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Stolen deuces. Three in the first end.

photo - watch Terka catching the confetti and the ceremony

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The first phrase listed with the photo captions refers to the women's game against Germany. In the sixth and seventh ends, they managed to play a deuce each time without advantage, and that sent Daniela Driendl to her knees. Three ends before regulation time, at 2 : 8, the Germans shook hands and that was it. The first win is pleasing, but it means nothing yet. It was spicy watching the players watching the ceiling of the hall during the match. The paper confetti that had been left behind from the previous event sometimes came down from the ceiling, and the air conditioning was running and deposited it on the ice again and again. Brad, Merv and the players caught them during pre-game practice, and then throughout the course of the game the teams helped each other keep the rink clean. All in the spirit of the Spirit of Curling. We had the Lithuanians. We didn't know them very well. All I know is that they play a regular B group and they're pretty good at it. We played cautiously, but in the first end, an opportunity came up and we took it. A three in the first set the tone for the game. We were controlling the tempo and the Lithuanians were coming back. We went into the last four up, and not a single clearing error jeopardized the result. We're happy too. The first win is good. Both teams play at 8:00 in the morning. The women play Finland, we play Wales.