Team B (John W) vs Team D (Rob)  29th October 2024

Time for change in luck?

No substitutes today – both teams at normal strength.  For Team Waterlow, Donny Hay was back from his South African hockey trip and sporting a giant dressing on his head – not the result of a hockey injury but instead him coming off worst in an argument with a wall.  Not that it was holding his curling back.

For the third game in a row, for Team Garner it was an evening of pondering over what might have been.  Despite some fine curling, they just didn’t get the breaks.

That said Team Garner got off to a strong start with a confident two.  Team Waterlow were still getting used to the ice which was swinging well and weight-wise some members of the team were through the back and others were falling short.  Despite an unguarded port into the centre, Skip Waterlow’s last shot was light and curled too much. Advantage Team Garner.

But that was it for Team Garner. Try as they might, they couldn’t find a way of getting stones in the house in positions which could be guarded. And they weren’t getting the luck either – on several occasions their own stones bounced in directions which left them disadvantaged.

Meanwhile Team Waterlow was settling into a comfortable rhythm.  Lead Fiona was getting stones to the house (and occasionally through!) while Donny at second was honing his takeout skills, much to Dave Dunsire’s chagrin given that it tended to be his well-placed lead stones that were being removed.  Third Richard was on particularly fine form achieving numerous excellent draws into the house.  Which left skip Waterlow in that position that skips love – no trick shots required, just guard, guard, guard.

There were no spectacular scoring ends, just ones and twos. It was also a slow game, in part due to a slow start, as well as a hiatus mid-game when it was realised that the scorecard wasn’t being kept up to date (a lesson for the seconds!). Only six ends were achieved as we just didn’t beat the bell in that final end.  So the final score was 7-2 in Team Waterlow’s favour who hope this a portent for the season as a whole.  Meanwhile, Team Garner is looking for a rabbit’s foot and better things to come. 

John.