Twelve members turned out on a cold and snowy night to contest the medal for the First Points competition on Thursday 11 December.  The match was played out on sheets 6 & 7 which turned out to be a little trickier for some of the disciplines than on some occasions.  As the competition moved to a conclusion, 5 players were in close contention, but 4 points with his last two stones at ‘Wick and Curl In’ ensured that Ken Hunter took the medal with a score of 32 points (6 disciplines).  John Jacobs and Walter Brown were tied in second place on 28 points, followed by Dave Anderson and Keith Morris on 27 points.  On his debut at Points, Ian Neil made a creditable 15 points.  Well done to all of the members who turned out to test their skills.

The 2014-15 Knock-out competition was concluded on Monday 1 December with Team Hunter meeting Team Ramsay in the final.  First blood went to Team Ramsay who defended two stones in and cutting the four foot circle.  This was reduced to a single shot, and being denied the opportunity for a raised take out with the last stone Hunter opted for a difficult double through a port that would have yielded a big score.  The target stone was struck but not on the inside, so no coconut.  Team Ramsay applied pressure in the second end with most of the play but were not able to remove a lonely looking second shot by the opposition.  Hunter was relieved when his final stone drew to the four foot for a single.  The third end was perhaps the decisive end which feature quite a number of strikes.  Ramsay was left facing three shots and was disappointed to see his last stone hit the target first shot but roll out without clearing the hit stone.  Team Hunter consolidated by stealing a single at the fourth.  Team Ramsay were under pressure in the fifth end but JIm delivered a fine out-turn draw to freeze on the first shot and take a single.  Team Ramsay pressed the play in the sixth end on the right hand side of the house and were in a good position until Roger Scott put a in a draw to the four foot from the left.  This stone was then defended for a single.  Team Hunter went on to take another single in the seventh end and win the match by 7 shots to 2.

Congratulations to Ken, Roger, Iain, and Jan;  commiserations to JIm, David, Pam, and Jean.

The 2014-15 Singles competition was played out on Thursday 27 November.  The entry was limited to 12 players.  In the top half of the draw there were wins for Walter Brown, Ronnie Hope, Ken Hunter, and David Ballantyne in the first round.  In the bottom half of the draw there were wins for JIm Cowper and John Jacobs in the second round.  In the other second round matches Ronnie beat Walter, and David beat Ken (draw to house).  Into the semi-finals; Ronnie won through to the final after a very tight game with David; and Jim ran out of steam in the second semi to lose to John by a single shot.  So Ronnie Hope and John Jacobs went back onto the ice to contest the final.  By this stage the ice had changed and had become somewhat more difficult.  Never-the-less John quickly seized the initiative with a three in the first end and despite some good play Ronnie was unable to turn the tide in his favour.  Congratulations to John on winning the medal, and well done to all the participants for making it a good evening.