After I asked how it went, his first words were "I'm really sore." I think that's a good thing. It means that they must've been able to fit in a lot of throwing and sweeping. They even played a mini game, which my brother's team won and it was his rock that was the winning point.
A few things to note:
- My brother realized how much nicer the St. Paul Curling Club is compared to arena ice. Apparently, he could tell how uneven the ice was.
- Some of the instructors were overheard discussing how many of the students in the class (of 30+) would come back with curling shoes and a broom. Last year for this class, around a third of the students came back with all the gear. That's very surprising to me. There are a few teams at the SPCC that have matching outfits, but still use sliders and house brooms.
- He didn't really get the free guard zone rule and didn't think it was explained all that well. (But I and/or other opposing skips have forgotten about it from time to time, so maybe not that big of a deal. This even came up during game 11.)
- He said it was fun.
