Howie Cup – Match Day 4
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.