RUGBY CLUB ‘A’ WIDEN GAP AT THE TOP AT HALFWAY POINT

Week 13 saw the halfway point reached in this season’s League programme with the leaders, the Rugby Club ‘A’, extending their lead at the top to four points courtesy of an excellent away win by 8 – 1 at the Dalrymple. The Auld Hoose in second place maintained their sole unbeaten tag with a good 6 – 3 home win over East Linton BC. Aberlady BC also started the year in winning mode with a 6 – 3 home victory over the Golfers Rest ‘A’ to keep in touching distance of the top two. The Rugby Club O50 won what looks on paper a fairly comfortable 7 – 2 result over the Castle Inn. The reality though was that the O50 struggled in the singles with five out of the six ties going to three legs and only some superior checking out skills getting them out of the mire. The County Cola Cubes and the County ‘A’ clashed in their first “derby” match – the County ‘A’ coming out on top by a margin of 8 – 1. I am told however that the highlight of the night was Donna Steel’s excellent singles victory over experienced campaigner Rab Grantham. The Rugby Club ‘B’ collected some useful points with a workmanlike 7 – 2 win over the Legion. Finally the Golfers Rest ‘B’ collected a nine point walkover decision over the Quarterdeck who failed to show without any explanation.