Game 4 Recap

A good win last night for my team.  The final score was 10-4 and that brings the record up to 2-2.  Also, this team was A-level and we got 2 points.  However, their third was out and they don't even think they're A level when the team's intact.  The highlight of the game was a triple takeout by me.  Of course, getting the triple was all luck and the setup for the double was pretty easy.

It was just a matter of hitting the first rock with enough weight to move all three and I wasn't even sure that I'd get the angle to get the triple.  It wasn't that long ago that I wrote here that I wasn't sure if I'd ever have a triple. 

The opposing skip last night is one of those really loud shouters.  (I'm the opposite where sometimes my teammates don't hear me.)  And he's really visibly negative when a throw is off line or weight.  It's just really jarring to be standing behind the guy and to feel how loud he's shouting.  Kind of on this note, when I was in a different league, I nicknamed an opposing skip "Porn Star" because of his habit of shouting "HARD" as loud as possible. 

Anyway, it was a good win for the team.  I'm a little worried that they'll adjust us up to B level next week, but if that's the consequences for being 2-2, that's fine with me.

Game 1 Recap

My team had its first game of the new season last night and I am happy to report that we won 10-4 after 7 ends.  And we also had a triple takeout by Second (this'll be his nickname here) who was actually playing third.  That was pretty cool.  Here's a picture of the shot. (Does anyone know of a good way to display curling shots?  I did this with Word and Snagit.) 

As Lead (another obvious nickname) put it, "The other two rocks were taken out by the breeze of the first."  Actually the rock on the bottom right was still in play after the triple takeout; it had only moved an inch or so back, but it was not longer biting.  Still, that was pretty cool and I don't even know if I'll ever have a triple so kudos to Second.  And kudos to the opposing team who had 3 double takeouts during the game. 

Good way to start the season.