Got the team back together for the first time this season so that was fun. Our opponents get a two point handicap and we would also learn that this was their first year in the league. This was only their second game as they were a replacement team after a team no showed their first week. They were definitely new to curling as I had to give a couple explanations on rules during the game.
My team played very well during the game. The final score was 11-5 and my team's score might have been better if the third end had gone better.
So we're in the third end and the score is 7-2. My team is yellow and after Lead's rocks, things are looking good for this end with a rock buried. I called a draw (1) for Second and then he was short with his first shot. I compounded this call with my next call for him to draw even further to the side (2) and he was short again. In Second's defense, I should have called for a lot more weight on these shots as that ice really hadn't been used that much by this point in the game.
As it turns out, by the time my shots came around they were sitting two. My second shot was completely messed up and I raised one of their rocks in and they ended up scoring three. Fortunately, that end was a wakeup call for my team and we got ourselves back on track after that end.
I'm not sure calling rocks in the house on that side was the correct call. My feeling at the time was that my team didn't have hammer for that end and I could force them to try to take out our rocks. I wasn't going to call any shots on the other side as a miss may have raised the opponents' stone. Maybe another center guard would have been helpful. In that case, a raise takeout for the opponents would be difficult and drawing to either side would be useless unless they find a way to take out the rock on the button.
Anyway, after the game, the opposing skip said, "Thanks for the education". So I guess he learned a couple things during the game.
FYI, this game brings our record to 2-1, but our record against "competitive" teams remains at 0-1.
One more thing. My team is interested in finding one more person to play with them for the novice bonspiel (since I aged out). Let me know if you'd like to play with my very fun teammates.
My team played very well during the game. The final score was 11-5 and my team's score might have been better if the third end had gone better.
So we're in the third end and the score is 7-2. My team is yellow and after Lead's rocks, things are looking good for this end with a rock buried. I called a draw (1) for Second and then he was short with his first shot. I compounded this call with my next call for him to draw even further to the side (2) and he was short again. In Second's defense, I should have called for a lot more weight on these shots as that ice really hadn't been used that much by this point in the game.
As it turns out, by the time my shots came around they were sitting two. My second shot was completely messed up and I raised one of their rocks in and they ended up scoring three. Fortunately, that end was a wakeup call for my team and we got ourselves back on track after that end.
I'm not sure calling rocks in the house on that side was the correct call. My feeling at the time was that my team didn't have hammer for that end and I could force them to try to take out our rocks. I wasn't going to call any shots on the other side as a miss may have raised the opponents' stone. Maybe another center guard would have been helpful. In that case, a raise takeout for the opponents would be difficult and drawing to either side would be useless unless they find a way to take out the rock on the button.
Anyway, after the game, the opposing skip said, "Thanks for the education". So I guess he learned a couple things during the game.
FYI, this game brings our record to 2-1, but our record against "competitive" teams remains at 0-1.
One more thing. My team is interested in finding one more person to play with them for the novice bonspiel (since I aged out). Let me know if you'd like to play with my very fun teammates.
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