The Chanty Comes Home

Our 4 teams clashed with the Borders Province for the battle over the Beverley Bowl aka The Chanty.  Borders Province, on home territory were looking to make it a hat trick of wins.  Our teams made a good start but the Borders made a stern fight back, taking a 4 in the final end of the final game.  Ultimately, they came up just short with the final tally of 23 - 22 in favour of East Lothian.
Ian Donald collected the trophy after a fine carvery meal.

Bonspiel 2019/2020

Congratulations to Haddington who performed admirably to finish First AND Third in the Bonspiel.
Haddington 1 took a sizeable lead from the first round and added another good win in the second round to produce a score of +17.  Meanwhile the defending champions Johnny Shedden's Athelstaneford 1 had a middle ranked win in round one and then punished their opposition by taking the second game by the largest margin of the day, to end up 2 shots behind on +15.
These two teams were the far ahead of the pack, which was headed by Haddington 2 on a score of  +3.
Congratulations again to Haddington 1's team of Dave Munro, Willie Kerr, Elinor Logan and Colin Baird
Full results are on the Fixtures, Draws & Results tab above.

Province Knockout Winners/Losers

Semi Finals:
Haddington v Aberlady.
Following a mix-up Haddington arrived one man short, after frantic phone calls the fourth player was rustled up but was a full hour late resulting in a 3 shot penalty.  Despite this their very experienced line up was no match for the youngsters fielded by Aberlady, who still performed well.  Haddington ran out the winners with a final score of 12 - 8
Markle v Yester
This proved to be a tight game throughout, with a score in the final end swinging it in the way of Yester.  The final score was 7 - 3

Final
Haddington v Yester
This proved to be a high quality and enthralling game to watch with Dave Munro's Haddington team pitted against Sandy Stewart's Yester rink.  On very swingy ice the lead changed several times as a result of magnificent take outs and draws (even through ports).  Haddington went into the final end 1 shot up but without the hammer but managed to hold the Yester squad to a single to peel the game
5 - 5.  Sandy Stewart went to draw the shot and came up biting the four foot but Dave Munro quelled their silent jubilation by placing his stone directly on the pot lid.  Therefore it is Haddington that will go forward to represent the Province in the National Province Championship Finals in Greenacres in Oct/Nov 2020.

Congratulations to Haddington's team of Dave Munro, James Logan, Sandy Nicoll and Hamish Logan.

The prizes will be presented after our Province Bonspiel on Friday 17th January 2020

Province Bonspiel - Agenda

EAST LOTHIAN PROVINCE ANNUAL BONSPIEL 2019-2020

Kindly Sponsored by: Scotgrain Agricultural Ltd.

FRIDAY 17TH JANUARY 2020

Commencing at 12.05pm

1. DRAW:

Sheet 1: Athelstaneford 2 versus East Linton

Sheet 2: Yester 1 versus Dirleton

Sheet 3: Aberlady versus Athelstaneford 1
Sheet 4: Haddington 2 versus Yester 2

Sheet 5: Haddington 1 versus Doocot/Markle

Note: Rink Sheets will be allocated by the ice staff.

2. Programme:
(a) Pre order drinks – complete sheet at end of rink.

(b) Start curling at 12.05pm prompt
(c) Play seven ends only - Drink at the bar from pre-order; Soup, sandwiches, tea/coffee.

(d) Approx 15.00pm - Start of second round; play to the bell

(e) Approx 17.30pm - Presentation of all trophies for Province Knock Out, The Province Pairs High Road and Low Road and The Province Bonspiel.
3. Any club having entered a rink for the draw and whose rink does not turn up, will be required to pay the ice charges of £204.
4. Skips are responsible for collecting £140 per team (£35 per player or equivalent) and for paying this to the Province Treasurer or his representative on the day. The charge covers two playing sessions, a drink from the bar, soup, sandwiches, tea or coffee and a tip to the caterers.

RULES

Can be found on the 'Rules' tab - above

Team Draws - Chanty Challenge & Waldie Griffiths.

Please note that the team draws may be subject to change

Province Knockout News

The semi finals, taking place on the 12th January 2020 will be contested between:-
Haddington v Aberlady and
Markle v Yester.
The final will take place in the following session.

Province Pairs Competition

Big congratulations to Athelstaneford for beating Yester 8 - 3 to take the High Road, for the fifth time.
Slightly smaller congratulations to East Linton, who beat Dirleton 4 - 0 to lift the Low Road trophy, for the first time.