First, an update on the A More Competitive League post. I guess not enough teams opted in on the competitive league (or maybe it was logistically difficult to do that grouping). Looking at the schedule, I count 7 teams from the competitive team list. There are 10 teams in the other league, including the very accomplished curler. So fairly even.
Lead couldn't make the game. (Curling season came up on us a little early.) Here's a tip. Don't schedule a sub who's running the Twin Cities Marathon that morning. Needless to say, we ended up playing with just three people.
On a side note, my team has a game scheduled on 11/27, which is the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Let me know if you want to sub with my team that night.
Back to the game. Our first game was against a team on the competitive team list and there was no handicap. (I assume that the teams all get the same handicap from the end of last year, so I'm guessing we're both B level.) Vice and I got out on the ice about 15 minutes before the game and we could both tell that we were a little rusty. Perhaps not surprisingly, to sum up, my team really had trouble with weight the whole game. Mainly we were throwing light, which was kinda tough on Second who had to sweep a rock all the way most of the night. The opposing team stole a point the first three ends (my team had trouble with takeouts those first three ends). We were able to score two in the fourth end (I somehow got a double takeout.)
So now in the fourth end, they have hammer and my team just had nothing on this end. I'm looking at something like this for my second shot. (My team is yellow.)
Lead couldn't make the game. (Curling season came up on us a little early.) Here's a tip. Don't schedule a sub who's running the Twin Cities Marathon that morning. Needless to say, we ended up playing with just three people.
On a side note, my team has a game scheduled on 11/27, which is the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Let me know if you want to sub with my team that night.
Back to the game. Our first game was against a team on the competitive team list and there was no handicap. (I assume that the teams all get the same handicap from the end of last year, so I'm guessing we're both B level.) Vice and I got out on the ice about 15 minutes before the game and we could both tell that we were a little rusty. Perhaps not surprisingly, to sum up, my team really had trouble with weight the whole game. Mainly we were throwing light, which was kinda tough on Second who had to sweep a rock all the way most of the night. The opposing team stole a point the first three ends (my team had trouble with takeouts those first three ends). We were able to score two in the fourth end (I somehow got a double takeout.)
So now in the fourth end, they have hammer and my team just had nothing on this end. I'm looking at something like this for my second shot. (My team is yellow.)
As I saw it, I could try to draw on the left side to try to save two points or go for the raise on the right and possibly get a steal. My feeling was that I could miss the draw completely and crash into the guard, not to mention I hadn't figured out my draw weight yet. So I went for the raise but missed the angle on that. The other team was able to draw on the left side and scored 4.
We played two more ends after that and my team did score one point for both ends, but it wasn't enough and I called it after the seventh. In retrospect, we were playing a good team and since my team struggled with our shots, the game could've been a lot worse. But next week, we'll get Lead back and we'll have the whole gang back together.
