Game two at Dumfries Open
Findlay
Howat had the bye this time
Mouat v Taylor
The
first end saw Mouat taking a 2 but Taylor took singles in both the
2nd
and 3rd
rounds. This close game was burst open by Mouat taking a 4 in the
4th
to go 6-2 up.
Taylor
took the 5th
and 6th
end with two singles but Mouat got a single in the 7th
and Taylor got a 3 in the last to leave Mouat as winner by a single
shot.
Hardie v Sloan
A
very quick end saw Sloan take a 1 against the hammer and then
straight into the second end.
With
some shots in the house and out front, Andrew Murray played a nice
raised strike which took out the yellow centre stone. This however
was countered and going into the skips stones Sloan faced three
yellows in a nice line in the house. Graham’s strike nicked the
guard and Grant and his third had some debate on their options.
Grant’s play resulted in him opening up his front stone but still
lying four. Graham’s second shot saw him clearing two of these
and Hardie drew to take a 3 in the first.
The
game see sawed after that with Hardie taking a 3 in the 2nd
but a blanked end in the 3rd
allowed Sloan to draw for a 3 in the 4th.
Grant came back and took a 3 in the 5th
but Sloan then took a 1 in the 6th
and the game was 6-5 in Grant’s favour however there were two ends
to go and both skips are tacticians.
Hardie
took a 1 in the 7th
and going into the 8th
the score was 7-5 for Hardie. The 8th
never finished and was conceded when Grant lifted a double and run
Sloan’s team out of stones.
Bryce v Whyte
Having
the hammer allowed Whyte to take a 3 in the 1st
and the 2nd
end saw Whyte facing 2 reds with his last shot but he only took one
of these allowing Bryce to take a 2.
Whyte
took a 1 in the 3rd
but Bryce countered with a 2 in the 4th.
With the game tied it was open to both but the 5th
saw Whyte take 2 in the 5th
when Cameron’s hitter rolled out leaving Ross the draw. The 6th
saw Bryce having a clear house facing his last stone and he chose to
blank the end and going in to the 7th
Whyte is 6-4 .
In
the 7th
end Bryce took a 2 off Whyte and we moved into the 8th
end with both teams tied.
In
the last end good guards provided by Bryce’s team saw Whyte
knocking these off until with the last shot of the game he was faced
with three Bryce stones around the 4 foot but still there was an
opportunity to hit and roll to the centre and win the game however
the stone stayed straight and the result was it rolled out leaving
Bryce the winner.
Pougher v Lill
Lill
took the 1st
end and Pougher won his end but after that he stole singles in the
next three ends so going into the 6th
it was 4 -1 for Pougher.
Lill
tightened the score by getting a 1 in the 6th
and in the 7th
Pougher countered by another single and the game finished with a
score line of 6-2 for Pougher.
Hamilton v Macleod
A
blank 1st
end was followed by MacLeod taking a 1 in the 2nd
and Hamilton a 1 in the 3rd.
The teams were winning the ends they had the hammer on but a 3 in
the 4th
saw MacLeod having a 4-2 advantage going into the 6th.
A
further 3 by Macleod saw the score 7-2 in their favour and the game
was conceded.
Next
games for the men are 8 pm and so far the ladies went on only 15
minutes later than expected. Early reports are the ice was running
well with good draws.
On Completion of each game teams are playing two LSD to determine hammer for the following game and also for ranking if required to determine the qualifiers to the 1/4finals
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