It’s competition day and PANIC sets in!  Concerns of the strength of the West Linton rinks is not top of the list, our concern was…..Where Is The Trophy?

Penicuik retained the trophy last year but who had it in their possession.

It’s found and the game is on!  Rink 1 for PCC was Jim Ramsay, Craig Brown, Jim Cowper and Jean Cassie, while Rink 2 was skipped by Dave Carr and backed by Margaret Carr, Liz Anderson and Graham Cassie.

After the first three ends the scores are level across the board with rinks from both clubs having 2 points on the card.

In end 4 West Linton make a charge with team Ramsay losing 1 and a further 2 in end 5. Meanwhile Team Carr lose a 3 in the 4^th but gain 1 back in the 5^th.

This leaves Penicuik combined score at 5 while W Linton are up to 10! OOPS!

Unfortunately Team Carr could not get the better of Rink McDonald from W Linton and ended up their 8 end game with a score of 8 – 3 against them.  Ramsay & Co., started their comeback in the 6^th with a 3 and a 2 in the 7^th.  End 8 needed at least a 4 but W Linton took another 1 from Team Ramsay.  While this resulted in a win over W Linton Team Dykes the  final combined score resulted in West Linton claiming the Trophy 14 to 10.

Upstairs, we socialised with our opposition and Dave Carr presented the West Linton Challenge Trophy to Chris McDonald

Let’s hope that West Linton don’t mislay the trophy and allow us to win it back next year!

Report by Jim Ramsay