We lost to the Swiss, the Germans to the French.
At almost the same moment, skips Pescia and Dufour were throwing the last stone in their respective lanes for the win. The Frenchman had it disproportionately harder, with four feet and an opposing guard on the center line. The Swiss had more than eight feet and no guard. They both made it. For a while, Milos Hoferka, Sun and I were still hoping that the Swiss would panic and play hit and stay, which is what he was originally showing - I guess he was afraid!? Even the fact that he took a time out in a situation where the only stone in the circles was behind the tee line, far from the centre, gave us hope for an extra end. So the balance is 2 wins and 5 losses. In the morning we were beaten by a stone by the Danes and again we were without an advantage in the last end. I missed the match again due to a meeting lasting several hours, where one of the main points was the change of the WCF statutes. We'll see what is voted on tomorrow, but the idea that Canada, USA and Scotland should not be guaranteed a seat on the executive committee is starting to grow, which would affect a number of other things. The Canada-Germany showdown is about to start, what interesting things is Kevin going to come up with again?
rnphoto - China versus Norway