ECA Mens 2016 @ Dumfries, Scotland – Game #4 v Dunn

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.  Unfortunately, Owen missed a shot for 2 in the second end and only managed to draw us level.  Dunn and his team started to find their form, and despite some good guards from Stephen managed to get in behind and score 2.  We were still on track if we could make our own score of 2, but once again we could not.  Owen threw a hit for a blank but hit on the nose and stuck around for a single.  In the 5th end Dunn managed to make a few nice hit and rolls to undo all of our hard work, scoring another 2 to make the score 5-2 going into the break.  At this point we were pleased with our performance, it was a competitive game and we were very much still in it. In the 6th, Joe made an excellent draw which Stephen and James swept brilliantly behind a guard, only for our opponents to make the perfect shot needed to remove it from play.  Owen had a light weight hit and roll on his last shot, but threw wide and Dunn took a commanding 8-2 lead.  James made a perfect freeze in the 7th, our shot of the competition so far…but unfortunately on a draw for 2 we knocked an opposing stone in just enough to lose that end too.  However, we ended on a positive as facing 4, Owen threw a nice draw that Stephen and Joe swept close enough to the button to save the end and score.  Despite the scoreline, it was a decent performance against a very good team that in retrospect we should take lots of positives from.  A much better effort than this morning, which shows our determination and resiliency.  

Feb 19th 2016

7:00 PM – Rees, Burman, Sugden, Lea v Dunn, Hinds, Mallows, Amann

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