Wingate - one game left

 And the News is that Dave Munro and his team have still won the league.  Never the less, they were looking good at 8 - 3 against his returning daughter after three ends only to lose the remaining four ends and finish up with a peel.  (It should have been a loss for him if he had swept as hard for his injured daughters stones as he did for his own !)

Meanwhile President Pate's team were scoring their own decisive victory.

If Team Karen win their last game against the Nicoll Snr squad and Dave wins against James P, she could snatch second place.  However if Team Morgan beat Karen's rink, Karen could still face demotion.

Last night also saw a well arranged (from our end anyway) supper night at the Murrayfield Hotel (or the Scotsman Hotel !!) after the game.  The slight air of chaos was a perfect ice breaker and ended up with everyone getting fed, all be it, with not necessarily what they either pre-ordered OR ordered on the night. It was however an extremely enjoyable and social evening for those in attendance.  

Mega thanks to Shelagh for the negotiations and arrangements.

The last supper

E L Province - Rnd 1

 Congratulations to our team who edged out Athelstaneford 6 - 5 in the first round.

We now progress to the Semi Final on Sunday 12 Feb at 14.30 where they will meet Aberlady.

Rennie at 66%

 The second round of the Rennie was completed and Team McDiarmid winning a crucial 'top of the Table' clash to go in to the Final Round with a two point advantage over the Aberdein Quartet.

Although still mathematically possible for the Logan Jnr Rink to secure the title they are more realistically battling to avoid bottom place.  While Team Logan have a four point deficit to catch Team Aberdein they are only two points ahead of the Nicoll Jnr squad.  Anyone with any knowledge of the club 'juniors' would be unwise to count out an almighty scramble in the final few games.

Pairs 22/23

 Twelve combatants took to the ice in our annual Pairs Competition. 

In mini league A)  Morgan & Jeff battled through with a 100% win record and progress to the 'Big Final'.  James P and Avril took second place and progressed to the 'Small Final'

Meanwhile mini league B) was tighter with Keith & Ewan  and Sandy & Richard both securing 1 win and 1 peel each.  Keith and Ewan progressed to the 'Big Final' by the margin of 1 end.

In the 'Small Final', James P and Margaret Harcourt gain bragging rights and finish the competition in third place.

The 'Big Final' also split the ends 2-2 but Morgan Nicoll and Jeff Lewis take the win and the High Road Title 3 shots to 2.   The runners up Keith Anderson and Euan Forbes walk away with the Low Road Trophy.

Congratulations to our winners !

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Dave enjoying a celebratory drink with Sheena.

An early present for Team Mr Munro, consisting normally of James Logan, Richard Taylor and Jeff Lewis.  Despite two subs last night, beat Team Nicoll Snr.  It was a tight game with no one giving up more than a single.  Meaning that the end totals of 5 - 2  was also replicated in a 5 - 2 scoreline.

More importantly, with 2 games remaining, the Munro squad has now notched up five wins and a peel, while the other teams have been knocking lumps out of each other.  None of the other teams can now catch Dave and his 'lads' and I have to declare them the 'Winners of the Wingate.'   This notches up his second hat trick of Wingate wins and sees his name on the trophy for the sixth time in seven attempts.  (Sandy having taken the win in 1018/19) .

The remaining teams are separated by a mere 1 point and 1 end !  The podium (and relegation) places will not now be decided until the final end of the competition.

Swan Trophy

 Well done and commiserations to our two teams that contested the Swan.

Having got past Aberlady (default) in the first round they convincingly beat Mid Calder in the semi-final but went on to lose a well contested game to Oxenfoord in the Final.

Even more kudos to the players that then went on to play 3 back to back sessions when they played in the following Rennie games !