Penicuik were invited to play against Land o’ Burns Curling Club through our association with Ian Robertson, a member of the Gorebridge Traders Golf Club of which Dave Carr, Jim Ramsay, Geoff Dawe and Dave Anderson are also members. Unfortunately Ian was unable to play as he had been unwell, but he did come along to watch the proceedings.

Two rinks of Dave Anderson, Liz Anderson, Reg Dunbar and Graeme Cassie and Jim Ramsay, Dave Carr, Pam Ramsay and Jim Cowper ventured west to take on two rinks from Land o’ Burns.

Jim’s rink lost 3 in the 1^st but got 1 back in the 2^nd and it was nip and tuck all the way from there with a final score of Penicuik 7 – Land o’Burns 8

Dave’s rink got of to a good start with a 1 in the 1^st and it was fairly even until the 5^th when we lost a 3 to go 6 – 2 down. The next end was the turning point when the skip tried to follow the opposition stone to gain 1 shot but unfortunately it caught a guard, and we lost 5 shots. There was no way back after that and we shared single shots in the remaining ends to lose the game 12 shots to 3.

The aggregate score was consequently Land o’ Burns 20, Penicuik 10

Thanks to all who travelled to Ayr, a first visit for most. We look forward to the return match in February ‘23

Report by Dave Anderson