Team curl one out started their 2012 Super league campaign of with a commanding performance on Friday night against Rupert ‘Robbie’ Dick. The team had to draft in another world class second as Dave Morton was again absent due to him no being allowed out after dark. Young Cameron McNay stepped up to the plate and showed potential that might see him take up a permanent slot in the super league. While most of the national amateur teams were in Inverness playing for big cash prizes, the team thought it best to stay at home and put in some good practice away from the media spotlight.
With the usual top end for team curl one out arriving at the rink in familiar fashion, (after the bell) it was guns blazing from the word go. The format for the League is that of skins and it was a right skinning from the off. The team were on the steel from the start and easily picked up the 4 point in the first with an easy steal. In the second it was again the front end of Edwards & McNay that got the guards up early and got round first, the Dick couldn’t make a run back with his last and another 4 points were on the board. The 3rd and 4th ends were both carried over meaning the 5th was worth a massive 28 points, again it was textbook from the young athletes forcing Robbie to play a runback for yet another carry over. The sweepers were earning their corn for Robbie as they managed to sweep the strike past the long guard but it clipped the tight guard just, 36 – 0 after 5.
The score line was obviously beginning to grate with Robbie and he began to wake up in end 6, a difficult angle raise double was nailed by Gracie with his last but left Robbie sitting one by a matter of mm! Robbie played a difficult draw through a tight port to fully hit the 4 foot and get the granny off. End 7 and not much to say but Gracie missed a relatively easy double to take the skin, Score 36-26.
Final end and all to play for, even though team curl one out had been all over the opposition throughout it was a tense finale. In the end up Gracie was forced to draw for the single and go to a draw shot for the game. Gracie played his draw tight as usual and ended up on the tee-line about 6 inch’s from the pin. Robbie was a little over enthusiastic and called the sweepers on early, the farmers pounded it all the way to the top of 12. They looked up and watched as it cursed past the tee and out of the four. Win for the goodies 54 – 26.
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| Cammy getting squashed by Gracie |
