I have always loved the smell of ice. My Mom always tells the story of figure skating lessons when I was 3 years old. While the rest of the class was working on their grape-vines, I was bent over licking the ice. So, my love affair with the ice began many years ago. Who knew it would lead to curling.
It had been 8 days since they melted the ice at Kettle Moraine Curling Club...it felt like it had been weeks. So, it was nice to get on the ice for Spring League at Poynette last night.
We curled a marathon 17 ends last night. In the 8 week league, there are 7 teams on 2 sheets of ice for 2 shifts. Each week, one team has a double-header. We got to get ours out of the way the first night. It was nice, because it gave us a chance to play on both sheets of ice (the ice is a bit different from our home ice). It also gave us more ice time with our 'new' team. I have played a handful of games with our skip, as a lead in mixed play...but last night was the first night the other two on our rink have ever met the skip. We had a lot of ends to work on figuring things out.
Our first game, we played catch up...and scored 5 in the 7th end to tie the game at 9-9. Coming back without the hammer, we were unable to steal to win.
~Then we had a 10 minute break for a quick drink...and a quick visit with our opponents~
Our second game, we played catch up again, and scored 4 in the 7th to bring us to 1 behind. (9-8). We stole 1 in the 8th to take us into an extra end. We weren't able to steal to win in that game either, but it was a great game.
We are excited for next week! We play the early shift, which will give us some time after to snack and socialize...and them I'm off to St. Paul for my training weekend!!!! I can't wait!!!
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