Hamilton Trophy – 22/05/2013

Ayrshire 127 v 113 Stewartry

Rinks scores

S.Richardson 16  v 23 C. Smith, S. McCubbin 29 v 22 J. Hopkins,

S. Davies 16 v 16 G. Johnstone, A. Davies 20 v 24 W. McKenzie,

B. McClune 14 v 20 G. Campbell, G. Maxwell 18 v 22 C. Lindsay.

On the first really nice day for a Hamilton Trophy game up at Darvel, the sun shone and the green was a lovely pace, with to be expected difficult rinks. Stewartry were still looking for their first points of the season and against an as usual tough Ayrshire team it was going to be a big ask.

Game started really well for the hosts and they raced into a 20 shot lead after only 5 ends. This increased over the next 5 ends to 32 shots as Stewartry really struggled to get the weight of the green. The game then went through a period where Stewartry were beginning to get to grips and they clawed back to peels on the big board around 13 ends away. Ayrshire then pressed ahead again and git back up by 26 shots only for Stewartry to come back in the last few ends to reduce the deficit to 14.

Again another good game played in a really excellent manner with both teams encouraging and supporting each other through to the end. Stewartry boys again gave everything they had and have lost 3 games and are only – 27 in shots. Big local derby against Wigtownshire on Saturday who arrive on the back of a great win against Lanarkshire. So lets have as many supporters down at Dalbeattie on Saturday to cheer the boys on.

Hughie