First move was that James in the afternoon alerted us that unfortunately he’d contracted Covid (hope that is a mild dose, James), and no subs emerged. So Jim’s team B was down to just John and Colin (but no penalties).
For Rob’s Team A, Bob was kindly subbing for Gill, with Deemo and Richard at one and three.
B won the toss, so Team A chose yellow and got going. First end ice was very sticky, so lots of short guards, but two yellows counted.
The second end was strangely fast in contrast, so while trying to guard a counter, yellows kept freezing in the house in a strong arrow formation! It got knocked about a bit, but emerged with another two score.
At the third end Jim drew in to put a score on the board. For the next end there were lots of stones in the house, but Rob had a counter on the right-hand side before having the hammer at last. So decided to go for a draw-in away on the left to prevent any disturbance, but it curled hugely, hit a blue, which nudged another blue, which turned +1 into a -1 own-goal!
In the fifth end, when Rob was again +1 with a last stone, he just burnt it, this time to make sure of a point.
The next ends were fairly controlled, with good shooting from David, and Bob and Richard firing nicely against tight play – especially with John maximising his three stones each end. End 6 was notable for one of Jim’s take-outs sailing harmlessly through a gap between two yellows of perhaps a stone’s diameter +2mm! Generally yellow guarding was effective, having no more last stones, and it all finished at 9-2 to team B, after a game tighter than that sounds.
Rob
Holyrood Curling Club 