RCCC Medal - 2014

After a tight tussle, Haddington come up just short once again in our annual quest for an RCCC Medal.  John Good has written a short report of the match:-

 John Good, Sandy Nicoll, Karen Munro and Andrew Kinnaird represented Haddington CC in a District Medal game at Murrayfield on 19 November. Their opponents were two husband-and-wife combinations from Glenrothes CC.

After five of the seven ends played, Glenrothes were 5 shots to 2.  Haddington got one in end six, taking us to within two shots.  After our last stone in the seventh end we were lying five without the hammer only to see that reduced to a single by another excellent shot by the Glenrothes skip.

Result after the seven ends: Glenrothes 5, Haddington 4.

 

All eight players agreed that the game had been tight, not least as Glenrothes got one of their singles by a fine margin after a measure. The visitors joined us for supper and some good craik. All were agreed that meeting curlers from other clubs through the District Medal competition was well worth doing.

 

John

Individual Points - Analysis

Last night 8 players accepted the challenge, that is our points competition.  This year saw the defending champion, Morgan, avoided having to play 'first stones' using the cunning ploy of playing on a different sheet and therefore not defending his title. 

Having only 8 players meant that we rattled through all the exercises in a close and high class competition that saw the average score increase to 33, a score that would have won in previous years (although not all the exercises are completed each year).

Morgan need not have worried though as the medal remains in his house with the title being passed over to Sandy, who was given stiff competition by big sister Lindsey who retained the Ladies crown.

Results and comments are below:-

 For the record, the all time best highest (and lowest) scores - well since records began (five years) are below,  please note that these are distorted slightly by not all the exercises being completed every year:-