Still trading blows but level pegging so far
Last week was a victory for Team Deemo, but this time it was Team Waterlow’s turn to take the honours. The squads have met four times so far this season and no-one has emerged as the dominant team. Each has won two games and lost two games. With only one more meeting to take place (in early March) which team will prevail?
Team Deemo had their usual line-up; Team Waterlow welcomed supersub Bob into the fold as a replacement for Kay while Steve was on stand-down/otherwise engaged.
For two teams so evenly balanced in skills and experience, at 9-4 to Team W, the final result looks more one-sided than it felt at the time. Team W certainly felt the pressure on every end, even though they triumphed in six out of the seven ends played. Both sides had their unforced (and forced) errors but this time around, Team Deemo were just a fraction less successful than usual with the hammer.
The exception was the third end. Team Deemo were building up their yellow stones in the house but left an unguarded port through which skip Waterlow was able to knock out a yellow and lie. But it too remained unguarded so in a fine piece of tit-for-tat, Deemo’s last stone followed the same path, knocking out the blue for an excellent four stone score.
But that was it. Team Deemo were unable to capitalise on that big end and couldn’t add anything further to their score. More than once, Team W felt they might be in trouble but both teams were struggling with ice that wasn’t giving the stones much swing which resulted errant attempted take-outs.
So on this occasion, the pendulum has swung in Team W’s favour. Where will it go next time?
John.
Holyrood Curling Club 