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I mentioned in an earlier post that we (Team GB Women's Curling) go through on 'draw ranking', but I didn't really know what it meant. Apparently, Before each match in the competition, each team delivers a single stone and the resulting distance from the centre of the target is measured. This Last Stone Draw (LSD) determines which team has the choice of delivering the first or second stone in the opening end of the match. But an average of all these Last Stone Draw shots is taken in round robin competitions and, if teams finish with an identical record, this is used to decide who goes through. With Great Britain, Japan and Canada all finishing with a record of five wins and four defeats from their nine matches, GB and Japan progressed to the semi-finals as a result of a better draw shot ranking by the finest of margins. How interesting.

You got there with your second word, I was there in my third. Like you, I was left with a choice of four for the fourth letter and, purely by chance, obviously, got it in five. I have yet to complete a quordle, though ?.

All's well that ends well. The girls beat ROC and go through, thanks to 'draw ranking'.

You are quite correct that we don't hear too much from our Chairman, and that is how it should be and why we appointed a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Richard Gould is his name, and we hear from him quite frequently.

Basque country. Very nice, but comparatively expensive (to Andalucia) for both accommodation and food, although, if you avoid the obvious tourist areas and the numerous Michelin starred retaurants, the local fish restaurants are wonderful. I hope you haven't booked the last weekend of May, though, as that is the date of our play-off final ?.

I have just got today's WORLDLE in three! I shall now, for the first time, try QUORDLE.

Better still, get a flight to Sevilla or, if need be, to Malaga. Both are cheaper than Barcelona and, in general, Andalucia is extremely good value for money, both for hotel accommodation and food/wine. I daresay, a long weekend for two in Sevilla, including flights, accommodation and excellent meals and wine, would not be more expensive than dinner for two at Casamia - probably nicer weather as well.

My (typo) mistake, and you are, of course, quite correct. As you say, the hammer is dependent on the previous end, hence the reason teams sometimes fail to score intententionally in order to have the hammer in the following end.

But there is also the very important factor of qualifying first in order to ensure they have the hammer in the last end; in both the semifinal and, should they win that, in the final.

WBA are certainly slipping of late, and I am not convinced Steve Bruce is going to get them to/through the playoffs, let alone automatic promotion, so you may be lucky. Best get there (The Vine) early, though, as it gets packed.

Sorry about the source, but perhaps this answers your query. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10514539/Wordle-glitch-TWO-different-solutions-depending-site-used.html

Of course, but I was thinking specifically of The Vine, within walking distance of The Hawthorns.

But can you have a BBQ or nice Indian meal on the way to St. Andrews or Molineux?

It will certainly be interesting to compare him to his opposite number, Maguire.

Perhaps. I sometimes reminisce about matches I attended and incidents, some violent, I experienced, although I wouldn’t say I look back upon them (the violent incidents) fondly. They are but memories. I can laugh about them now because, for the most part, I escaped them without injury, but I can say quite clearly that any nostalgia is not rose tinted.

I think you are correct about throw ins, but I seem to recall reading some time ago that this is what they are instructed to do in order to avoid controversy. Perhaps somebody acquainted with professional refereeing might be able to advise.

And, unless prices have increased dramatically since I was there a few years ago, less than €10 for the fare. Bratislava is a very small town, but worth going to for a brief look around the buildings and general architecture in the town centre and a nice, but relatively cheap, lunch. Vienna is beautiful, though, and three days (only two, if one is spent in Bratislava) is hardly enough to do it justice - whilst it is a little bit touristy, Grinzing is worth a trip in the evening to visit the bars and reasonably priced restaurants.

But would we have conceded the third, had we scored from the penalty we should have been awarded when the score was 2-1?

He did the same thing last season ?.

Interesting stats, but why doesn’t Herr Weimann appear in them?

Currently showing at The Old Vic. Has anyone been to see it? I see it stars a certain David Lloyd, one of our own, and Joe Sims - a supporter, who may or not be on here.

So is @BTRFTG, in the third row, although he had a lot more hair back then.

Still on the subject of Evening Post journalists, how could I have forgotten Richard Latham!

You must be a lot younger than I thought you were. James Piercy is very good, as you say quite rightly, but so were Peter Godsiff and Robin Perry back in the day. He wrote more for the Western Daily Press (and The Guardian) but David Foot was excellent as well.