Cape Cod Bonspiel Game 1: Curlfriends

So our game against the "Summer Sisters/Curlfriends" went very well. Our opposition's team members were Coco, Jackie, Annie, and Paula from various clubs, and they came together after meeting each other at the Friendship tour. It was a pleasure to curl against them. Here are a few memorable moments from the game:

- Katie threw the first rock of the game, and it ended up exactly where it needed to be. Stone cold throw. Great job, Lead!

- Marissa threw a great run back in the 1st end to score our 1st point.

- Katie and Donna sweeping Jen's stone furiously. Marissa asks, "Where is it?" Donna yells, "I hope it's a 2!" It actually ended up around the 1-2 area. Go Super Sweepers!

- Coco Commentary: "Good news is I have last stone. Bad news is I have last stone."

- Jen did an awesome hit and roll to tuck away our stone behind the guards.

Having a whale of a time!

It was a lot of work trying to keep up with the fast ice. I know I had at least a couple stones that went through the house in the beginning. I find that I have to focus harder to get the weight down, and we have to sweep harder to guide the stones in the house especially at the last few feet. There were straighter parts on the ice, but at certain speeds especially toward the scoreboard, the stones will start hooking a lot at the last minute. It was quite a tricky sheet, but Marissa did a great job reading the ice. Oh, I should mention that it was a comfortable 60 degrees. No extra layers necessary. I love summer curling.

The final score ended up being 9 - 1, Team Bond Girls. It was a nice start to the bonspiel, and hopefully we can keep up the momentum.

Tomorrow, we hope to receive our new jerseys from Foxglide. Hopefully, we'll get them in time to show them off. We'll take lots of pictures.


Our next game is 2:30 PM EDT. We have great motivation to win since loser plays the next draw at 7:30 AM. Wish us luck!

Curl, Baby, Curl!

Signing off,
Domino