Fettercairn Arch

Sorry I have been rather negligent when it has come to the blog of late. It has been rather hectic over the past few weeks.

Anyway I don't have a great deal to report as no-one has sent me any game reports so I can only tell you about those that I have been involved in.

At the weekend we played the re-arranged Angus Challenge against Letham Grange skipped by Jim Milne and ably assisted by his 3rd John Miller. The Edzell team of Stephen Ferguson (good to see him back on the ice), Gordon Craik, Ron Caithness & Mike Ferguson (Skip) played a fine game and after losing a one on the first end never really looked back with a 5 in the fifth end killing off the game. The final score was 11 - 3 with a shake of the hands after six ends. Next round is this coming Saturday at 3pm.

On Sunday two rinks faced up to Fettercairn Curling Club in the annual inter club game. With Ron's team comprising of Euan (on loan from Forfar Young Curlers), David Myles & Mike Ferguson they gained control fairly early on and stormed away to a whopping 14 -3 win.

On the other sheet Bobby having just returned from Florida and really enjoying the Scottish weather (not) also had a fine game. His team made up of Sue McGregor (good to see you back on the ice as well), Mark (another on loan players from FYC), and Robert Miller got off to a shaky start but soon gained control and romped to victory with some excellent final stones from Bobby (he told me to say that).

So, the Brown/Craik cup remains with Edzell CC for another season. Fettercairn want to see a few members turn up to their end of season dinner to collect the trophy.

In the closing speaches Ron made reference to the excellent ice "through the house" it was certainly the fastest I have played on for some time with excellent swings. Well Done to Steve & his team.

I also played in an Inglis cup game between Shuan Kelly & David Warden. It was a tight game with Shuan ending up victorious on the last end. Unfortunately I can't recall much more than that.

That's all I have. If anyone has any other match reports or comment they want up on this blog please send them to me at mike@ferguson-oliver.co.uk