Day 3 competition

Day 3 and on arrival to the club the wind and rain looked like it was going to set in for the day. However it lasted for only a short while, but the cold certainly did settle in.
Day 3 draw saw the Aussies coming up against the highly fancied home team of Northern Ireland.The ladies started the day well, with an easy win in the fours but the singles result was just one of those day when nothing went right. So far in the competition, the results for the ladies singles and fours is 1 win and 1 loss for both.

 It seems that if you get the weight and line early you can win however lose it and the scores can easily blow out. The men's singles once again proved a difficult task and the result has meant that Australia has 1 win and 2 losses after 3 games.

 The men's fours again started off poorly as the the home played ditch to ditch and were very impressive, but the Aussies with their aggressive nature came back and won the last 5 ends to lose by 6 shots. Finally it seems that the team is starting to understand the green.
Each day the playing direction of the greens are turned 90 degrees and the men's and ladies competition swaps greens in the afternoon.
So the afternoon started with the ladies continuing their dominance with good wins in both the pairs and triples.
The men pairs and triples also proved again to be a hard fought out battle,
  The pairs came up against a formidable combination and were in the game early but slowly the Irish started to dominated.
The triples had a tight battle all day, with the Aussies holding a slender lead for most of the game, until the 10th end with the scores level. A wayward shot by the Irish skip caused havoc in the head with result being 1 shot to Ireland. With 5 seconds Barry Lynne played a masterful shot to take out the bowl and make 5. The 4 remaining ends were nail biting as the Aussies held good numbers only to be outdone by a mixture of brilliant bowling and again some wayward bowls giving the Irish the perfect conversions. The last end saw the Aussies with a 2 shot lead and holding 2 on the last crossover. The skips did not change the end and so the Aussies didn't have to play their last end.
The triples competition is very close with a number of teams including Australia with 2 wins and 1 loss.
Tomorrow is a rest day and the teams visit city hall to meet the Belfast Mayor. Then it is off to see the Titanic museum.