Weekly Bulletin	Sunday 14th December 2008    Issue No. 1938
	Wet Wet Win
	Rainbow International Superleague — Saturday 13 December 2008: Culter 5 v Hillhead 1 (at Crombie Park, Culter) HT: 3 — 1. Culter Scorers: Lewis McKimmie (21 and 51 mins), Murray Rattray (26 mins), Martin Shand (39 mins) and Martin Cooper (46 mins). Hilihead Scorer: Marivsz Kwiatkewski (11 mins)
It was a very wet dark afternoon resulting in a poor attendance but fortunately the game went ahead and ended before total darkness descended. After suffering an early setback, Culter ended up comfortable winners against bottom club Hilihead. The three points keep the home side second in the league. Hilihead had the best of the early stages and Pyper saw his shot from the edge of the box go just wide of the post. Farquhar then had to look smart to turn Marivsz KWIATKEWSKI’s decent effort out for a corner in the 10th minute but the striker made amends a minute later when he collected a Morrison pass just inside the box and despatched a low shot into the corner of the net to put the away team ahead. Only a minute later Kwiatkewski beat the Culter offside trap but this time Farquhar was well off his line to clear the danger. Culter drew level in the 21st minute when Lewis McKIMMIE latched onto a Stott pass and flicked it past the onrushing Braidwood before having all the time to poke the ball into the empty net. Five minutes later and the home team were in front, Stott’s rasping drive was tipped past the post for a corner and from the resultant corner the ball fell to Murray RATTRAY who turned Pyper in the box before seeing his thumping drive deflected into the net. Culter went further ahead in the 39th minute when Sim’s cross was flicked home by the head of Martin SHAND. McKimmie then crashed an effort off the bar and Wilson hit the post as the referee blew for half time. Half Time: 3 — 1. Almost straight from the kick off the Deesiders went further ahead. Stott’s cross found Shand in the box who laid the ball into the path of Martin COOPER who gleefully hammered the ball into the corner of the net from 12 yards. The game was over as a contest when Lewis McKIMMIE left his marker in knots and sent a delightful shot past the helpless Braidwood in the 51st minute. Minutes later Robertson had a 30 yard drive rebound off the post with the away keeper a spectator then Stows cross was met at the front post by the sliding Shand but the striker was unlucky to see his effort hit the post. Wood almost pulled a goal back for Hillhead but his shot from 10 yards just skimmed past post. With light fading Stott had time for one more effort, but his powerful drive hit the side netting. Culter: Farquhar, Adam, Rattray, Cooper, Pressley, Wilson, Sim, McKimmie, Shand, H Robertson, Stott. Substitutes: Craigie, Craik, Farmer, McBain, Thow Hillhead: Braidwood, Brebner, McCoy, Lepkowski, Smart, Cruickshank, Pyper, Leahy, Kwiatkewski, Morrison, Allan. Substitutes: Wood, Forbes, Reid, Stephen, Christie. Referee: Scott McKenzie. Assistant Referees: Alan Stephen and Bill Gerrie. Match Reporter: Gus Johnstone.

Weekly Lottery — Back to Beginning. After our Lottery being won yesterday our Prize reverts to £1000 whilst
Numbers remain I to 25 for Lottery tickets dated Saturday 20 December 2008. In view of us having no fixture on
Saturday 20 December 2008 our Lottery Draw will take place in Culter Mills Social Club that day at 4.00 p.m.
Seasonal Stoppage. There are no Junior Fixtures on Saturday 27 December 2008. We have also decided that we will not have Lottery tickets dated Saturday 27 December 2008. The Lottery stoppage will be for this one week only.

Bulletin Break. Since we have neither a game nor our lottery on Saturday 27 December 2008 there will not be a Weekly Bulletin on Sunday 28 December 2008. The Bulletin break will be for this one week only.
Dyce Delay. The Scottish Junior Cup 3d Round tie Jeanfield Swifts v Dyce Juniors due on Saturday 13 December 2008 was postponed and has been rescheduled to be played next week. This means our Superleague match due against Dyce on Saturday 20 December 2008 has been delayed and has resulted in us having no game that day.

Fixture Free. Due to the Dyce Juniors situation as explained above and as there are no North Region Junior fixtures the following week, Culter have free dates on Saturdays 20 and 27 December meaning no more games in 2008.

Colin’s Child. Congratulations go to our Player Colin Craik and Kerry on the birth of their daughter Beth on Sunday 7
December 2008. It has been a good year for Colin who was chosen as our Player of the Year for 2007/08 at our
Season End Social on Friday 20 June 2008.

Scoring Statistics. In 20 games played Culter have won 16, drawn none and lost 4, scoring 58 goals and conceding
21 in the process. Scorers: Lewis McKimmie 13, Martin Shand 11, Ryan Stott 7, Allan Youngson 7, George McBain 5,
Hugh Robertson 4, Adam Wilson 4, Opponents 3, Colin Craik 1, Martin Cooper 1, Murray Rattray 1 and Matthew
Robertson 1.
 

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