Well last nights game was very interesting. We were out played, out shot and should have been cleaned up, but still pulled off the big “Win”!
The Rudd rink really knows what curling is about, they were using strategy that only the guys in the professional use. For example there lead would always throw the first rock short or long. In the fifth end the score was 3 to 2 for them and they had final stone. There was no rocks in the house and one rock waaaay out front. They chose to throw the rock threw the house to hold on to the hammer.
Anyhow after they did that the next end we scored four points which almost made them quit, instead of playing the final seventh end. Our original plan during this end was to keep the house clean. We missed a few takeouts and our plan was shot. With my final rock they were sitting three. (enough to tie). I was lucky enough to put my rock close to one of their inner rocks that they had to hit mine on the inside to roll in for the win. Thirty seconds later, when they threw there rock, they did not move mine enough and only scored two point, not enough. The moral of the story is.. We have extreme difficulty keeping the house clean with takouts… Oh well.
There were two extremely notable plays this game both from Nora. She seemed to be right on the strategy as a couple of times I was thinking totally different shots, she pointed out excellent ideas for our rocks which were executed to get us points or keep them to a single point! Excellent job I don’t always see everything!