Note: Penalty shown should be three stones, not five, so final score 10-7. And date of game was 6th February – JW.
Team B (John Mac – yellow) against Team C (Ken – blue)
With Billy away on possible jury duty Special K stood in, and with Keith unaccountably a no show, we were down to three and looking vulnerable. Keith later reported a bad back after his morning game.
First end – saw yellow falling short with the majority of stones and with two blues counting early on and soon well protected. John tried a draw with his last stone, although at the back of the house it was not counting. My last stone was a successful draw. Three up, a good start and John a bit nonplussed.
Second end – saw any stone from the opposition lying in the house being blasted out. John thought I was going for a blank end. Just following the tactics of the professionals. Yellow’s end with a one.
Third end – again we had two stones lying and after failed attempts from team B to remove them things were looking good. My last stone had the possibility of another three, but unfortunately a tentative throw meant it finished six inches short.
End four – has completely passed me by – can’t remember – but two stones to Team B.
End five – another three, Wow! A possibility we might be able to bring off a historic win.
Ends six and seven saw us steal another one in each.
End eight – not sure what happened in the early stages, but there was a dearth of blues in the house. Team B was lying with a crowd of mainly yellow stones out at the front but with a narrow corridor open. Special K asked to remove, BANG – out it went and blue now lying. Colin asked to reciprocate. BANG – blue out and yellow lying. Unfortunately a repeat from Special K just failed. My first stone, an attempt at a draw fell short, John’s did the same. Loads of yellows in the house and no blues, disaster looming. My last stone was another attempt at a draw. I thought it was too heavy and started to explain to John that my last two games at ended with a substantial lead being lost. Anyway, my last stone did not end exactly where we wanted – it was lying in the house and had curled in behind some yellows. John’s last stone just had to follow mine in and clear to the back. He threw wide and too heavy, total exasperation from him. My stone counted second, reducing five against to one against. Result!
John claimed a five stone penalty. 10-9 for us.
Card sent up to the beak for checking, failed, three out of ten: Wrong date, wrong penalty – it should have been three.
Ken
Holyrood Curling Club 