Shoulder-to-Shoulder League Archive
Final results for Division 1 in the season 2016-17
Team Captains – please remember the 3 day rule: the scores should be with the shoulder to shoulder secretary within 3 days of the match being shot (excluding Sundays), either by traditional postcard signed by both captains on the night, or by both of them emailing in the e-card (see main S/S page for details). The League Secretary also asks that a phone-photo be taken of the scoreboard to act as a backstop for lost results and help resolve any issues that may subsequently arise.
*** The average of any reserve used must be provided on the result card (if not before) ***
(new rule for the Handicap League)
Latest News (Match commentary by the League Secretary: see below for earlier commentaries)
23/03/2017: Balerno & Currie v Hawick. In this their last match of the season Hawick won the scratch and the handicap matches and 7 match points with one match tied. Best score of the evening was by Hawick’s W Vaughan and K Nixon with a 2 points off total score closely followed by Balerno & Currie’s M Sinclair with a 3 points off total score.
30/03/2017: Balerno & Currie v George Heriot’s FP. In this, the last match of the 2016-17 Shoulder to Shoulder season, George Heriot’s managed the win by 3 points in the scratch match and by an even smaller margin in the handicap match. 3 of the match points went to Balerno & Currie with George Heriot’s taking the other 5. Best score of the evening went to Balerno & Currie’s N Georgeson with a 4 points off total score.
League Tables (Scratch then Handicap) —
| LEAGUE TABLE | Shot | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Agg | Avg | MP | |
| 1 | Watsonians | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 245 | 20.4 | 78 |
| 2 | Hawick | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 282 | 23.5 | 71 |
| 3 | George Heriot’s FP | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 429 | 35.8 | 58 |
| 4 | Balerno & Currie | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 438 | 36.5 | 59 |
| 5 | Redcraig | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 694 | 57.8 | 45 |
| 6 | Prestonpans A | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1012 | 84.3 | 24 |
| 7 | Prestonpans B | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1596 | 133.0 | 1 |
| LEAGUE TABLE (Handicap) | Shot | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Agg | Avg | |||
| 1 | Hawick | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9598.205 | 799.850 | ||
| 2 | George Heriot’s FP | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9594.704 | 799.559 | ||
| 3 | Watsonians | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9594.529 | 799.544 | ||
| 4 | Prestonpans A | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 9383.693 | 781.974 | ||
| 5 | Redcraig | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 9590.707 | 799.226 | ||
| 6 | Prestonpans B | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 9586.841 | 798.903 | ||
| 7 | Balerno & Currie | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 9565.964 | 797.164 | ||
Click on a team name to see its detailed record for the season for both scratch and handicap leagues (all links will open in a new tab):
Balerno & Currie George Heriot’s FP Hawick Prestonpans A
Prestonpans B Redcraig Watsonians
Individual averages Individual averages (H/C)
Individual averages by Club Individual averages by Club (H/C)
Match results (Scratch then Handicap) —
Previous match commentary:
24/10/2016: Redcraig v Prestonpans A. The first match this season had Prestonpans with with a mountain to climb as one of their shooters was a no show. The remaining three had mixed fortunes shooting 3 decent cards and three rather bad cards. Redcraig had almost a clean sweep in both the match results and match points, except where the match points were shared between Prestonpans M Williamson and Redcraig’s A McConnell. Redcraig’s C McConnell was the high scorer of the evening .
28/10/2016: Hawick v Prestonpans A. For this visit to Hawick, Prestonpans managed to field a full complement of shooters. This one was always going to be an uphill struggle for Prestonpans but they managed to markedly improve their scores from the previous match. Hawick took 6 of the 8 match points with M Williamson taking 2 for Prestonpans. Under the handicap rules Prestonpans managed the win by the size of a bullet – .303. [You wanna check your arithmetic, Greg? Ed.] Best score of the evening was shot by Hawick’s W Vaughan with an amazing 1 point off a perfect score.
03/11/2016: Balerno & Currie v Watsonians. Very good shooting by the Watsonians team saw them win this match against Balerno & Currie. Watsonians scored 6 match points with 2 going to Balerno & Currie courtesy of A Robertson. High score of the match was P Brett with a vey good 3 points off. 10/11/2016: Balerno & Currie v Redcraig. In this match Redcraig had a bit of an off night in the scratch scores compared to their first match of the season and all eight match points went to the Balerno & Currie team, however, Redcraig did win the Handicap match by a slender margin. Best score of the match went to N Georgeson of Balerno & Currie with a total of 3 points off.
10/11/2016: Watsonians v Prestonpans A. Prestonpans definitely had an off night in this match with 3 scores into double figures. Watsonians, however, showed their class by only dropping 13 points, with the high score going to A Dove with an impressive 2 points off, taking all match points and the Handicap match as well.
11/11/2016: Hawick v Prestonpans B. This was the first outing for the Prestonpans B team and it did not go to well so nerves must have played a big part in the first round. They did improve second round but in the end were well beaten in the scratch scores but lost out by 2.8 points in the handicap league…not a bad effort. Hawick took all 8 match points and the best score of the day was by A Anderson with a 3 point off score.
14/11/2016: Prestonpans B v Redcraig. First home match for Prestonpans B and they were looking to score better than their first match. This they did by a fair margin but it was still not good enough to beat Redcraig. Two Redcraig shooters had a bit of an off night but they still managed to win comfortably in the scratch match. However Prestonpans B did manage to beat Redcraig in the Handicap league by .616….well done to them. Best score of the night went to to C Connell with a 9 points off score.
17/11/2016: Balerno & Currie v Prestonpans B. Easy win for Balerno & Currie as the Prestonpans B team’s score regressed from last time out. Balerno & Currie took all match points in the scratch match and two of their shooters had equal scores of 4 points off total. Balerno & Currie also won the Handicap match.
17/11/2016: Prestonpans A v Hawick. A valiant effort by the Prestonpans A team in this match but sadly three team members had a bit of an off night with their scores…they can shoot better than that. Hawick picked up all 8 match points in the scratch as well as winning the Handicap. Best score of the evening was W Vaughan with 4 points off total. The Hawick team applauded the buffet spread supplied by Prestonpans as being the best they have had ….any points available for best buffet??
17/11/2016: Watsonians v George Heriot’s FP. After their first two matches the Watsonian scores this evening went backwards a bit but were still able to defeat the George Heriot’s team. However, they only managed to take 6 match points as George Heriot’s D Aitken managed to take 2 match points with his teams best score of the match. Handicap match went to Watsonians. Best score of the match was by two Watsonians – D Caughey and A Dove with 4 points off each.
21/11/2016: Prestonpans A v George Heriot’s FP. Shooting was a bit inconsistent here for some of the shooters. Put this down to a freezing cold, wet and windy evening in Prestonpans. Match points were shared in the scratch match, however, Prestonpans won the handicap match so all things being equal a satisfactory evening for both teams. Best score of the night went to C Watson of George Heriot’s with a fine 3 points off total.
28/11/2016: Redcraig v George Heriot’s FP. In a close fought match last night George Heriot’s managed to edge to victory in the scratch match and also won the handicap match as well. Redcraig managed to take 3 match points from George Heriot’s. Best score of the night was by C Watson of George Heriot’s with a 4 points off total.
01/12/2016: Prestonpans A v Balerno & Currie. Balerno & Currie took all match points v Prestonpans as, sadly, the Pans team did not have a good evening’s shooting. Balerno & Currie also won the handicap match. Best score of the night went to Balerno & Currie’s N Georgeson with an impressive 2 points off total.
01/12/2016: Redcraig v Watsonians. Watsonians are certainly the team to to beat in the scratch score league as they won, again, but only gained 6 matchpoints as Redcraig managed 2 match points courtesy of D McConnell. However Redcraig won the Handicap match which puts them top of the Handicap League. Best score of the night went to A Dove with an very good 2 points off total.
08/12/2016: Watsonians v Prestonpans B. Not a good night for the Prestonpans B team as 2 of their regular team and the reserve did not shoot well. Never mind, all part of the…I will shoot better next time experience. Watsonians took all 8 match points as well as the handicap match and the best score of the night was down to D Caughey with a 3 points off of a total score. The Prestonpans B team were very impressed with the home made pies, sausage rolls and cake after the shoot and will find it hard pressed to reciprocate…watch this space!!
12/12/2016: Prestonpans B v George Heriot’s FP. An improved score over last week for the Prestonpans B team but sadly not enough as George Heriot’s took all eight match points and the handicap match as well. Best score of the evening was a 3 points off total for George Heriot’s C Watson.
12/01/2017: George Heriot’s FP v Prestonpans A. After the Xmas/New Year break the Shoulder to Shoulder competition began in earnest once again with this match which, in the end, was won easily by George Heriot’s who took both the scratch and handicap matches and a clean sweep in match points. Best score of the evening was a 5 points off total score by C Watson followed closely by D Aitken with a 6 points off score.
19/01/2017: Balerno & Currie v Prestonpans A. Not a great night for the Prestonpans A team as they did not shoot well. On the other hand Balerno and Currie did…as normal. Balerno and Currie had a clean sweep of both the scratch and handicap matches. Best score of the evening was a 3 points off total by the home team’s N Georgeson.
23/01/2017: Prestonpans A v Redcraig. An improvement this week in the Prestonpans score but sadly not enough to win the match. They did however take 2 match points from Redcraig thanks to M Williamson. This improvement in score meant that Prestonpans took the win in the handicap match. Best score of the evening was a 10 points off total by A Hay.
26/01/2017: George Heriot’s FP v Watsonians. This was a closely shot match between Heriot’s and Watsonians and Watsonians edged the scratch match by 4 points and Heriot’s took the win in the handicap match. However, the matchplay points in the scratch match were shared 4 a piece with the best score of the night was an outstanding 2 points off total score by Heriot’s D Aitken.
27/01/2017: Hawick v George Heriot’s FP. A fairly close shot match this between Hawick and Heriot’s. Although the scratch match was won by Hawick the match points were shared equally but the handicap match was won by Hawick by a fairly slender margin. The best scores of the evening, with a 3 points off total, were shared between A Anderson of Hawick and D Aitken of Heriot’s….the first time in the 2016-17 S2S that there has been a tie for the best score.
02/02/2017: George Heriot’s FP v Prestonpans B. A win in both the scratch and handicap matches for George Heriot’s at last. Best score of the evening went to D Aitken of George Heriot’s with a 5 points off total closely followed by S R McKenzie with a 6 points off total. Best scorer for Prestonpans B was J young with a 22 points off total.
02/02/2017: Watsonians v Redcraig. A win for Watsonians against Redcraig in both handicap and scratch matches with two of the Watsonian shooters tying for the best score of the match – J R Brown and A Dove with an impressive 2 points off total for each shooter. Best scorer for Redcraig was D McConnell with a 9 points off total.
09/02/2017: Prestonpans A v Watsonians. Watsonians won the scratch match against Prestonpans A. However, Prestonpans A took the handicap match by a whisker. Best score of the night was a very impressive 1 point off total score by A Dove of Watsonians. Best scorer for Prestonpans A was C Conway with a 5 points off total score.
16/02/2017: Prestonpans A v Prestonpans B. 1st match of a double header last night between the two Prestonpans teams. The match was a bit one sided with the A team taking both the scratch and handicap matches. Two shooters from either side did not shoot to the best of their abilities in this match so room for improvement there I’m sure. Best score of the evening was a 13 points off total by C Conway of Prestonpans A.
16/02/2017: Prestonpans B v Prestonpans A. 2nd match of the double header between the A and B teams. Much better shooting and scoring in this match with improvements all round. The A team again took both scratch and handicap matches with the best score of the evening shot by G McMillan with a 9 points off total.
16/02/2017: Redcraig v Balerno & Currie. In a closely scored match Balerno & Currie won the scratch match by just 7 points with the match points being scored – 3 to Redcraig and 5 to Balerno & Currie. Tha handicap match was won by Redcraig. Best score of the evening was a 5 points off total by K Karte of Redcraig.
16/02/2017: Watsonians v Hawick. Another extremely close score match with only 7 points separating Watsonians and Hawick. An impressive 11 points off total won it for Watsonians. Hawick managed to take 2 match points off Watsonians . Watsonians also won the handicap match. Best score of the evening went to A dove of Watsonians with an amazing 0 points total closely followed by his teammate R Thomson with a 1 point off total. In total there were 5 perfect scores in this match with 4 going to Watsonians and 1 to Hawick….good shooting indeed.
20/02/2017: Redcraig v Prestonpans B. Last evening’s scratch match was won by Redcraig. Best score of the evening was recorded by Redcraig’s K Karte with a 9 points off total closely followed by his team mate C McConnell with a 10 points off total. Prestonpans B won the handicap match and scored their second best score of this competition so hopefully this will give them a boost for the remainder of the Shoulder to Shoulder competition.
23/02/2017: George Heriot’s FP v Redcraig. George Heriot’s took the scratch match and 6 match points, 2 match points went to Redcraig courtesy of A Hay. George Heriot’s also won the handicap match. Best score of the evening went to George Heriot’s C Watson with a 4 points off total score closely followed by clubmate S Mackenzie’s 6 points off total score.
23/02/2017: Watsonians v Balerno & Currie. In a closely shot match Watsonians came out winners of the scratch match by just 6 points and the match points were shared 4 to each team. Balerno & Currie, however, won the handicap match by the slenderest of points (.123). Best score of the evening went to A Dove of Watsonians with a 4 points off total.
02/03/2017: Hawick v Redcraig. In this first of a double header match at Redcraig’s range the scratch match was won by Hawick who also won the handicap match. Best score of the evening went to Hawick’s I Burton with a 3 points off match total.
02/03/2017: Redcraig v Hawick. In this the second match of the double header at Redcraig, Hawick again won the match but this time the match points were shared at 4 match points each. This time, however, Redcraig won the Handicap match. Best score of this match went to Hawick’s K Nixon with a 7 points off total score closely followed by his team mate A Anderson with an 8 points off total. The 8 points off total was also shared by C McConnell of Redcraig.
02/03/2017: Prestonpans B v Watsonians. Watsonians won the scratch match at a canter but with Prestonpans B’s best score of the competition, to date, they won the Handicap match. Best score of the evening went to Watsonians P Brett with a 2 points off total score. Prestonpans B best score went to J Young with a 14 points off total score.
03/03/2017: Hawick v Balerno & Currie. Hawick won both the Scratch and Handicap matches in this shoot out with Balerno and Currie, taking all 8 match points in the process. Best score of the evening went to Hawick’s A Anderson with a 3 points off total score closely followed by his team mate K Nixon with a 5 points off total.
06/03/2017: Prestonpans B v Balerno & Currie. Balerno & Currie won the scratch match at Prestonpans last night. However, Prestonpans B won the Handicap match so that is good shooting to their averages. Best score of the evening went to Balerno & Currie’s N Georgeson with a 4 points off total score. Best Prestonpans B score was by J Young with a 15 points off score.
09/03/2017: Prestonpans B v Hawick. Some impressive shooting by the Hawick team saw them win the scratch match with a 15 points off total score and take all 8 match points. However, some improved shooting by the Prestonpans B team , in particular D Graham, made sure that they won the handicap match. Best score of the evening went to Hawick’s A Anderson with a 1 point off total score.