Wingate @ 50%

So with two big scores of 6's for Lindsey and Karen (boy does her Dad owe her big time for that one) the Wingate reaches the end of its first round, with literally everything to play for.  I cannot recall the league having been that tight.
Leading the way on five points are the recipients of the 6's are Dave and Lindsey, they are also both on 15 ends won and 13 lost, so it falls to shots up to separate them, so Team Munro Snr leads Team McConnell by 2 shots up.
Next, one point behind on two wins and two losses each come Willie and Sandy, both also on 14 ends won and lost, so again it comes down to shots up.  This time Team Kerr Snr has an 8 point advantage over Team Sandy.
No-one is yet clear of Team Logan who are poised to attack from behind and are still well capable of lifting the crown at the end of the year.
GAME ON !

Points Competition

A decent turn out of 10 players energetically took to the ice.  Tricky ice conditions prevailed which meant that only James Logan was able to maintain last years score.  Most players being between 5 and 10 points down.  This didn't help James as he also managed to maintain sixth place.
Congratulations to the siblings, Sandy and Lindsey, who despite going first, managed to retain their crowns.
A couple of players also achieved new low scores !
Our new member John Harcourt succumbed to the 'old hands' game-play and went early, which possibly had a detrimental effect on his score.  Never the less, he may have come last but was the ONLY player to keep a blank off his card.
The full results can be found in the usual place!

Rennie at 50%

With the Rennie reaching the half way point, we see that father and daughter Kerr lead our 2 competitions (Temporarily anyway).
Ms Kerr and her team took on her fellow 'youngsters'.  With team Munro being one player short and Rowena having drafted in Sandy as a sub, it looked like it was going to be a long afternoon for Karen but nobody told her that !  Leading 5 - 4 going into the last end she was pipped by two shots.  The final score was 6 - 5 to Rowena, leaving her team unbeaten through the first round and leading the table with Karen holding third place, Team Morgan splits the two 'young' rinks.
Meanwhile the two winless teams also had an interesting clash.  Things were looking good for Team Pate when they took a 6 - 1 lead after four ends, then the Aberdein Squad decided to turn up.  Sitting with a 3 Andy played a perfect last draw to take a 4 in the fifth end and then stole a 1 in the sixth to tie the game.  With 0.00 minutes on the clock, Andy tried to shake hands until his third pointed out that the bell had not yet gone, so a final end commenced (on a sort of double or quits basis).  With  James's last stone to play, he faced an open centre line strike for the win.  Unfortunately his stone, having run fairly straight from the previous two ends decided to curl. The hit was successful but rolled too far and left Andy with two shots and an unlikely 8 - 6 win.
There is still all to play for in the second round.