Scottish Inter County Top Ten
May 28th, 2012 by admin
In the Scottish Inter County Top Ten competition Castle Douglas travelled to Musselburgh on Sunday. After an exciting match which ended 4 points each Castle Douglas made it to the semi final by 9 shots.
In the singles Graeme Maxwell had a close contest but narrowly lost to Willie Rankin 21-17. The Castle Douglas pair of William Brydson and Alan Davies had a good win by 25-11, including counts of 5, 6 and 7. The triple of Gary Davies, Allan Green and Scott Davies were tied at 11 each playing the last. Allan drew shot with his third bow and the Musselburgh skip failed to alter the position giving Castle Douglas the 2 points. The fours game was always close and Stewart Gilmour, David Green, Will Green and John Crawford only had to avoid conceding an eight on the last end to see their team through. They scored a single, losing the game 17-15, but securing the team victory.
The semi final and final will be held on 10th June at Colinton, Edinburgh. Castle Douglas meet Inverkeithing (West Fife) and in the other semi Kirkliston (West Lothian) meet Chirnside (Borders).