Pointing the Way

In a very well attended points competition, the Nicoll family swept the board taking the first 3 places, lucky for the rest of us that Liz and Lorna didnt turn up too.  With the exception of the Nicoll's it was an extremely tight competition with 9 players within 4 points of each other.  Almost everyone managed to beat last years scores, well except Dave, last years winner, who as a result had to play first each end to show everyone the line.  (You know what to expect next year Sandy)
Congratulations to Sandy and Lindsey, our winners and everyone else who helped make it such an enjoyable competition.
Full results in all their glory / horror are on the Results Page

POINTS COMPETITION TONIGHT

A last reminder of the Points competition.
See you all there !

Points Competition 29 Nov 2011

Our annual POINTS COMPETITION is on :-

Tuesday 29th Nov at 5.30.

It is open to ALL Members and Reserves

For those unfamiliar with a Points Competition, it is a solo competition, so no fear of letting anyone (other than Yourself) down !

It consists of a series of exercises (Take outs, draws, tap ups etc) with 4 attempts at each type of shot.

Most importantly it is a FUN competition which allows you to practice shots that you may not have had the chance to play before.  You will also play about twice as many stones as you would in a normal club match.

The benefits:-

• Its Fun
• Its good practice.
• (If you ask the skips they will try and give you pointers and help)
• It is for ALL standards, from beginners to experts.
• It allows you to measure your progress (against yourself or others)
• It show your skips how good you are !
• It allows you to witness gamesmanship between the skips.

The cost of the game is £10 per head.

Come along and try it out.

National Province Championships

Dave and his team of James (Pate), Graeme and Andrew (McCrone) acquitted themselves well with 2 extremely good wins and two hard fought losses to end their competition third in their group.  The winning two teams qualifying for the High and Low Road.  Midlothian (Gogar) the team that won our group ended up as losing finalists, while Upper Strathearn, the runners up in our group went on to win the Low Road.  The boys played well and had they been in another section rather then the 'Group of Death' who knows what the result would have been.
A full report of our exploits can be found on the East Lothian Province Website
A fuller report of the event can be found on Skipcottage HERE and HERE

Dave can be seen enjoying the Healthy Option Lunch (note the non-alcoholic drink !) before a crucial game.

JUNIOR COACHING

MURRAYFIELD Sunday 20th NOVEMBER 2011 at 7.30

Junior Coaching Dec 2010

Following the successes of last years Junior Coaching Sessions, James Logan has agreed to run a couple of sessions again this year.  The first session is on Sunday and is open to the family and friends of all club members.  Juniors are the life blood of any club and we hope that this year will be as well supported as last year.
As a direct result of last years coaching, we have reintroduced a one off 'Young Vs Old' game to be held later in December.
For any more details of Sundays session, please contact James - (contact details on the syllabus - a copy of which can be downloaded from the Fixtures page).

Incoming American Men's Tour

East Lothian Province has been asked to provide one four-man team (sorry ladies, this one is men only) to play a game against one of the incoming American teams at Murrayfield on 18 February 2012 at a time yet to be announced.

 

East Lothian Province's President, John Shedden, has asked each of the 8 clubs to nominate 1 player, from which the team, of 4, will be selected. 

 

If you wish your name to be put forward, please contact Graeme as soon as possible. 

Swan Trophy - 1st Round

In a surprising turn of events, Haddington eased their way past the local Corstorphine team and into the semi-finals, for the first time in several years.
It was definitely a day of two or more parts with Morgan, James L, Andrew McCrone and Shelagh romping away to an early lead enabling them to run out easy winners.  On the other sheet, however, James P, Willie K, Graeme and Colin struggled against a strong side consisting of three of Murrayfield's finest ice men !
For a change it was the opposition that was a man short, and after borrowing a player from another match (for one end) incurred a penalty of four shots, which effectively doubled our score to 8.  Unfortunately this did not match their 11.  Willie put a large part of the blame onto his shoes and his next game will see him in a brand new pair, purchased immediately after the game.
The combined teams scores however mean that we will now face Mid-Calder in the Semi's on Friday 6th January 2012.

Skins 2011

In a game where the teams are still coming to grips with the different tactics from normal games, this match hinged around, of all things the coin toss.
To win a skin, you must either win the end by 2 shots, if you have last stone, or simply steal the end if you don't.  It was agreed part way through the game that it was easier to steal then win by 2, so James Pate made Dave Munro's side regret winning the toss and taking last stone (as normal).
James, fielding a strong team managed to steal the first 5 ends, forcing Dave to keep last stone and making the score 9 - 0.  Dave made a good come back though with a strong 6th end and stealing in the seventh.  As the successive ends are more valuable, the final score was a much more comfortable 9 - 7 for last years Wingate Trophy winners.