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Diamonds 11040 Rats 15040
Rats have guaranteed promotion to Division 3 for next season with a seventh consecutive win! Well done everyone and All Hail Rats!!
Highlights included a bold vul granny from Gerry & Maurice and a fabbie 6C from Margaret & Judy.
Alan & Norma, Margaret & Judy, Gerry & Maurice, Linda & Bob.
Sub: Don (not used)
Dunbar 10120 Rats 12910
Another match in quick succession – we beat Dunbar for an 8 AMP win tonight – the first time we’ve managed to beat them so it was about time! 
Dunbar-Analysis | Dunbar-Traveller
Once again, well done everyone!!
Rats 14430 Carlton Camden 10710
Tonight saw the first of two matches at home to Carlton Camden in short order. This is a league fixture at the Melville. Alan & Norma, Judy & Margaret, Bob & Linda, Maurice & Gerry.
Sub: Don (not used)
A fine win for the Rats, fairly all our way on the whole apart from a couple of bad boards. Well done everyody! Next Wednesday it’s off to Dunbar.
Camden-League-Analysis | Camden-League-Traveller
STOP PRESS
We have arranged to play Carlton Camden again on Monday 6 February in the MacLaren Cup Quarter Final. This match will again be at the Melville. No handicap either way.
Happy (and successful!) year to all Rats!
January will be fairly busy.
We play Carlton Camden at the Melville on Wednesday 11th January. Usual team, usual time. After that it’s off to Dunbar on Wed 18th and then to Dunfermline to play Diamonds on Monday 30th.
Alan
Rats are resting up/ partying/ getting drunk or whatever Rats do over the festive season. Have a good one!
Back on January 11th for our next league match, Carlton Camden providing the opposition. By then of course, we will also know if we have to face them again in the Cup – they play their 2nd round match against Peebles on January 4th, so I’ll be on the hunt for dates shortly after that.
A
We had our first cup match of the season at the Carlton.
COMISTON 17940 RATS 18430
An excellent result (despite a rather iffy slam bid twice against us!) and we move smoothly on to the Quarter Finals where we will meet either Carlton Camden or Peebles, who play on 4th January. No handicap for that match since both are also in Div 4. In a potential repeat of the usual January double header, we are due to play Camden on the 11th in the league in our next match. Peebles of course we’ve already beaten in the league this year in a close encounter.
Alan & Norma, Maurice & Gerry, Bob & Linda, Margaret & Judy.
Sub: Don (not used)
Comiston had 1200 of a start.
Yes the matches continue to come thick and fast. This was a dramatic encounter as Athenians made a strong early showing to lead by 1590 at the interval, but sterling stuff in the second half brought home a win by 630 points.
Athenians 13080 Rats 13710
Narrow result, the percentage 2.35%. Just enough for 3 points, and 3 AMPs.
Tuesday 29 November, Melville, 7pm.
Alan & Norma, Bob & Linda, Judy & Margaret, Gerry & Maurice.
Sub: Don (not used)
This game will now go ahead at the Carlton on Wednesday, 7 December, 7pm start. Comiston are the home side and have the handicap in their favour of 1200.
I have just heard from Kelso, and we have agreed TUESDAY 14th FEBRUARY for
our rearranged match.
Tonight saw our first home match of the campaign, at the Melville against Peebles.
Usual lineup: Alan & Norma, Bob & Linda, Gerry & Maurice, Judy & Margaret
A third win from 3 matches puts back to the top of the pile! This one was fairly close, final score Rats 14330 Peebles 13610.
Peebles-Analysis | Peebles-Traveller
Next outing will be at the Melville on Tuesday 29th November against Athenians.