Super league defeat

Team curl one out were at full strength for their super league game on Tuesday night and were hoping to put in a good performance in preparation for this years Scottish championships. The opponents were the team of Jamie ‘Jockstrap’ Strawhorn, after loosing the toss it was Jamie who elected to try and steal the first end with the format being skins. As always a slow starting Gracie was forced to try and carry the first end over, a draw to the button was required and the cuddly Gracie obliged. The second end was a complete disaster with the team playing 0% and Jamie picking up the double skin and 8 points. The 3^rd end was a little better but a nice take out from Craig Strawhorn put pay to any chance of a skin and another carry over, 4^th end and 3^rd player Scott Robertson decided it was time to make things interesting by throwing his take out towards B sheet and completely missing everything! The result was a 24-0 defecit at the midway point. Skip and lead Kenny Edwards rallied his troops and gave them a stern ticking off and told the team to get there fingers out and told Dave Morton to stop sucking his thumb. The 5^th end was a little better but once again Gracie was left in a difficult position and was unable to register. With their backs against the wall it was imperative the team got on the board and they did in the 6^th and stole the single the needed. 7^th end and some superior set up play by lead Kenny Edwards meant Gracie was left with an east tap back on a tight guard to pick up 2. Well Gracie must have thought he was trying to tap a stone in Dumfries as he played the tap at peel weight & blasted it through the back and gave up the skin. With the game all but over the score was 50-12, the teams both kept the house clear meaning a draw the shot was taken to determine the final skin winner. Fire-fighter Gracie went first and amazingly plopped it right on the money covering the lid perfectly. Jamie was feeling the pressure and his usually steady slide was rather shaky as he set off to draw the pin, sweeping like a 40 year old vigin even Sandy Smith couldn’t get it to the four foot and the skin went to team curl one out. Final score 50-30

‘Disappointing defeat but we will learn from this’ said Scott the 3^rd player, ‘a few more training sessions are needed before we hit top form’ he added.