Report from Steve Callan

Strong Irish Showing at Moray International

Paddy Power winning Team – L-R – Eoin McCrossan, James Russell, Steve Callan and Craig Whyte

Team Paddy Power continued their hot streak last weekend by winning the 2017 Moray International Bonspiel in Elgin which comprised of 20 strong teams from Scotland, England, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Canada and USA.

2017 Irish Men’s Champions James Russell, Craig Whyte and Eoin McCrossan were joined by super sub Steve Callan as they won 6 of their 7 games to take 1^st prize by the slimmest of margins.

A superbly organised weekend of curling, fun and friendship was enjoyed by several ICA members with good performances put in both on and off the ice by Team Kenny (JJ Kenny, Ailsa Anderson, Jen Ward, Gillian Russell) as well as Team Foxglide (including Alan Mitchell, Alison Barr and Ross Barr).

After some strong showings on Friday and Saturday, and the traditional Saturday night disco (#Timewarp) the final game saw Team Foxglide face Team Paddy Power as the two top ranked rinks. As the last game on the ice, Team Paddy Power needed to steal the last end to seal the title. Team Foxglide attempted a triple takeout to score 2 points but the stone overcurled, Paddy Power stole the end to take an 8-2 victory and secure the title.

Highlight of Paddy Powers weekend was coming back from 5 down after 1 end to beat an experienced Finnish side 7-6.

Roll on Andorra.

Erin (right) and her teammates with the trophy

Congratulations to ICA member Erin Furey, who as part of Team Maxwell, won the Newcomers competition at Greenacres Ice Rink recently.