Hvirlan women keep the lead

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There is still plenty of excitement in the team competitions. In the second round the Hvirlan women made a big gain and pulled ahead of the Bragdið women. The Bragdið women’s task now is to eat into the Hvirlan women’s lead again, and they have four rounds left to do it. Big gains are hard to come by, though, because with Rigmor N. Arge Hvirlan gets the top score of 50 points, so in Sørvágur Bragdið managed to gain only one point on Hvirlan.

After one or two more rounds, however, Bragdið may gain more ground, because Ann Thomsen will then return to the team. On the other hand, Hvirlan’s second-strongest card, Birna Mohr Joensen, will also join the Hvirlan 1 team later, so the excitement will last right to the end. One thing is certain in any case. It will be costly for the teams if their leading runners miss a round.

The Bragdið women have been very good at turning up for the Winter Series, and they still have no fewer than eight teams in the competition. Bragdið has thus taken third, fourth and fifth place in the women’s team competition, where 13 teams are still in contention. All eight rounds count towards the overall competition, but only runners with five or more rounds can count.

 

Bragdið was without both Sam Vang and Henry Olsen in Sørvágur. But because Julian Gregersen of Treysti was not there either, the damage was limited. Roysnið could have made a big gain here, but they too were badly short-handed, as neither Regin Thomsen nor Marnar Pattinson took part that day. The Bragdið men can count themselves lucky that the two youngsters, Rúni Seloy and Teitur Bjarnastein, still have a perfect record and are therefore keeping Bragdið in the lead. With Jan Elmar Sørensen in good form and a quick return for Julian Gregersen, however, it is quite possible that Treysti will close in on Bragdið, and the competition could become very exciting.

 

 

 

 

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