Our Arthur Frame team have now played 2 matches in the Round Robin. The first match on 5th November resulted in a win 9 shots to 4 against Braehead Virtual. Sadly we lost our second match on 26th November 15 shots to 6 against Harlequins.Our next game is on Thursday 17th December.
Welcome to the wacky world of curling that is Pollok Curling Club Eastwood Rosebowl round 1!
On Tuesday night we knew that we were struggling to get 4 full teams out for the first round of the Rosebowl. Rink 1 was particularly hard hit with both Brown McMaster and Alan Sloan missing. This meant that it looked like we would have 2 matches where a team of 3 were playing a team of 4. To avoid this, an executive decision was made and the first round matches were re-drawn so that we had 1 match between the 2 fourman teams and the other match between the 2 threeman teams. On the evening itself a combination of work commitments and traffic problems added to our issues and resulted in us taking to the ice 15 minutes late with each of the fourman teams a man down and 1 of the threeman teams also a man down. So 3 versus 3 and 3 versus 2! Sweeping was at a premium. The 3 missing players turned up after a wee while and resulted in 2 very close games. Rink 2, skipped by Lindsay Dempster (subbing for Maurice Paterson) peeled with Rink 4 skipped by Alastair Robertson - 4 shots apiece after 6 ends. Skips stones followed with Alastair Robertson proving victorious. In the Threeman teams match they opted to play 6 stones per end and the match finished after the 10th end with Rink 1 (skipped by Richard Morris) winning 10 shots to 9 over Rink 3 (skipped by Andy Whyte). Next week the second round will by played as follows: Rink 1 versus Rink 5 Rink 4 versus Rink 6 The teams are as follows: Rink 1: Andy Whyte (subbing for Brown McMaster), Paul Carnan (subbing for Richard Morris), Gib Steele, Graham Wintersgill (subbing for Alan Sloan) Rink 4: Alastair Robertson, Stewart Boyle, Gordon Anderson, George Leslie Rink 5: Lindsay Dempster, Brian Anderson, Gavin Smith, Nigel McMillan Rink 6: Stuart Orr, Douglas Mack, Graeme Sutherland, Gordon McQuilkin I have updated the website to reflect the results from tonight’s Cameron Medal league games. See the Competitions Tab.
With 2 weeks to go it appears to be a 2 horse race between rink 1 (Alistair Cockburn) and rink 3 (Andrew Henderson). Next week could be interesting because they meet in what could be a decider. A win for rink 3 would win them the trophy while a win for rink 1 would draw them level with the trophy being decided on the last night on 8th December. Rink 2 (Gordon Deakin) technically could still win but must win their last 2 games by a big margin and hope that other results go their way. All to play for. Rink 4 (Alan Sloan) and rink 5 (Graham Wintersgill) only have 1 game left each and are battling it out to avoid the wooden spoon. Tomorrow evening (Wednesday)the Eastwood Rosebowl knockout commences at Greenacres. Watch this space to see who makes it through to round 2. The annual match against Keir was held at The Peak in Stirling on Wednesday 28th October. Pollok were victorious meaning that we have won 3 out of 3 matches so far this season.
The indoor grand match was held on Saturday 24th October. The Pollok rink scored a victory at Braehead against Moray Firth Ladies. The overall result of the Grand Match was a win for the South against the North.
Pollok recorded a win in our annual match against Giffnock held at Greenacres on Wednesday 21st October.
Pollok won this match on Wednesday 7th October..
The Opening Bonspiel was held at Greenacres on Tuesday 22nd September and was won by the rink of Roy Muir, Andy Whyte, and George Leslie, skipped by Graham Wintersgill.
The Pickwell Trophy was held at Pollok Golf Club on Wednesday 5th August 2015 in good weather conditions. The winner was our newest member - John Henderson.
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