The Dragons A team started their season with a one-sided away victory against Civil Service 1 at Slateford Bowling Club.

Team captain Elliot Sloan: "It wasn't that comfortable. Don and Richard had both had been defending tricky positions but pulled off the wins in the end. I broke through just before time control to win. Neil Fleming had a strong attack and despite his opponent having extra material, again converted coming up to time control. Ewan drew a quiet looking game, and Mark eventually got better of Gunn-Russell, but not before the barman had loudly and rudely interrupted demanding everyone leave, though there were still several minutes to go before the normal closing time."

Both players involved in the last game to finish (Orr v. Gunn-Russell) were down to seconds on the clock. Mark later recalled that he had been aware of some sort of commotion in the background but that he couldn't risk looking around to see what was happening for fear of losing on time.