Oh, the morning games.
If there's one thing we really don't enjoy, it's getting up early. Alarm clock for 6.10, but still constant late-night snooping around the clock to see if I've fallen asleep. With eight teams playing in the morning, it's pretty crowded for breakfast, plus the local dry scrambled eggs and bacon and sausages are fine for the first week, and then a change of repertoire would be nice. Transportation works great - 24 small five-seater trucks are always available. This morning's opponent is the Feltscher team from Switzerland. The two-time world champions are a stalwart of European curling. We've been doing well against them lately, but the World Championships are something else. We are without an advantage, but in the first game the Swiss are only one behind, which comes back in our serve in the third end. We make a great play in the fifth end and with patient play off the middle of the lane, we win it in three to go up by two. However, Feltcher breaks us down in the eighth end and returns a three to make it 5 - 6 for our opponent. After a difficult, but accurately played tap back in the ninth, we win for the second time in this match for three and go up by two before the last end. The stones on the draw are a little shorter in our game and give the Swiss a chance to go behind, but they are not completely accurate. We have to switch tactics after the time out and try to keep our two or three stones in the circle better instead of clearing. Feltcher with his last stone plays a big shot into four of our stones, but the result is our one in the circles. So we have our fifth win and hold the duckies (more wins than losses). The short break before the second match (Germany - Jentsch) is filled with bagels from Subway and the necessary stretching and rest.
rnphoto - Anna is watching.