The Stewartry Top Ten final between holders Castle Douglas and Kirkcudbright was played on Friday night at Creetown.  In the singles Graeme Maxwell (CD) an early 9-3 lead but Kirkcudbright’s George Brown fought back to level at 9-9.  Graeme got in front again and led 16-13 but again George levelled at 16-16. Graeme took a 2 on the next end followed by a 3 on the next to wrap up the two points for Castle Douglas 21-16. 

In the pairs Robert and Brian McClune (Kbt) took a 9-3 lead against Billy Brydson and Alan Davis of CD.  The CD pair fought back by scoring on the next 7 ends to lead 12-9.  However Robert and Brian scored on the last two ends to level the match 12-12 and share the points.

The CD triple of Gary Davies, John Crawford and Scott Davies got off to a great start, leading 11-1 after six ends.  The Kirkcudbright triple of Tommy Docherty, Colin Campbell and David Gourlay took the next two ends but CD kept control of the game to run out 16-6 winners.

The fours game was close early on with CD’s Stewart Gilmour, Gavin Green, Will Green and Allan Green taking a narrow 7-6 lead over Kbt’s Jim Lawrie, Tam McKeand, Wig True and Steven Johnstone.  The Castle Douglas four took control by winning the next seven ends and took a 12 shot lead 18-6.  Kirkcudbright narrowd the gap over the last three ends but Castle Douglas won the game comfortably 19-10.

Stewartry President Jim Maginnes presented the Top Ten shield to Castle Douglas President Norman Davies.  Jim congratulated the Club on their 7 points to 1 win and hoped the Club could go further in the National Competition in 2013, having lost in the semi final in 2012.