Bon Accord were hosts for today’s match against Aberdeen & Kincardine, at Whitehall in a top of the table clash. Bon Accord were looking to get back to winning ways after last week’s one shot defeat.

In wet conditions, Bon Accord made a good start going into an early 18-12 lead after three ends played across all six rinks, with Kevin Harper scoring a five on the second end. In the match between Andrew Thomson and Jason Banks saw two consecutive ends being burnt!

With 5 ends played across all six rinks Bon Accord led 30-23 and the individual rink scores were:

Alan McKay 4, C Banks 2
Kevin Harper 7, M Mennie 5
Stephen Thomson 5, D Keith 5
Eric Gallan 2, C Milne 5
Andrew Thomson 8, J Banks 2
Roy Henry 4, M Presly 4

Into the second quarter, Bon Accord kept the pressure on as Stephen Thomson’s rink scored nine shots over two ends! With ten ends completed across rinks Bon Accord had extended their lead to 62-44. The rink scores were:

Alan McKay 7, C Banks 10
Kevin Harper 11, M Mennie 6
Stephen Thomson 15, D Keith 7
Eric Gallan 10, C Milne 8
Andrew Thomson 13, J Banks 5
Roy Henry 6, M Presly 8

On to quarter three and despite A&K trying valiantly to close the gap, Bon Accord maintained their valuable lead at 20 shots. With 15 ends completed across the board, Bon Accord led 90-70 with Bon Accord up in four and down in two. The rinks scores were:

Alan McKay 9, C Banks 18
Kevin Harper 15, M Mennie 10
Stephen Thomson 21, D Keith 8
Eric Gallan 20, C Milne 10
Andrew Thomson 16, J Banks 14
Roy Henry 9, M Presly 10

Onto the last quarter with the match,two points and leadership of the North section at stake! Over ends 16,17 and 18, A&K started to close the gap and got back to within 9 shots to leave Bon Accord supporters feeling nervous about the remaining ends. However, yet again Bon Accord showed their mettle and over the last two ends they out-scored A&K by 15-4 across all the rinks to secure an excellent win by 122-103.

The final individual rink scores were

Alan McKay 17, C Banks 24
Kevin Harper 19, M Mennie 20
Stephen Thomson 28, D Keith 11
Eric Gallan 23, C Milne 15
Andrew Thomson 19, J Banks 20
Roy Henry 16, M Presly 13

There are now two games remaining in the North section and qualification remains firmly in our own hands as we top the section on shot difference.

We now move forward to next week when we host Perthshire at Woodend next Saturday 15th June at 2pm in another important game.

A huge thanks to the support today from reserves, officials and spectators, which benefits the players.

Also a big thanks to everyone at Whitehall for a great day and being an excellent host.

Until next week – c’mon the Bon Accord!!