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Competitions & Results
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a wide-ranging selection of competitions for its affiliates. All
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Go to Division 1 31/01/2012: Announcement. It has been established that in their match against Prestonpans A on 8th December, Watsonians included a substitute shooter in their team who was ineligible under Rule 5(g). His average was greater than the declared average of the shooter he replaced, so his scores have been disqualified as per Rule 5(h). The match result and the league table below have been adjusted to take that into account. 26/01/2012: Redcraig v Watsonians. Redcraig missed a golden opportunity to get themselves right back into contention when they lost narrowly to their top-of-the-table visitors courtesy of one uncharacteristically poor card from one of their shooters. Neither team shot particularly well, and Watsonians scraped through by only three points with their worst score of the season to hang on to their unbeaten record. Redcraig's top scorer was Andy Hay with 190, while both Gordon McDougall and Robin Thomson (using Gordon's rifle after forgetting to take his own bolt) were best for the visitors with 191 each. It was 4-all in the Matchplay. 30/01/2012: Prestonpans A v Pathhead B. What a match! Pathhead B pitched up to Prestonpans in the hope and probably expectation of consolidating their second place in the league by repeating their win of earlier in the season, but the home team had other ideas and in a titanic tussle overcame their visitors by one single point in 129 - 64 off to 65 off. This instead puts Prestonpans in second place and consigns Pathhead to fourth. The 'Pans team can probably thank their captain Cohnor Cummings, who was the only member of their team to shoot anywhere near his average and top-scored the night with a 190. Best for a disappointed Pathhead team, several of whom also shot below their potential, was R Edlman with 187. The Matchplay points were suitably shared at 4 each. 02/02/2012: Prestonpans B v Redcraig. The 'Pans B team picked up the easiest two point they'll ever get when Redcraig came to visit with only three shooters for a match with teams of four. No explanation has reached this writer, so at the moment it's just one of those things. The home team all shot to their usual standard with Angus Paterson their standout with 192,, and the depleted Redcraig side did their best against overwhelming odds with Ken Kirk their best performer with 191. Matchplay points were shared 4-each, and Redcraig now stand in second place there. This misadventure puts a dent in their aspirations for this division though - I had them tipped as the dark horses to be challenging for the lead come the end of the programme.
League Table ---
Click on each team to see its detailed record for the season: Pathhead B Prestonpans A Prestonpans B Redcraig Watsonians Click here to see the individual averages for this division (pdf file). Click
here to see archived historical results.
Previous match commentaries: 17/10/11: Redcraig v Prestonpans A. Redcraig welcomed their East Lothian visitors and got off the the best of starts by comprehensively taking the points against a very erratic 'Pans team. The best the visitors got were a couple of Matchplay points, a good cup of tea and some entertaining banter, no doubt. Top scorer for Redcraig was Andy Hay with 192, and the best for the visitors was Dave Thornton with 191. 24/10/11: Pathhead B v Watsonians. Pathhead's second string put up a brave fight against their city opponents, but lost out to their visitors, who weren't able to repeat the fantastic score achieved in their previous match but did quite sufficiently to take the points comfortably. Watsonians didn't have it all their own way though, as they dropped three Matchplay points - more than the overall points differential might have suggested. Top scorer for the home team was veteran Jim Hind with 194 and top man for Watsonians was once again James Brown, this time with 'only' 196. 31/10/11: Pathhead B v Prestonpans A. They're consistent if nothing else, but the virtually identical score that Pathhead shot last week in their defeat to Watsonians proved too much for a much-improved Prestonpans A as the home team took the points by a relatively narrow margin. Their top shot in this match was again Jim Hind with his second successive 194, and the Pans top shooter was captain Cohnor Cummings leading his team from the front with 191. A close match often sees the Matchplay points go close as well, and this was no exception, with each side claiming two wins. 01/11/11: Prestonpans B v Watsonians. The 'Pans B team made their debut against leaders Watsonians, and despite equalling their A team's score from their first match, they came up against another in-form Watsonian team who look ominously like running away with this division already. The top scorer for the Prestonpans team was one of their youngsters, Charles Guest, with 187 (including a 97 which equals the top score of all the Prestonpans shooters in this league) while Robin Thomson continues to impress with a 197 for the visitors. Unsurprisingly, Watsonians took all the Matchplay points. 07/11/11: Redcraig v Prestonpans B. This one can only be described as a shock result. The mixture of young (15 and 14 years old) and old (undisclosed) in the Prestonpans B team (the young leading the way, it has to be said) pipped an experienced Redcraig team shooting on their own turf by the narrow margin of only two points. The home team dropped almost 20 points more than in their first match and that lapse along with the visitors'' improvement was enough to send the first points of the season to the East Lothian club. Redcraig's top scorer was John Cranston on 189 but the best on the night was Pans' young captain Alasdair Hitchin with 190. Prestonpans also took the Matchplay points 5-3, and now sit above their A team in the league having shot one less match!. 14/11/11: Pathhead B v Prestonpans B. After last week's historic win, the Pans B team headed over to Pathhead to try to repeat the feat. Unfortunately it wasn't to be, as the home team put in a solid performance and took the points quite easily. In fact the Pathhead team was so consistent - four 95s and four 96s in their eight cards. Their top two scorers were Bruce Forrest and D Barbieri with one each (189) while best for Prestonpans was Alasdair Hitchen scoring 186. The difference in scoring consistency was reflected in the Matchplay result - 8-0 for Pathhead. 17/11/11: Redcraig v Watsonians. Watsonians cemented their place at the top of the table with a convincing win on their first visit to Redcraig. The home team struggled to their lowest score so far this season, and although the same has to be said for Watsonians, the honours went to the visitors. Top scorer for Redcraig was Andy Hay with 188 and Watsonians' top shot was Robin Thomson with 194, keeping him well up the averages list. Watsonians achieved their third Matchplay whitewash of the season after only four matches and have opened up a huge lead there already. 21/11/11: Prestonpans B v Prestonpans A. In the first 'Pans derby of the season, the B team nearly pulled off another historic win, but a changed foresight by one of their team members just prior to the match was their undoing, and the A team could be considered to have scraped home somewhat fortuitously. They all shot very consistently, but the junior/senior combo in the B team managed to take six Matchplay points off them (unusual for the losing team). Top scorer for the A team was Captain Cohnor Cummings with 185, while best on the night was the B team's Angus Paterson with 189, his best effort so far this season, with his teenage colleagues not far behind.. 05/12/11: Prestonpans B v Pathhead B. A solid but unspectacular score gave visitors Pathhead the points against a Pans team that shot near to their average total. This win keeps Pathhead well up in contention behind unbeaten Watsonians. Team mentor Angus Paterson had the home team's top score with 183, but showing them all how it's done was Pathhead veteran Jim Hind with 194, eleven points better than anyone else on the night. 4-all in the Matchplay. 08/12/11: Prestonpans A v Watsonians. It was "Scotstorm" night when Prestonpans were hoping to blow a hole in Watsonians' lead in the table and hike themselves up into 3rd place. However, the city club managed to stay safely on the road to East Lothian with the gales behind them and kept their title aspirations well and truly on course with a solid win over their hosts. This despite the home team recording their best total so far this season with Dave Thornton their top scorer with 191. Callum Seale was best for Watsonians with 193, and the visitors took the Matchplay points 6-2 before battling back along the Bypass into the teeth of the hurricane. 15/12/11: Prestonpans A v Redcraig. Redcraig took a step away from the basement area when they travelled over to Prestonpans to take on the host club's A team and won quite comfortably. This loss keeps the host team still at the foot of the table below their B team (only by virtue of a higher aggregate having shot one more match, though). Top scorer for the home team was Martin Williamson with 190, while the best for Redcraig were Kevin McConnell and Ken Kirk both on 189. Six-two for Redcraig in the Matchplay 12/01/2012: Redcraig v Pathhead B. Redcraig leapfrogged Pathhead into second place in the league with this convincing win against their visitors. Their best score of the season against Pathhead's worst so far gave them an easy victory and ended Pathhead's run of three wins on the trot. Top shot for Redcraig was David McConnell with 195 while best for a generally out of sorts Pathhead team was Jim Hind with 187, winning his side's only Matchplay points, being pitted against Redcraig's lowest scorer in the only match his team could have won. 23/01/2012: Prestonpans A v Prestonpans B. The second of the 'Pans derby matches went the way of the A team again after they scraped through in first one, but it was once again a less than convincing victory, with only six points separating the teams at the end. They were always just in control though as they won the Matchplay seven points to one. Top scorer for the A team was Cohnor Cummings on 189, while best for the B team were Alasdair Hitchen and Angus Paterson with 186s. |
