Skips log : Star date 16th March 2022
Time : 18.00hrs
Location : Ice sheet 4
Rinks ‘The Fort’ Kinnaird and ‘Deemo’ took to the ice with ‘Deemo’ fielding ‘Round them up’ as a sub.
Sadly our last league game of the season and ‘Hi Dee Hi’ had to call off because of a ‘sniffle’ picked up on an extravagant skiing holiday – but, ‘Round them up’ stepped into the breach and did an admirable job (I would not have expected less).
The first end saw rink ‘Deemo’ get off to a solid start scoring a two (with the hammer) but all concerned commented on how keen the ice was BUT with some rather strange draws being evident.
Ends two and three saw rink ‘Deemo’ score single shots to secure a four shots to nil lead.
The fourth end saw ‘The Fort’ strike back but limited to scoring a single with the hammer (all those late nights and early mornings of Olympic curling persuaded rink ‘Deemo’ that this was a good outcome – no amount of Craming could make it seem otherwise).
Ends five and six saw rink ‘Deemo’ push onwards with skip rocks being used to guard and protect shot rocks that rink members had earlier played to perfection – scoring twos at both ends to record an 8 – 1 score-line.
The fifth end was notable for a fortuitous plan ‘B’ shot being secured with the help of that famous Irish curler ‘Rick O’Shay’. When it’s going for you, it’s going for you!
Unfortunately ‘The Fort’ decided that enough was enough and conceded before we could start the seventh end. The down side of this being the lost the chance of scoring a 7 to tie the game or even an 8 to win by one shot – what might have been we shall never know, the upside was that those of us of a mind to have a ‘wee libation’ made it to the ‘watering hole’ earlier than expected.
As four of us sat around the table, drinks in hand, we raised a glass to the end of another league campaign – the fun and laughter we have all had come win, lose or draw.
There is always next season when we shall do better.
Such is the spirit of Holyrood Curling club – long may it survive and prosper.
Till the next time – I bid you all goodnight until we face the final frontier together again. The match as remembered by ???????? – I can’t remember who.
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