Match Report

We had a tough week in Dumfries this year, and didn’t come away with any victories.  Some of our play was dissapointing but there were some positives that might not be so obvious in the line scores below.  Harry Pinnell joined the team as our alternate which allowed us to rotate the front end over … Continue reading »

This weekend the Sir Alexander Fleming Bonspiel was held at Fenton’s Rink, and we were one of nine teams to compete for a rather nice trophy with history dating back to the 1950s.  Vincent was unable to join us on the Friday evening, but both of our opponents were down to 3 players as well! … Continue reading »

It was our last game of the competition and we wanted to end on a high note, playing against some very strong opposition.  Our game was chosen to be live streamed on YouTube, and we were determined to show improvements from last year.  In the first end, stones hanging on at the back of the … Continue reading »

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 »

We couldn’t be happier with how the weekend went, organising, hosting, and playing in the first ever Kent & Sussex Bonspiel.  Team Rees finished 3rd out of 10 teams, and finished with a record of 4 wins and 1 loss, which was to the eventual champions Team Braden.  There was a great mix of teams, … Continue reading »

This weekend the Sir Alexander Fleming Bonspiel was held at Fenton’s Rink, and we were one of six teams to compete for a rather nice trophy with history dating back to the 1950s.  Vincent was unable to join us, so we drafted in Ian MacDonald as a substitute to take his place. Mar 7th 2015 12:00 … Continue reading »