Happy Xmas and New Year

 Hostilities will resume in the Rennie on 6th January 2025

Rennie @ 33%

As in the Wingate, no team has a 100% record.  The top of the table is Karen's team, however they only hold a slender advantage of two ends over our new skip Ian's rink.  Meanwhile at the other end of the table with 1 win a piece are the Dads Teams Munro and Nicoll.  Team Nicoll currently holds the 'strong man' position with a five end deficit to make up.

Still early days with a lot of games to go. 

East Lothian Pairs

Hamish Logan

 Well done to our team of Andy McDiarmid, Dave Munro and Hamish Logan who retained the Low Road
title.

Andy and Dave lost their first game and were in last place but went on to win their second match to haul themselves into the Low Road Final against  East Linton.  Tactically Dave Munro was left out of the Final (OK He had somewhere else to be!) and Hamish Logan stepped in for the game.  The 'goodies' took a 2 in the final end to score a 3 - 2 victory.

Wingate @ 33%

 The first round concluded with a poor turn out of five players.  Fortunately, an underfed Graeme (in early for the next session made the numbers up.

After the first round Andy McD's Rink and James Pate's Rink top the table with two wins.  (James leads by 11 ends to 10) with Team Sandy nipping at their heels one point behind.  There is still plenty of time for Team Andy A to get it together and move up the table.

Point, Points --- No Points

Following on from the Swan in the afternoon the field for the Points was sadly depleted. The field of 8 players, all being male, would ensure that Lindsay Nicholl remains the 'reigning' Ladies Champion.  (All the other ladies in the club could have achieved unopposed immortality, just by turning up - Get it in your diaries for next season!)

To quote one club skip, "The ice was awfy tricky" with big swings (with dropped weight), one straight ice and one half sheet with very stiff ice.  Despite playing all 10 exercises only one player achieved a new high score while two others, both former champions recorded 'all time' low scores.  (One putting forward some kind of feeble excuse)

Not one player managed to score an 8 for any exercise, the best being a 7 from Mr Munro in the 'inwicking'. Dave, along with Richard and Graeme were the only players to score with all four attempts at any exercise, Richard and Graeme doing so in the 'raising'.

Despite all this, it was another fun (if sometimes painful fun) filled evening.

Swan Championships Rnd 1

Short and sweet, our players will not need to save up for ice fees for Round 2.  

We were paired with strong Oxenfoord teams who successfully took both games, on comfortably and the other in a tight game.  We wish them luck in the next round and commiserations to 'our boys' AND SUSAN !

New Stones Challenge

 A daunting task faced our New Stones Players as they faced off against the, ever competitive, James Pate. James had John Good in good for at third and our New Stones Recruits from 23/24 Heather Harpur and Sally Brown.  Resident coach, Graeme, floated up and down with his hand in a cast dispensing encouragement and words of 'wisdom' (Some mistake, surely?)

The New Stones team, with the exception of Joanna (who is already on our reserves list), were first year players and did very well against a team that was in form.  Alastair, who was skipping for the first time played great shots in the first and last ends for a score of 1 and 2 respectively.  Jennifer and Trish playing very able supporting shots.

Unfortunately, the intervening 5 ends did not go their way and Haddington came home comfortable 10 - 3 winners.

All the New Stone Players enjoyed the game and agreed to be added to our reserves list for the season.  NB Trish and Alastair are not currently on WhatsApp, so may need contacted by phone.