Men Round 1

So 3 hours later and our team - Team Malton - sneaked a narrow last ditch win over the mature Team Brown with a well played final end despite not having the benefit of last stone. In the other game tournament favourites Team MacDougall edged a close game against Team Bowyer with a final stone, extra end win. So early days but our campaign is on track so far. Time to cram in some food before we hit the ice for round 2.



In the girls there have been some close games and some very attractive curling but Team Balfour are out in front. The girls are playing constantly all weekend with a, I think, seventeen round round robin (well possibly hyperbole but a lot of games). They finish playing in March (again pure exaggeration) unless one team is left standing. Kind of a fight to the death. Perhaps what curling needs to attract more publicity.



In many games there are old rivalries. I was playing lead against Steve Amman in the Brown team. Steve and I used to play together and there is the typical friendly rivalry between ex-team-mates. Last time round Steve had the better of us and today was another excellent tussle. Such good natured competitive situations are part and parcel of the spirit of curling and today was no exception - played out in good spirit. Good luck toe Steve in remaining games (except when they play us again, of course!).



So onwards.