Last evening was the one of the closest games we have had yet. In the final end we were down by two points and without last rock. The opposing team has one rock sitting on the bottom outside ring. In front of the house is only what could be described as a mess of rocks with no real path threw to the rings, so thing were not looking good for us. With our last rock we has only one hope, skittering threw the rock clutter (with about a rock and a half width to do so) and connecting on the side of one of our guards. The idea of this show was to move our guard into the house and roll the shooter off to the side behind teh rest of the mess staying in the house also.
So, with our last rock we tried this… Down the ice it went, past the first rock, curling, past the second, and side connection with the guard!! The shot turned out exactly as planned! We were sitting two points and they had one rock left. The only choice they had was to draw into the house past that same mess we just skiddered threw to keep us to one point.
There release was perfect, Sean, Alexis and I were praying for a guard hit, and it just missed the first one, curling, it missed the second one my a hair (litterly) coming to rest just inside the house causing us to only get one point… A sad disappointment as we had made such a fantastic shot and they repeated it.
Oh well, we lost by one, but it was a nail biter right to the end! A really fun night were everyone played awesome!
During the game Sean decided to be our half time entertainment again! Apparently not everyone with curling shoes know the ice is slippery and would rather do a “Slide, Drop and Butt Massage”. Of course with Nora massaging his butt on the rink, I think I broke my gut laughing.
Excellent Game.