Day 15 - Hamilton

The Tourists departed at 8:30 am for the 25-30 minute drive to Hamilton.  Two draws today, the second of which will have all 5 teams playing.  Team Anderson has the bye in the morning draw.

The drive, as usual, included morning class.  Morning class is a morning bus drive ritual that includes gin & tonics, whisky or screwdrivers.






















The morning results:

Team Beadle (USA/Red) vs  Team Somerville (Scotland/Yellow)

Scotland - 8  USA - 7


Team Rich (USA/Red) vs  Team Smith (Scotland/Yellow)

Scotland - 9  USA - 5


Team Wright (USA/Red) vs. Team Moffat (Scotland/Yellow)

Scotland - 7  USA - 7


Team Jackson (USA/Red) vs. Team Steele (Scotland/Yellow)

Scotland - 6  USA - 3


The Tourists dropped 8 points this morning. 

The Tourists were served a wonderful soup and sandwich lunch with very large portions of very tasty soup.





Looking out the window of the restaurant at the Hamilton Ice Arena, you can see the family mausoleum of the Duke of Hamilton. 

The arena sits on the palace ground of the Hamilton Palace. The palace was demolished between 1921 and 1926 because the structural integrity of the palace was undermined by coal mines dug underneath the palace. More detail on Hamilton Palace can be found here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Palace


This afternoon’s results:

Team Anderson (USA/Yellow) vs.  Team Neilson (Scotland/Red)

Scotland - 8  USA - 5


Team Wright (USA/Yellow) vs. Team Allan (Scotland/Red)

Scotland - 7  USA - 5


Team Rich (USA/Yellow) vs. Team Haggart (Scotland/Red)

Scotland - 10  USA - 8


Team Beadle (USA/Yellow) vs. Team Torrance (Scotland/Red)

Scotland - 7  USA - 3


Team Jackson (USA/Yellow) vs. Team Strang (Scotland/Red)

Scotland - 11  USA - 8


Team USA drops 14 shots in the afternoon to drop 22 shots in the day.

Cumulative Score:

USA:  586

Scotland:  485

USA leads by 101 shots

After the second draw, the Tourists were treated to a wonderful buffet dinner. After dinner, they performed their “entertainment”.  After their entertainment, the Scots told the Tourists a series of very entertaining jokes and stories. 






Tomorrow, the Tourists head out in the morning for Stirling and the National Curling Academy. 



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