This completes a clean sweep for Ken and the team in the Thirds League – congratulations! So Ken will be promoted to skip next season. Who will he replace, I wonder? JW

Herewith follows the match report from the victorious skip:

A bit of pre-game sledging from Superlube, suggesting that if he won tonight, they could win the Third’s.  I reminded him that we had an enviable shots-up score. Wry smile and an admission that he had made a big contribution to that high score.

A GAME OF TWO HALVES

Although we lost the toss and played yellow, we managed to get a two in the first end thanks to excellent placement by Deemo and Scalpel. We continued to steal ones in the next two.

Fourth end was a classic. Deemo started off with a guard on the centre line followed by a draw to front of the four foot directly behind. Scalpel laid down two at the back of the four foot, equidistant on the centre line. Meanwhile the opposition were repeatedly short providing excellent cover augmented happily by Constable. Hoss belatedly decided to try and disperse what he referred to as a breakwater. I Don’t Believe It made an attempt but due to the stones being interlocked, they only dispersed to the side and another stone added. As the house was still wide open, I attempted a draw and managed to tuck it behind the wall. An attempt by Hoss to remove it failed and sailed past. Not a single blue in the house.

All change in the fifth end. Opposition managed their weight right at last and took a well-earned one.

Sixth again set up well placed blues front of house with guards which we repeatedly failed to move. It was up to me to resolve the problem, but with first stone short followed by hammer stone wide, I managed to promote a blue for a three.

Final end, again we struggled to set up a safe arrangement in the house, and hammer was not able to disrupt the situation.  However, the big lead at the beginning made life difficult for the opposition.

Kind regards

Ken