Moray curling latest: Alan Cameron and Alan Campbell tied at top of Moray Province East first division
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Buckie’s Alan Campbell and Aberlour’s Andy Cameron are joint top of Moray Province East Division 1 after the latest round of matches.
Campbell lost a single at the first end but scored at each of the remaining five to run away to a 9-1 victory against Dave McPherson’s Elgin Tennis Club outfit.
In Campbell and fourth player Steve Rankin, the Buckie rink have perhaps the strongest top end in the Province league and their huge combined experience proved too much even for the multi talented tennis lads.
Rather surprisingly, the whole league table now separates Andy Cameron and last year’s title holder Kenny OswaId.
In a very tight game the difference between the teams proved to be Cameron’s count of three in the sixth end.
Holding the hammer in the last end with the scores at four each, Cameron retained his cool to pick up a single shot and both league points.
Talking of tight games, Donald Ross and Bill Jaffrey shook hands on a 7-7 peel as Fochabers’ skip Wilson Burnett played an absolute blinder to hit and hide to sit two in the last end with the head half-guarded by their own short stone.
Sunninghill skip Angus Gunn’s last takeout just pulled across to wreck on the guard and Burnett needed no second invitation to draw for three shots and a share of the spoils.
In Division 2, past Royal Caledonian Curling Club president Alan Durno was anything but charitable in a 13-0 whitewash of a rather weakened Aberlour rink, still missing Willie Cameron.
Elgin skip Bob Stewart was another absentee leader as his team opened proceedings with scores at the first three ends to lead Mike McDonald’s Forres rink 4-0.
The wily Old McDonald fought back in a big way with counts of five in end six and then a two-shot steal in the next and despite losing a three at the last, the Forres four ran out narrow 9-8 winners .
Results
Moray Province League
East Division 1
W. Jaffrey (Fochabers) 7-7 D. Ross (Sunninghill)
A. Campbell (Buckie) 9-1 D. McPherson (Elgin Tennis)
K. OswaId (Elgin) 4-5 A. Cameron (Aberlour)
East Division 2
W. Cameron (Aberlour) 0-13 A. Durno (Fochabers)
M. McDonald (Forres) 9-8 R. Stewart (Elgin)
West Division 1
A. Fraser (Ardclach) 9-2 R. Greenwood (Ardclach)
A. Forbes (Nairn) 5-3 J. Cattell (Nairn)
M. Fraser (Dalcross) 7-5 A. Asher (Nairn)
West Division 2
R. Marwick (Nairn) 6-8 M. McInnes (Nairn)
I. Thomson (Dalcross) 8-7 F. Steel (Nairn Ladies)
