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 missed shots by Team Havercroft allowed Owen to draw to an open house for 2, which he made this time! We kept hitting and aggressively removed stones from play, forcing Havercroft to take one in the 3rd before we had a hit and roll out in the 4th to blank once more. Our opponents managed to steal from us in the 5th and 6th, but we always felt in control despite falling behind 3-2. We attempted to change tactics in the 7th end, which almost cost us giving up a few more points. However our final stone accidentally tapped another of ours in and we sheepishly breathed a sigh of relief as we tied up the score rather than falling further behind. Everything changed in the 8th end when we were lying 3 in an open house and Havercroft missed his shot wide, and we moved 3 clear with two ends to play. We all kept making our hits, with special mention going to James Burman and Joe Sugden for their excellent peels and hits throughout the game. Havercroft only managed to score 1 in the 9th, and missed a very tricky split in the 10th which meant we didn’t need to throw our last stone…we had won our first game at National level! We had clearly relaxed a bit and settled the nerves from the afternoon game, and fought hard to earn the win in a tight defensive game.
Feb 18th 2016
7:00 PM – Rees, Burman, Sugden, Lea v Havercroft, Brand, Hills, Fowler
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | X | FINAL | |
| REES | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | X | – | 6 |
| HAVERCROFT | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | – | 4 |
Current Standings:
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# |
TEAM |
PLAYED |
WINS |
LOSSES |
DRAWS |
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1 |
MacDougall |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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|
2 |
Dunn |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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|
3 |
Opel |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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|
4 |
Dixon |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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|
5 |
Rees |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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|
6 |
Havercroft |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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|
7 |
Taylor |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |