The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (my title – JW)
We all forewent Valentines Day treats for another Friday evening fixture. Super-sub Bob was playing for Team B (his third game of the day having had a VETS Friday game and a British Heart Foundation Bonspiel earlier – Ken too had been involved in the same games so also merits a mention in dispatches). Bob won them the toss, so team D chose yellow stones and kicked off. A cagey, range-finding first end produced a one for team B.
In the second end, Dave was finding particularly good lengths with his opening yellows, and as some guards developed, they were in good positions. Having the hammer, Rob ended up drawing in his last stone to register a four.
Team B then found some nice lines, despite the ice playing quite unpredictably, and scoring two kept the game tight.
The next end was played back towards the pavilion, and a good number of early stones lay in the house. By the last stone the yellows were lying two, but there was a narrow channel to the best blue stone near the back, and Rob threaded his last shot through to take it out and lie, creating a score of 5.
The ice was still quite variable, with stones tending to come up short, creating a lot of guard stones to navigate. Team D were all playing well to score singles in the last two ends, but it was that couple of big ends that made the difference.
Rob.
Holyrood Curling Club 