And now that the dust has settled we find that Bryan Zachary, Lauren Pearce, Kerr Alexander, Naomi Robinson and Angharad Ward won the ECA Mixed Championships after beating all 3 of the other teams over the weekend.
No final was needed as John Brown beat Lorna Rettig who beat Anna Fowler who beat John Brown and so with only 1 win each they were all 2 wins behind the winners.
It was a very tense weekend with all bar one game going down to the last stone, and two of them needing extra ends to decide the winners.
Firstly to clear up the teams!!
In my preview I wrongly stated that John Sharp was skipping but in fact it was Lorna Rettig in the house and throwing last stones with John at 3, Alison Hemmings at 2 and Nigel Patrick at lead. In the Fowler camp it was Sam leading, Hetty Garnier second, Ben at third and Anna skipping, while the winners had Lauren playing third in the first two games with Naomi at lead but a clashing gymnastics competition on Sunday meant that Naomi was unavailable and Lauren moved to lead with Angharad coming in at third.
Results were:
Bryan Zachary 6 John Brown 4
Lorna Rettig 6 Anna Fowler 3
John Brown 7 Lorna Rettig 6 after extra end
Bryan Zacahary 8 Anna Fowler 2
Anna Fowler 8 John Brown 6
Bryan Zachary 7 Lorna Rettig 6 after extra end
All through the last session any of the three possible options of no final, a straight final or a tiebreak and a final were possible right up unto the last stone in each game. It took a hit from Anna to beat John and avoid an extra end, while the last stone of normal time from Lorna was just a couple of inches away from getting the 2 she needed to give herself another chance against Bryan.
It is a long time since I experienced such a tense atmosphere in an ice rink - quite a weekend.
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