Month: November 2018

Rhiann Macleod has won the 2018 club autumn league, even though most teams still have one game to play.  Rhiann and her team of Lorna Smith, Titus McTavish, Alistair Oag, and Morty Denholm won 7 of their 8 games against the other 4 teams to clinch the title.  Congratulations to all team members.

 

 

On 27th October Aberdeen Ladies Centre hosted a visiting tour from Sweden.  This was the tourists’ first game, having flown in the day before.  Four Swedish teams were met by two from Inverness and two from Aberdeen.  One of the home teams was skipped by Petroleum’s Rosemary Morrison, whose team comprised our own Gun Remahl plus Winnie Gillespie (Rubislaw) and Kay Lucas (Banchory).  Interestingly, Rosemary’s opponents included Monika Wranå, whose son Rasmus is currently playing second in the (unbeaten) Edin team at the European Championships  in Tallinn.

Rosemary’s team won their game, and the overall score in Aberdeen was Scotland 26 Sweden 22.  Well done ladies.  After visiting eight ice rinks the tourists’ final winning score was Sweden 235 Scotland 207.  Apologies for the late report.

The NE province held their first doubles competition on Saturday 17th November 2018.  The rules were similar to those for mixed doubles (see below), but there was no stipulation on players’ gender.  Two sections of six teams each played three 5-end games, using the schenkel system.

Petroleum entered two teams.  Rhiann Macleod and Ian Grigor topped the red section, winning all three of their games.  Philip Scott and Alistair Oag topped the blue section, but were level with Meldrum & Daviot and Aberdeen on 2 wins each,  and level with M&D on 10 ends each ; so the result was decided on shot difference.  Well done to winners Rhiann, Ian, Philip, and Alistair.

The winners receiving their prizes from Alan Johnston

A Summary of doubles rules :

Doubles is played in teams of two curlers. Each end starts with a stone being placed on the centre line in the free guard zone (this is a stone of the team without hammer), a second stone is placed on the centre line at the back of the 4ft circle (this is a stone of the team with hammer). Each team then throws 5 stones with one curler throwing the first and the final stone, the other throwing the middle 3 stones. No Stones can be removed from play until the fourth stone of an end.

11 members competed in Petroleum’s annual club points competition which was held on 11th November.  In a two hour slot we managed to complete 7 of the 10 points disciplines.  Congratulations to runaway winner Sarah Glidden, who also organised the event.  And well done to everyone who took part.

1st    Sarah Glidden  (37 points)

2nd  Roy Haites  (29 points)

3rd   Ian Grigor  (28 points)

4th   Malcolm Watson  (25 points)

5th   Rod Mackenzie  (24 points)