew's team. Mike's team is back to winning ways after a win over John's team, after a very close game!

Here is the league table after the game on Friday:

League table after game on Friday 31st January

Score sheet after Friday 31st January

Currie and Balerno Points Competition 2025

 Friday the 17th of January saw highly anticipated points competition get underway. For all the history of the points competition, click on the points tab at the top of the page. 10 brave competitors took on 7 disciplines of varying difficulty (although one persons difficulty could be someone else's strength).

After all the points were added up, our winner was:

Dave Munro - 41 points - He wins the main points trophy

Runner up:

Kerry Clark - 36 points - She is runner up and will also win the Ladies prize too.

In join third were myself and Jen Marshall. We also had someone take part who hadn't curled in over 20 years! Shows how inclusive the points can be!

Lymphoy Cup Round 1.2 and 2.1

Friday the 17th was the first time all 8 teams were out for the Lymphoy and from the looks of the scores, this competition is going to be a close one!

The teams who had already played kept up their impressive run of 8 end games, with Dave Munro and Mike Wood's teams starting their 8th end with 8 minutes left on the clock. Talk about efficiency! Close game as well, Dave needing a 3 to peel but unfortunately only managing a 2 for an 7 - 8 lose. I had a very close game against Kerry's strong team until the 6th end where I ended up losing a 5. The game finished 8 - 6 to Kerry.

The other 4 teams had yet to get going in the Lymphoy and neither sheet managed to make it to 8 ends. Lot to live up to and they couldn't handle the pressure! From the score cards, both seemed like close games, with John Steven and Jen Marshall's game ending in a 5 - 5 draw. On the other sheet, Andrew Galloway took a 3 in the 5th end to put his team in front and Brian was not able to recover.

Anyway, the bit that everyone comes to look at, the league table! At the moment Kerry is out in front with 2 wins but it really is anyones game at the moment!

League table after round 1.2 and 2.1

 

Score sheet after round 1.2 and 2.1

Lymphoy Cup Round 1

It was a great start to the second competition of the C&B calendar, the Lymphoy Cup, with 4 teams out on Friday night. 

 In what was a rather exciting turn of events, both sheets managed to play 8 ends, which is a great start (rest of the teams...you have a lot to live up to! Can we get 8 ends in all Round 1 games?), then the winning teams both won 5 ends, winning 6 points each. The losing teams both won 3 ends, ending with 3 points, so the score sheet and league table don't do the games justice.

 I had a great time playing against Mike and Katie Wood, especially as My Mum is in my team. Family affair! I had to make some big shots and thankfully I was lucky enough for some of them to come off. Some playful insults given both within and outwith the teams made it a very enjoyable night. Not sure how much fun the other sheet was having but from the sounds of it there was maybe a few more tense shots being played.

League Table after Round 1:

League table after Round 1

Score sheet after Round 1:

Score sheet after Round 1

Lymphoy Teams and Draw 2025

 Happy New Year Everyone!

With the new year and the completion of the Kettle competition, it can only mean one thing...

The Lymphoy Cup is upon us!

Here are the teams for the Lymphoy Cup 2025:

Here is the draw for the Lymphoy:

Kettle Round 7

Happy new year everyone! I hope everyone had a great Christmas and that Santa brought some fantastic gifts. I was lucky enough to get a new kipper AND some mitts! 

All teams were out to finish off the Kettle competition and there were a few ways it could have gone but a win from Karen Munro's team (yours truly), a loss from Brian Fleming's team and a win from Shona Watt's team meant this year:

Winners of the Kettle Trophy: Karen Munro, Josh Kellock, Lois Copland and David Aitken

Winners of the Harlaw Cup: Shona Watt, Dave Munro, Joe Barry and Stuart Ronald

It was also another night for celebrations as past president of the club, last season's Achievement Award winner, and all-around legend Margaret Nicol celebrated her 75th birthday (or her 21st for the 54th time!). With a delicious meal, good chat, and some 'tasteful' cards, it was a birthday to remember. A win on the ice was also a pretty good cherry on top.

Here is the final league table of the 2024/25 Kettle Competition:

League table after Round 7

And here is the score sheet:

Score sheet after Round 7

Finally, here is the birthday girl herself after a wonderful rendition of Happy Birthday:

Margaret and Norman Nicol (Photo curtesy of Sheena Munro)