Team Smith in Final at Forfar

After a quick interval between our last round robin game and the final we headed to the ice against Hannah Fleming, both teams played well throughout the game. It was the forth end after the previous blank that gave the game away when Team Fleming took a 4. We gave a good game to catch up but it was all over and the last 2 stones weren't needed to play, end score 6-4.

Well Done to Team Fleming! :)

Team Smith xoxo

Sunday at Forfar

This morning we were up against Kerry Barr and her team of Helen King (our old team mate), Rhiann Macleod and Caitlin Barr. Both teams played well but with steals in the 5th, 6th and 7th end we secured the victory. Final score 6-3. We now are going onto play against Jennifer Dodds after our healthy McDonalds lunch suggested by coach!!!

We got off to a good start against Dodds as we took a 3 in the first end, Jennifer and her team managed to take their 2 after a good pick in the fifth. The game was tight but Team Smith took the hold in the last end by guarding Team Dodds shot for 1 to win the game.

After 4 wins and a draw we were top of our section and up against unbeaten Hannah Fleming in the final.

Team Smith xoxo

Tour day two

After a good breakfast courtesy of Louise's Aunt we headed to the ice rink for the second day of the Women's Tour. This morning we were up against Judith Carr and her team. They started off well by scoring a 2 then stealing 1 in the second end. We then picked up our game and started to put some points on the board. A big steal of 6 in the sixth end secured the victory, 13-5.


Our second game of the day was against Carolyn Nicoll. This was a close affair with no team scoring more than a 2 all game. The game ended 5-5.

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First day at the Tour

We all arrived at Forfar safely this weekend...so far. We played Jennifer Martin who had the hammer and she took her 1 in the first end, we quickly got into our stride and took a 3 then later a 4, Jennifer stole the seventh end and the final score ended 8-7. We got off to a good start. Thanks again to Hailey Duff for subbing for Louise, who we picked up later at the train station.

Here are the line scores for the full weekend;
http://royalcaledoniancurlingclub.org/competitions/scottish-womens-tour/

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Forfar Womens Tour

This weekend we are playing in our first Womens Tour of the season hosted at Forfar. There are two competitions throughout the season, the second one hosted at Aberdeen in November. Our first game is tonight against Jennifer Martin and her team, the first of five matches played during the course of the weekend. We also have a sub for this game, Hailey Duff, in place of Louise Mansion who will be heading up later tonight for the remainder of the weekend. :)


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Facebook

We now have a new facebook page to follow us and find out whats happening within the team. Here is the link below;

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Smith-Curling/285366418148221

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The car..

it wasn't that bad..

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Saturday at Kinross

Well... Saturday was just one of those days.

We were running late.
It was grey and raining.
We got lost.
We turned back.
There was A LOT of diesel on the road.
I crashed the car.
Fortunately we all survived
We lost our first game as the car was dragged out of the ditch.
We lost our second game.
We were out of the competition.

On the plus side.. we were treated to a good meal at Loch Leven's Larder by our parents.  Naomi and Hazel stocked up on chocolate for the week with their £5 food vouchers.  And we finished the day on a high note with chicken lasagne, strawberry flan and the X-Factor.

So, despite not performing to our absolute best, our first competition as a team was enjoyable and just a tad eventful.

Team Smith xoxo

Friday at the Kinross Junior Classic

We got the competition off to a good start with our first game against Rebecca Stevens.  We managed to win the game, although it ran failry close to the mill when we nearly threw it away in the last end! We were 6-2 up after 7 ends but the Stevens team put up a good fight in the 8th and managed to build up a head which had us a bit worried although only managed to come away with a 3 after some good shooting from Naomi and a classic example of her infamous 'arm extension' which secured us the game.  All in all, we played well but made a couple of mistakes which we realised almost immediately and hopefully will not be repeating in the future..

So, to celebrate our win we decided to have a little outing to the fine establishment that is Pizza Hut.  We arrived in an empty carpark to a Hut with blinds down and staff leaving and panic entered our hearts. After sitting debating whether it was open or not for 5 minutes, our trusty skip took action and got out of the car to look, thankfully they were still open! YEY! So as we sat in an otherwise completely empty restraunt, trying to ignore the hateful glares from the staff who had clearly thought they were getting away early, we enjoyed a delightful meal.  Although for some it was all just a bit too much..

Team Smith xoxo