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An important day for Czech curling!

This afternoon's match against the Italian men started at 9.00am. I still managed to wish the Czech team good luck in the morning shortly after breakfast and then watched the match from about 9.30. Understandably, a bit nervous match was accompanied by mistakes from both sides, but because they were almost equal to each other the duel ended with an extra end in which the Czech team had better nerves. Mosaner threw the last draw, on which he had four feet, and it was done. The second life of the Italians to keep Group A came into effect and the tie-breaker was started at 14,00. Our team had a slightly better start, but again things evened out and after the Czechs' one in the tenth end it went to extra end again. Unfortunately, I didn't see it live, but on shot by shot, after the last stone of Mosaner, it was one for the Italians. I waited a while to see if it would change, but it didn't. Czech men's curling goes to B after ten years. It looks like a disaster, but frankly the placing between seventh and twelfth is consistent with the quality of Czech curling. The Czechs did their best, they won three round robins, which is not bad at all, but more would be a surprise. It turns out that the system chosen for the determination of the national team does not correspond to the current trends and will have to be reconsidered. Hopefully Brad Askew will do that.

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The women go to their semi-final match against the Latvians from 8.I would like to live stream it for you, as I have in the past, but as my blog is not allowed to be on the Czech Curling Federation website and therefore only a few people close to me follow it, please be content with a phone call or text followed by a text.

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Fingers crossed for Anna, Terka, Klara, Bětka and Ežen.

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Thank you.