Monthly Archives: February 2016

Playing against the 6-time defending champions was always going to be a challenge, but even more so after they lost an earlier game in the tournament and could not afford to lose another.  We had nothing to fear in this game, and started off well by forcing Alan MacDougall and his team to take 1 … Continue reading »

After a disappointing performance against Team Taylor, we were looking to show some resilience and bounce back with a competitive performance against Team Dunn, who were so far undefeated.  We played a very good first end and forced Dunn to take one with the hammer, a small victory that set us on the right track. … Continue reading »

The less said about this game the better, we simply didn’t play well and were punished by Team Taylor and their accurate draws and light weight hits.  We will move on from this game and take it as more experience and a lesson learned. Feb 19th 2016 2:00 PM – Rees, Burman, Sugden, Lea v … Continue reading »

This time our hitting game worked, as early on we managed to keep the score down and even take a lead.  However it was great draw shots from Joe and James that earned us the hammer for the first end, which enabled us to blank.  In the second end, we kept the house clean and … Continue reading »

Going into this game we had made a conscious decision to play it safe early on to avoid falling behind while adjusting to the Dumfries ice. Clearly that didn’t happen, as we gave up 4 in the first end which was a disaster.  The team swept Owen’s final stone perfectly onto the button, frozen against … Continue reading »