Rennie - 1 round to go

With only one game night left in the Rennie, Team Morgan take over the top slot.
Could Morgan be the first Oldie to win the Rennie for 3 years - with the last two years having been won by his son and daughter.  He currently sits at the top by one point BUT the Rowena Squad have a game in hand.  A win or a peel should be enough for the junior domination of the Rennie to continue. 
Who though is their final match against?
It's a battle of the Juniors.  There is more than just pride at stake, a win may secure third and a podium spot for Karen's Team.  Will the juniors throw in some 'team orders' ? (I doubt it).
Meanwhile the other game will be between James Pate's Rink and Team Aberdein.  James has already secured the 'strong' position in the league (holding everyone else up) while Andy can record his best ever result with a third place finish.  Andy has a slender two end advantage over Karen, so a peel may not be enough.
The nerves will be jangling before the final dash for the podium on 20th February.

Dave strikes again

Dave Munro's season just keeps on getting better and better (hopefully this might jinx him and give the rest of us a chance). He and his Partner, Ian Donald went on to win the Haddington Pairs competition.  Having just edged out Keith Anderson & Jeff Lewis, to make it into the high road, they then changed gear.  A good win against Willie Kerr & Daniel Peart saw them up against Sandy Nicoll and Dave Wyllie in the final.  A score of 5 - 2 was good enough to crown them champions.
In the mean time James Pate & John Good were unlucky to go down to Karen Munro and John Harcourt, to fall into the Low Road.  A good win against Hamish Logan and Ali Harvey saw them against Morgan Nicoll and Margaret Harcourt in the final, where they took a close 5 - 3 victory to claim the remaining silverware.
Full results are on the results tab above.

Province Double

Congratulations to Dave Munro and his team of Willie Kerr, Elinor Logan and Colin Baird for taking the E.L Province Bonspiel title only a few days after Dave managed to capture the Knockout crown.
Mention has to go to Haddington's second team who pinched third place in the Bonspiel.  The following report comes from the Province website:-
Congratulations to Haddington who performed admirably to finish First AND Third in the Bonspiel.
Haddington 1 took a sizeable lead from the first round and added another good win in the second round to produce a score of +17.  Meanwhile the defending champions Johnny Shedden's Athelstaneford 1 had a middle ranked win in round one and then punished their opposition by taking the second game by the largest margin of the day, to end up 2 shots behind on +15.
These two teams were the far ahead of the pack, which was headed by Haddington 2 on a score of  +3.

President v Vice President

A full turn out of 16 players saw a tight overall battle between the two sides.  Admittedly this was as a result of two slightly one sided games ! 
The final result saw Vice President James Pate and his deputy Sandy Nicoll prevail.
The night was followed by a capacity supper in the club rooms.
The photo on the left is proof that I need to take some updated pics !

Province Champions

Congratulations to Dave Munro and his team of James Logan, Sandy Nicoll and Hamish Logan who

secured the Province Knockout Championship (and extended our lead in overall wins).
The following report appeared on the Province Website:-
Semi Finals:
Haddington v Aberlady.
Following a mix-up Haddington arrived one man short, after frantic phone calls the fourth player was rustled up but was a full hour late resulting in a 3 shot penalty.  Despite this their very experienced line up was no match for the youngsters fielded by Aberlady, who still performed well.  Haddington ran out the winners with a final score of 12 - 8
Final
Haddington v Yester
This proved to be a high quality and enthralling game to watch with Dave Munro's Haddington team pitted against Sandy Stewart's Yester rink.  On very swingy ice the lead changed several times as a result of magnificent take outs and draws (even through ports).  Haddington went into the final end 1 shot up but without the hammer but managed to hold the Yester squad to a single to peel the game
5 - 5.  Sandy Stewart went to draw the shot and came up biting the four foot but Dave Munro quelled their silent jubilation by placing his stone directly on the pot lid.  Therefore it is Haddington that will go forward to represent the Province in the National Province Championship Finals in Greenacres in Oct/Nov 2020.

Congratulations to Haddington's team of Dave Munro, James Logan, Sandy Nicoll and Hamish Logan.

The prizes will be presented after our Province Bonspiel on Friday 17th January 2020

Teams for Province Competitions