The Scots recap their visits to Montague and Cornwall

Here’s the blog entry (http://strathconacuptour2013.co.uk/?p=2203) from the Scottish curlers on the Eastern leg of the Strathcona Cup Tour, which includes a recap of their trip to our Club.

At the moment, the Scots lead the competition 1488 to1260 points nationally and 534 to 403 on the Eastern leg.

East Day 11 – Saturday 19th January

Still on Prince Edward Island. Whilst the weather has been quite cold to date it has turned much colder, last night it was minus 16, although the reception we receive at every club remains very warm. Today we visited Montague CC in the morning being greeted by another piper and canopy of brooms.

The ice was very keen and after 7 ends Team Scotland were only one shot up but a strong finish saw us gain a further 6 shots to give us a winning margin of 7.

Captain Willie Nicol insisted that this was down to his power sweeping but his team mates in-turn insisted it had more to do with him playing in his rightful slot as a lead.

After a soup and sandwiches lunch it was back on the coach for the trip to Cornwall CC. Here the slower ice suited our style of play with two of our rinks recording handsome wins while Jim Hogg had to draw the button to ensure his win.

In the evening we were treated to a Burns Supper event by the local curlers. The fare and entertainment was first class and it provided our own entertainment troupe to show just how talented and varied their act can be.

Jonny’s Word of the Day:- “Flummoxed” as in – am fair flummoxed wi yon deceesion. Translation:- I don’t quite understand why the skip called that shot.

Toast to the piper.