In the battle of the truckers, Gavin’s juggernaut came out to win by a mile. Missing his talisman Vice, Jim’s rink lacked the sweeping power that is the engine of Gavin’s rink. A single in the second end was the only score for Jim as Gavin stole ends four through eight.
Hugh Reid 9 – 2 Robert Wilson
A steal of 3 to Hugh in the fourth end gave him a 5-1 lead. Scoring a single in the fifth was Rabbie’s only further score before giving up further steals in the seventh and eighth. Rabbie remains at the foot of the league having lost all seven games.
James Whiteford 10 – 5 Peter Barrett
Despite stealing a 4 in the first end, Peter struggled to adjust to having his usual front end missing. Unable to keep Jimuk from scoring 2’s and 3’s, Peter conceded after losing the third consecutive steal in the seventh end.
Craig Reid 11 – 5 Tom Reid
Craig opened with a 5 in the first end and the rinks swapped 2’s and 3’s until Craig stole a single in the sixth to lead 11-4. In the seventh, facing 7, Tom tried unsuccessfully to draw through a tight port with his first shot. With Craig failing to fill the hole, Tom succeeded at the second attempt with the draw to keep the score respectable.
With all teams now having played six games, there is a three way tie at the top. At the bottom, a 4 point gap has opened between the bottom three and safety.
David Mundell 6 – 5 Robert Wilson
David took the advantage early on in this game with a steal of 3 in the third to lead 4-1. Rabbie scored a deuce and stole a single to level the scores after 5 ends. Blanking the sixth, David scored a single and stole another, then restricted Rabbie to a single in the ninth.
Douglas Reid 6 – 10 David Reid
Having swapped singles in the first two ends, David took control of this game with a 4 in the third end. Keeping Dougie to a single in the fourth, David then scored a deuce and then stole another to lead 9-6 after six. Dougie pulled a 4 of his own out of the bag in the seventh but it was too late and David finished with a single on the eighth.
Tom Reid 4 – 8 Gavin Reid
Tom failed to build on the good foundations he had produced in the first three ends. Gavin took control with a triple in the fourth and followed this with three single steals to lead 7-3 after seven ends. Having swapped singles in the eighth and ninth ends, Gavin’s win sees his team top the league on shots.
Jim Kirkwood 9 – 10 Peter Barrett
Drawing for a 4 in the first, Peter left Jim drawing against 5 in the second. Having wrecked on the guards Jim was 9-0 down after two ends. With Peter lying three in the third (see main picture), Jim salvaged the end with a hit and roll to the button. Stealing singles in the next three ends, Jim was building a bigger head in the seventh. A poor shot choice by Peter with his first stone, left him drawing against 4 and playing tight. Another steal for Jim in the eighth completed the comeback and tied the game at 9-9. Already lying two, Jim’s final draw was heavy, leaving Peter to draw the shot for the game with the last stone.
The annual Glazert Cup (Pairs) competition took place on Sunday 10th February with 24 players taking part. Twelve pairs were drawn into two sections of six, each playing three games using the Schenkel system. The section winners and runners-up went through to the high road finals and, the third placed teams played a low road final.
Section A
In the first round of games, James Whiteford beat Colin Reid 3-2, John Craig peeled against David Reid 2-2 and, David Mundell peeled against Hugh Reid 3-3.
In round two, James beat Hugh 5-3, David Reid beat David Mundell 4-1 and John beat Colin 4-2.
Round three, saw another peel between James and David Reid to see both through to the semi-finals. Hugh got the better of John 4-2, both ending on 3 points. Having already lost two games, Colin handed skips duties to Tommy Wilson for their last game against David Mundell. Tommy must have thought that was a poisoned chalice with David winning 10-1.
James won the section with 5 points, David Reid was second on 4 points. Despite being tied on 3 points and 6 ends with Hugh Reid, David Mundell’s big win saw him finish third on shots.
Section B
Gavin Reid was quickly out of the blocks with a 7-1 win over Douglas Reid. Peter Barrett beat Michael Reid 4-2 and Jim Kirkwood beat Alex Wilson 3-1.
In the second round it was Michael’s turn to heap misery on Douglas with a 6-1 victory. Gavin got his second win with a 3-1 victory over Jim, while Alex beat Peter 3-2.
In round 3, Michael beat Gavin 6-2 and Peter beat Jim 5-1, leaving three teams on 4 points. Douglas peeled the game against Alex 2-2, despite his best efforts to lose the game with the final stone.
Michael won the section with 4 points 8 ends, Gavin came second on 4 points 7 ends with Peter third on 4 points and 6 ends.
Semi-Finals
The first semi-final saw James Whiteford and Ewan Jackson take on Gavin Reid and Penny Adam. On the adjoining sheet, Michael Read and Alistair Muir took on David Reid and Colin Adam.
Both games were tight affairs and after three ends, both games were tied. Gavin won 4-3 and David won 3-2, both taking the winning shot in the final end.
Low Road Final
David Mundell and Andy Steel took on Peter Barrett and Billy Jackson in the low road final. Tied 2-2 after 3 ends, Peter failed to remove the shot with his last stone to hand David and Andy a 3-2 win.
Glazert Cup Final
The final was an all Reid/Adam affair, with Gavin Reid and Penny Adam taking on David Reid and Colin Adam. After another close game, Gavin and Penny come out winners 4-2 (word has it that Colin has never beaten Penny in any game).
Glazert Cup Winners – Gavin Reid & Penny AdamGlazert Cup Runners-Up – David Reid & Colin AdamGlazert Cup Results
The midway point of the league saw a change at the top with, Craig Reid taking a 2 point advantage. The next four teams are all on 8 points, with Gavin having a game in hand.
Douglas Reid 2 – 10 Craig Reid
Having reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Seniors, Dougie returned early to suffer his second league defeat this week.
Craig took the game by the horns with a deuce in the second and a triple in the fourth. Following up with steals in the fifth, sixth and seventh prompted Dougie to call an early end to the game.
Tom Reid 5 – 11 Peter Barrett
This game was decided by the relative performance of the two front ends. With Tom’s rink struggling to find their weight, Peter’s rink were setting up the ends nicely. Tom got to play his first draw of the night in the fifth, while Peter was able to draw every shot.
Opening with a deuce Peter then stole a 2. In the third, Tom hit and rolled in for a single, before Peter drew for another 3 in the fourth. Laying shot Tom could only try a draw for two in the fifth, but the stone hung wide. Peter drew for another 4 in the sixth before Tom played raised takeout for 2. Tom conceded after stealing a single in the eighth.
David Mundell 3 – 11 Hugh Reid
Hugh took full advantage of David being absent, with Billy Smith playing as skip. Hugh opened with a deuce then stole another 2 before Billy scored a single.
Hugh then repeated the score 2, steal 2 pattern before Billy got a deuce himself. When Hugh scored a 3 in the seventh, Billy shook hands and adjourned to the bar.
David Reid 3 – 8 Gavin Reid
Going up against Gavin’s rink with two substitutes, David had his work cut out from the start. The first four ends went Gavin’s way, opening up a 4 shot lead, before David scored a deuce in the fifth.
After swapping singles in the next two ends, Gavin scored a 3 in the eighth to round out the game.
James Whiteford 9 – 3 Robert Wilson
Rabbie’s wait for a win continues as Jimuk edges closer to safety from relegation. After swapping singles, Jimuk stole singles in the third and fourth ends before Rabbie got another in the fifth.
The game changer came in the sixth as Jimuk took a 5 to lead by 6. The game then fizzled out, swapping singles again in the last two ends.
Eight rinks battled through the first real bad weather of the winter for Tuesday’s games. Each of the rinks played their nearest rivals in the league.
Tom Reid 7 – 4 Robert Wilson
In this battle of the bottom two, Tom took full advantage with the hammer in the first and third ends. A steal in the fourth gave Tom a 6-1 lead at the half way mark. In the second half, Rabbie was unable to claw back the deficit and now sits alone at the bottom.
Craig Reid 8 – 6 Hugh Reid
Like the game next door, these two started the night tied on points in fourth and fifth place. As with a lot of games this season, Craig again demonstrated his ability to outscore his opponent with hammer. Hugh was restricted to only one end where he scored more than a single and, needing a 3 in the ninth for the peel, was unable to score more than a single. The win moves Craig on to 8 points.
Jim Kirkwood 6 – 9 James Whiteford
This was again a game between two teams tied on points at the start of the evening. Opening with a single, Jim then failed to prevent Jimuk from taking a 4 at the second. Pulling the game back to 4 each after four, Jim again allowed Jimuk to take another 4 in the fifth. Jim could only take a single in the sixth and a steal of 1 in the seventh, before Jimuk closed out the game.
Douglas Reid 5 – 7 David Mundell
While the bottom two battled on sheet A, the top two teams met on sheet D. David started the better, opening a 4 shot lead before Dougie halved the deficit in the fourth. In the second half the teams cancelled each other out, both scoring a single and a deuce. Despite losing his first game of the league, Dougie remains ahead of David by 3 shots, both having 8 points.
With all but the bottom two teams having played four games, the league is starting to take shape. Despite not playing this round of matches, Dougie Reid’s rink still sits 2 points clear of the chasing pack of four rinks on 6 points. At the bottom, three rinks have 2 points from four games and two rinks have 0 points from three games.
Jim Kirkwood 5 – 7 Craig Reid
Having been a close contest throughout, this game came down to a battle of the eighth.
Blanking the the sixth, Craig was forced to take the single in the seventh to tie the game at 5-5. In the eighth, it was a case of who could play the best hit and roll would win the game. Both Robert Whiteford and Craig Kirkwood had good attempts at the in turn, but each left enough of their stone open and vulnerable.
Craig Reid’s first stone removed the shot but rolled too far across the house. Although it was a tighter port through which Jim had to play on the out turn, he also removed the shot but lay in the open. Having seen the way through, Craig removed Jim’s stone and rolled a quarter covered behind the guards to lay 2. A tap back would win the game for Jim, but second attempt over curled and wrecked on the guards.
James Whiteford 4 – 10 Gavin Reid
With his rink restored to full strength, Gavin returned to winning ways against James who was missing his third. Stealing a 2 in the fourth gave Gavin a comfortable 5-1 lead which James was unable to claw back.
David Mundell 8 – 4 Peter Barrett
After a tight first four ends, this game changed when David scored a 3 in the fifth. With Peter then chasing the game, David stole the next two ends to lead 8-2 after seven. The eighth end was not looking very healthy for Peter at one point, with David laying 2. But as a port opened up Peter managed to draw two shots to keep the score respectable.
Hugh Reid 8 – 5 David Reid
Hugh did a good job of restricting David to singles, while taking two’s and a three when with hammer. A steal of 1 in the seventh left David with too much to to do in the eighth, where he scored his only deuce of the game.
The late Tuesday night session caught out some teams with two good wins and two really close results.
Douglas Reid 8 – 1 Gavin Reid
Missing the core of his team, it was the 6th end before Gavin managed to get the granny off, scoring his only shot of the game. Dougie’s in form team were steadily stealing shots up to this point, and rounded off with a 2 in the seventh. Dougie continues unbeaten after four games.
David Mundell 9 – 2 James Whiteford
Returning from his skiing holiday, Jimuk found himself 6-1 down after three ends. David then stole a further two singles before the last two ends went with the hammer and an early finish.
Craig Reid 8 – 7 David Reid
This battle of younger generation Reid brothers was a close game throughout. Restricting Craig to a single in the first, David replied with a deuce and stole a single in the third. Craig then took deuces in the fourth and sixth to lead 5-4.
David must have thought he’d done enough with a 3 in the seventh to open up a 7-5 lead. Craig however, had other ideas and anything David could do, Craig could do too, winning the game with a 3 of his own in the eighth.
Robert Wilson 7 – 8 Peter Barrett
After Sunday’s big loss, the last thing Rabbie wanted was to lose a 4 at the first. 1 down in the second with last stone to play, Rabbie was struggling to identify a shot. Only when on the hack did he see, and play, a straight raised takeout to score 2. Mistakes from Peter and his team allowed Rabbie to take control and lead 7-5 after six ends.
The match turned again in the seventh. While lying two against and attempting to clear guards, Jim Young managed a double raise to lie shot. Rabbie failed to remove it and for the second time in the match, Peter narrowly missed the draw for 2.
Two excellent draws by Malcolm Noble set up the eighth end nicely for Peter. Laying 2 against, Rabbie’s first draw to the back 8 cut it to 1, before Peter restored the two shot advantage, wicking in off a corner stone. This secured the win when Rabbie’s final draw to the 4 foot stayed wide.
It was a strange sight to see all four games finish before the bell, with the teams at the top of the scoreboards all winning.
Gavin Reid 9 – 3 Peter Barrett
Against Gavin’s full strength team, the last thing Peter could afford was to lose a 5 in the second end. From then on it was case of playing catch-up and while each subsequent end was close, too many errors made this impossible.
David Reid 20 – 2 Robert Wilson
“The biggest defeat I’ve had since 1984, I remember it well” was the quote heard from Tommy Wilson after this game. I think that says enough!
Douglas Reid 12 – 2 Tom Reid
Dougie continued his good start to the season with a third straight win, scoring 2’s in the first three ends. Tom managed to get on the board with a single in the 4th and another in the seventh. Opting to play an eighth end proved costly to Tom’s shot difference as Dougie took another 3 shots.
Hugh Reid 8 – 2 Jim Kirkwood
As on the neighbouring sheet, Hugh started well by taking the first three ends, before Jim got on the board with two singles. Giving up another two 2’s, Jim decided he too was better off in the comfort of the bar and shook hands.
The second round of games in the Wm. Howie Cup ended in two big wins and two tight results.
Hugh Reid 9 – 3 Tom Reid
Hugh got back on the winning trail in this battle of the older generation Reid brothers. Having given up a four in the second Tom’s front end were having an off day. Throughout the game Tom was often playing to get out of trouble, giving up five singles in the process. In response, Tom only managed to score in the first and sixth ends.
Douglas Reid 9 – 7 Peter Barrett
With the pick of the nights subs playing at lead and second, Dougie kept building big ends. Continually trying to keep the score down, Peter managed to get to peels after four ends at three each. In the fifth, Dougie finally managed to build a head and lay four. His draw for a fifth shot was heavy and a big relief to Peter. In the eighth, an errant takeout by Dougie allowed Peter to square the game at seven each. In the ninth, lying one down Peter’s last draw came up short leaving Dougie to draw for two and game.
Jim Kirkwood 6 – 5 David Mundell
Big Davy took a slim advantage with a steal in the second, but this game was close throughout. With singles being the score of choice, Jim levelled the game with the first two in the seventh. One down in the ninth, lying second shot, Jim had a hit and stick to win the game. Having removed the target Jim’s stone headed for the edge of the rings, just clinging on to score two and take the win.
Craig Reid 11 – 3 James Whiteford
With Jimuk heading off to France for a weeks skiing, Alan Mitchell was left to take on Craig Reid. Opening up a four shot lead after three ends, Craig allowed Alan to come back with a three in the fourth. Unfortunately for Alan, that was to be his one and only score of the evening, with Craig adding seven shots in the last four ends.
The second half of the 2018-19 season got underway with 10 teams playing the first round of the Wm. Howie Cup.
Douglas Reid 8 – 6 Jim Kirkwood
Having played together in the Cuthbertson league, the President and Vice have switched places for the Howie league. With Jim playing at skip, this was a close game against big Dougie but the game just got away at the end. The game was won with a steal of 2 in the 3rd and a 3 in the 7th for Dougie. Otherwise, it was a case of tit-for-tat 1s and 2s.
David Mundell 10 – 6 Craig Reid
Having lost a 2 in the 1st, David blanked the 2nd in the hope of scoring better in the 3rd. A 6 was better that he could have hoped and following it with a steal of 2, David had a big lead to defend. Despite winning the next 3 ends, Craig was restricted to low scores and shook hands after 8 ends.
James Whiteford 6 – 4 Hugh Reid
It took a few ends for debutant skip James to find his feet, with Hugh opening with 3 singles. The game then changed with James taking the next 4 ends to lead 6-3 going into the 8th. Was this a case of too much festivities for Hugh, or the curse of Colin?
Tom Reid 7 – David Reid 9
A really close game between father and son saw these two tied 7 a piece after 7 ends. In the 8th, Tom drew a freeze to the back to lie shot by a whisker, leaving David with a choice for his last shot. Opting for the takeout, David managed to move Tom’s stone just enough to take a single and lead into the 9th where he stole another single.
Robert Wilson 3 – 7 Gavin Reid
With a really strong line up Gavin opened his account with a win against Rabbie, who was handicapped by being a player short. Due to an error by the secretary, the replacement for Rabbie’s team thought he was not required. This has now been resolved for the remaining games.
