Sutherland
and Reed to represent England
at 2005
World Seniors Curling Championships
Michael Sutherland
and his team of John Brown, John MacDougall and Robin
Gemmell won the first English Senior Men’s Curling Championships at the
Greenacres Curling Club. In the best of five games final, Sutherland won the
first three games to overcome Eric Laidler’s team of Peter Bowyer, Alistair
Davison and Ian Curle, 10-3; 8-5; 5-3. In the first game, Sutherland pounced
early and was 5-0 up after two ends, but in the second, Laidler took a three in
the second following Sutherland’s one in the first. Sutherland then replied
with a three in the third and continued to control the game. For the third
game, Laidler swapped his team around and Peter Bowyer took over as skip with
Laidler at third, Ian Curle playing second and Alistair Davison at lead. The
team tactics also changed to a more offensive drawing game with lots of front
guards that had not been employed in the first two outings. In a tight game,
with Bowyer possibly laying two, subject to a measure, Sutherland had to hit
and stick with his last stone to secure victory. He did this and secured his
place at his fourth Senior World Curling Championships. This year’s team only
retains one other player from his previous trips, John MacDougall, and they are
joined by newly qualified seniors (over 50 on 30th June 2004) John Brown who curled for
England in the 1985 and 1987 World Curling Championships and Robin Gemmell who
curled for England in the 1987 World Curling Championships.
Sutherland is
joined for the trip back to Greenacres for the 2005 Senior World Curling
Championships by Joan Reed’s Senior Ladies team that were not challenged for
their England spot. Reed’s team of Glynnice Lauder, Venetia Scott and Moira
Davison won the Senior Women’s World Bronze medal two year’s ago and came
fourth last year despite calling on Irene Laidler as a replacement for Venetia the day before the
championships started.
For further
information on the 2005 Senior World Curling Championships, Greenacres Curling
Club, Scotland, please click on
the link below and select Seniors Competition on the left hand side.
