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The fight for the quarterfinals.

First, I was taken aback by Nancy Smith (formerly Murdoch) asking if I would tolerate her monitoring her team's communications on their radios. Admittedly, this is against the rules, but also since she had already discussed this with our national coach before me I let it go. But it still bothered me a little. We were pushing from the beginning, but we couldn't "finish the job" so to speak. In the first one we had a three, but in the end the opponent made it one, and in the second one we also failed to capitalize on a good play. We got into full swing around the middle of the game and at the same time Skotek's skip stopped doing well. After five ends we were up by two and after six also. In the seventh end we forced Hannah to play a hard draw against a deuce with very accurate play, which ended up being shorter than it should have been. The Scots still tried the eighth end, but after a precise defensive play by the Czechs, they put down their weapons and shook hands. Next on the lane, the Wetzikon juniors sensationally beat Italy's Gaspari, and that made us the winners of Group D. Tomorrow we play the quarterfinals against the Russian team Danshina. 8.30 a.m.