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Match 2. Japan.

This time the advantage has escaped us by half a metre. But after the deuce we came back with the same coin and then we dominated the game. The Japanese couldn't punish our mistakes and we were quite good at punishing them. It was all topped off with a three in the ninth end. The result 9 : 4 is a nice result and reflects the balance of power on the ice. We read the stones well at last night's training session and made use of the details from the tactical meeting. There is a report on the CAUS website that we lost yesterday's game to GB. We've already had the mistake corrected and hope to eventually make headlines like the hockey players or freestyle skiers (10th place). We have Canada tonight, but now we're going to take a breather, have lunch and a team meeting with some joint programming.