31-03-2015, 23:04
Perhaps last night's words of advice given by a true Scot and a wise old owl 
proved to be the turning point in the fortunes of the Scottish team.
Scotland broke their duck by squeezing through 8-6 against Russia (it must have been a Muscovy!
) in the morning session. Scotland managed to lose a 3 in the first end, but then scored the next 3 ends to move into a 5-3 lead. Russia came back to 5-5, but the Scots held their nerve to record a vital win, scoring against the head in the last end. In the afternoon game against USA, Scotland again scored against the head (Duck Head - hopefully SCO will recognise the name - other brands are available) in the last two ends to win by 6-4.
The Scots are now in the unaccustomed position of rising to second bottom of the table on 2 wins, ahead of Russia. Also on 2 wins are China, Italy and USA. Unbeaten Canada have 6 wins, followed by Norway and Switzerland on 5 wins and Japan on 4 wins. A word of caution now - tomorrow Scotland play Switzerland in the afternoon session and Canada in the evening session. However if winning breeds confidence, then we do have a chance of beating one of them, and you just never know, both of them. That would put the cat among the pigeons/ducks!
Terminology - "against the head", also known as a steal - when the team who does not have last stone, scores a shot. Theoretically, the team having last stone can decide whether to play a shot to score or deliberately play a stone to ensure there is no score, thereby retaining last stone for the following end when a better chance might be available.
proved to be the turning point in the fortunes of the Scottish team.Scotland broke their duck by squeezing through 8-6 against Russia (it must have been a Muscovy!
) in the morning session. Scotland managed to lose a 3 in the first end, but then scored the next 3 ends to move into a 5-3 lead. Russia came back to 5-5, but the Scots held their nerve to record a vital win, scoring against the head in the last end. In the afternoon game against USA, Scotland again scored against the head (Duck Head - hopefully SCO will recognise the name - other brands are available) in the last two ends to win by 6-4.The Scots are now in the unaccustomed position of rising to second bottom of the table on 2 wins, ahead of Russia. Also on 2 wins are China, Italy and USA. Unbeaten Canada have 6 wins, followed by Norway and Switzerland on 5 wins and Japan on 4 wins. A word of caution now - tomorrow Scotland play Switzerland in the afternoon session and Canada in the evening session. However if winning breeds confidence, then we do have a chance of beating one of them, and you just never know, both of them. That would put the cat among the pigeons/ducks!
Terminology - "against the head", also known as a steal - when the team who does not have last stone, scores a shot. Theoretically, the team having last stone can decide whether to play a shot to score or deliberately play a stone to ensure there is no score, thereby retaining last stone for the following end when a better chance might be available.
Cabbage is still good for you