This past weekend we curled in the Brampton Junior Cash Spiel. Our first game Friday afternoon was against Team Grandy, none of us had ever played them before and we knew it was going to be a tough game. We got off to a great start but seemed to falter in the middle of the game, a strong finish left us short by a point. Saturday we had 2 games, first Team Johnson and 2nd Team Brandwood, Erin and Brooke played both these teams last season so we knew if we played well we would have a good chance in both games. At the end of the day with two good wins on Saturday we found ourselves in 2nd place in our pool and advancing to the quarter-finals Sunday morning.
Ironically, Sunday we had to play Team Lindsay, which is the same Team we played in the quarters at this event last season. We were determined to give her a better game this year. Both teams played a great game with some truely amazing shots and shot calling. Down by one playing 8 we needed a steal, we got some gaurds out front, but Team Lindsey beat us into the house with their 1st skip rock, this left us with a very difficult draw to corner freeze their rock and get a piece of the button at the same time. Erin had great draw weight all weekend, Brooke and Robyn judged sweeping perfectly and Christina did a great job calling line to leave us sitting shot. Team Lindsay still had a chance to try get it out but when they didn't it was extra end time. Again we got some good gaurds out front, but our last rock needed to curl another few inches to get shot. We shook and wished Team Lindsay good luck in their next game.
Although, we were disappointed with our 2 loses, they came against two really great teams and gave us confidence that we can play with the best teams on the OJCT circuit, oh and getting more prize money softened the blow a bit too.
Next up is a practice this weekend at York Curling Club and then off to the London Junior Cash Spiel where our compitition is very tough. We will keep everyone posted with the results.
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