Bond Girls 3: License to Curl Renewed

So it's that time again. Team Bond Girls are gearing up for some Club National action starting first with the Playdowns January 15-17 in Seattle, WA at our favorite Granite Curling Club. We anticipate playing against 4 other women teams that we must defeat in order to qualify for the Club Nationals which will be held in Mankato, MN from March 5th to March 12th. Let's recap.

2009 - our first year as a team, we qualified automatically to compete in the Club Nationals which were held in Utica, NY. (This is where we were adopted by Liz and Joe. We miss you guys!) After 9 grueling games, we placed 7th...not bad for our first major competition.

2010 - Team Bond Girls beat Team Arizona to become the MoPAC Regional Champs and move on to Madison, WI where we placed 8th under heavier competition. Not to mention a lot of snow driving by the short, Hawaiian, thin-blooded Filipino girl.

This year there might be a little pressure on our team to perform well and to renew the title we've held 2 years in a row. I think, there's just more excitement to be curling on dedicated ice again and to have a higher level of competition. Plus, we get to visit our friends at the Granite Club, and maybe we'll see a little snow.

Over the course of this year, especially during the Wisconsin Club National experience, Team Bond Girls have grown leaps and bounds. We also had a special treat when a group of charming Scottish men, clad in those familiar kilts, came down to LA to participate in Hollywood Curling's Summer Blockbuster Bonspiel. We were lucky to engage in some friendly curling, a touch of scotch, and bonding together with both Scottish teams. We kicked butt and as well as had our butts kicked. In true Hollywood curling fashion, it was a lot of fun. 2010 ended sweetly, as Team Bond Girls were able to play in both championship games during the last league of the season coming away with 2 medals (1st place-League, 2nd place-Club).

"Bond Girls 3: License to Curl Renewed" has had a great beginning, and if I were to keep the story going, this is how it would go.

Team Bond Girls arrive in Seattle ready for action. They are faced with 4 adversaries all with special skills and abilities. Team Bond Girls must fight each one using all the skills and experience honed by their previous curling masters. Coach Joel, observes and tracks their progress from afar using advanced video technology. Mysterious "M" also watches on the sidelines. Team Bond Girl Fans don their T-shirts and powerfully pink kilts. Team 1 goes down with a little resistance. Team 2 uses a slightly different strategy, and makes Team Bond Girls nervous. Team Bond Girls channel their inner Bond and pulls out a strategy that overcomes Team 2's advances. Team 3 pulls various trick shots trying to throw Team Bond Girls off their game, but in the end, no trick is tricky enough to fool them. Team 4, the hardest and most challenging team, brings on their best players and curling. Team Bond Girls must follow each move with a better move of their own in order to win. They are neck and neck, and it comes down to the last 2 rocks. The 2nd to the last rock didn't go far enough....oh no! Now, it's up to the last and final rock to draw behind multiple guards, past the opponents shot rock in the house and settle nicely into scoring position. The skip is very nervous, but she takes a deep breath. She slides. She lets go of the rock. The sweepers sweep...HARD! The rock glides over the hog line. Will it squeeze through the port between all the guards? Will the sweepers sweep hard enough to drag the rock to scoring position? Will the skip yell loud enough? Will Team Bond Girls win Regionals and qualify for Club Nationals? Will the Filipino drive in the snow?

Sorry, guys, I have to make things dramatic...

Tune in next weekend, January 15th-17th.

Same Team Bond Girl Place, Same Team Bond Girl Channel.

Check back for more updates.

--Domino