One game to go in the Wingate and it sees the leader James Pate's Crew against Andy McD - The winner lifts the Rosebowl ! (Actualy James P only requires to peel the game but it is a must win for Big Andy).
The Rennie sees only Hamish out of contention, After 7 of 9 Games Wee Andy, Sandy and Morgan are all on 4 wins but Morgan has a game in hand.Meanwhile Sandy and Andy are also sharing 27 ends a piece and can only be separated by 3 shots up to Andy but only 2 for Sandy.
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| The 'Young' Team from 1995 ? |
Despite the wealth of experience in the 'Young' squad of Karen, Sandy, Gavin (Hay) and Hamish the 'Oldies' had considerable guile and their Skip (?) and lead James L also used his delivery device to the maximum. The scoring was kept tight but it wasn't until the fifth end that the 'Kids' managed to get off the mark. The eventual score was 7 - 6.
So, it's congratulations to James Logan, James Pate, Andy Aberdein and John Good for continuing the Old Folks run.
This was the first time that we have managed to run this competition in the last 4 years and it is not since 2014 that the Youngsters have won, although it was peeled in 2016 but in Ryder Cup fashion the Oldies 'retained' the title.
The last end of the third round matches saw an interesting change to the tables.
Our top two skips are now tied on 4 wins with Andy McDiarmid holding off James Pate by a margin of 2 ends! The only thing that has now been established is that Dave Munro, winner of six out of the last seven years (It was Sandy that halted his run) will walk away with the wooden spoon.
James Pate's team (representing El Presidento) were plugging away Dave Munro's rink, in a way that was starting to alarm the Vice Pres. Fortunately a 3 in the penultimate end brought the game back to a 2 shot victory for the President's Men.
Meanwhile, The Vice Pres was having a tough time of his own. Mr McD seldom had to play his last stone against less than a three. Seeing the game slipping away from him (in aggregate) he elected in end 5 to play a risky shot for a three rather than a safe draw for a two. He failed and walked away with only a single. In the final end, needing a 2 to win (in aggregate) his final draw was slightly off picking up only a single for a 2 shot victory, peeling the game in aggregate. Facing a Draw Shot decider, he was regretting his decision in the fifth end.
The President played first and slipped through to the back 4 foot. The Vice President, despite desperate sweeping could only manage a marginal touch at the front of the house.
So it is Congratulations time to the President Andy Aberdein and his rink consisting of Sandy Nicoll, John Harcourt and Avril Anderson and his other rink of James Pate, Ian Donald, Shelagh Main and finally Elinor Logan in her first game of the season.
