Moray Province Curling leagues gather pace with Andy Cameron continuing 100 per cent start in Division 1 with convincing victory

Andy Cameron continued his top form in Moray Province Curling East’s top division.

The Aberlour curler defeated Gordon Fraser to maintain his 100 per cent league record.

A count of four in the third end gave Cameron a healthy 5-1 lead and a further six shots over the last three ends saw him pocket a runaway 11-2 win.

Donald Ross might feel a tad unfortunate not to grab at least a point after a nail biting 8-7 loss to Charle Watt junior.

Watt’s Forres team appeared to be on easy street at 5-0 ahead after three ends, but a count of four at the fourth and a seventh end steal saw the teams going into the final end tied at 7-7.

Watt’s hammer advantage was enough for the canny skip to nick a single shot and send the hotel team home empty handed once again.

Mike McDonald still tops Division 2 despite a comprehensive defeat in his game against Ben Rankin’s juniors.

The youngsters are clearly benefitting from their weekend sojourns to age group Slam competitions and an opening end score of four shots set the tone for an uncomfortable McDonald evening.

The Forres team could only score a couple of single shots as Rankin and his gang racked up a couple of deuces and two more singles to clinch an 11-2 victory.

Dave McPherson and Jim Gault played on consecutive nights, their own Tuesday clash finishing with honours even in a 4-4 peel before both teams had a Wednesday to forget with losses to Mike Watt and Andrew Allardyce respectively.

McPherson’s rink were 3-1 up after three ends to Watt’s Fochabers team but then lost a four and two single steals to go down 7-3.

Gault and co followed a similar trail. Level at 3-3 after three ends against Andrew Allardyce, the Elgin rink won the next three ends to lead 7-3 before Gault managed a single-shot consolation at the last.

In a West Province Preliminary Open Knockout game, it certainly was a win by knockout for Gus Forbes against Nairn clubmate Robbie Asher, the referee stopping the contest after five ends with Forbes a 13-1 winner.

Moray Province Open Knockout, West Preliminary: Gus Forbes 13 Robbie Asher 1.

East Province League, Division 1: G. Fraser (Fochabers) 2 A. Cameron(Aberlour) 11; D. Ross (Sunninghill) 7 C. Watt jnr (Forres) 8.

Division 2: D. McPherson (Elgin Tennis Club) 4 J. Gault (Aberlour) 4; M. McDonald (Forres) 2 B. Rankin (Moray Juniors) 11; A. Allardyce (Elgin) 7 J. Gault (Aberlour) 4; D. McPherson (Elgin Tennis Club) 3 M. Watt (Fochabers) 7.