This collection of entries is from February 28, 2006.
It may be Mardi Gras.
It may be Fat Tuesday.
It may be Shrove Tuesday.
It may be Paczki Day. (or is it?)
For me it's the first night of a 5-week "Spring Fling" in-house Curling Tournament at the North Shore Country Club.
If you read this entry about my last time out on a sheet you never would have believed that I was doing this.
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Dreams die. Some die harder.
Well, this is no longer a dream of mine. If I can't deliver a stone in the conventional manner and have to use "The Stick", I will never be in the Olympics. With that in mind, now it's more of a curiosity. Now, I'm seeing if this sport can last with me and not a flash-in-the-pan thing... though I've always been interested in the sport.
Everyone has been divided into 6 teams (A through F), so we were on 3 of the 4 sheets. It turns out the the guy that "introduced me" to the stick at the open house is the Vice Skip on my team. And my cousin - who got me into this to begin with - was on the other team we played. The game will be up to 8 Ends (instead of 10 Ends).
OK, one lesson learned: When you're a second, you have to sweep up to 6 of your 8 stones (because the other 2 you're delivering). That's a lot of sweeping. SUCKS. MUCH more physical than I had thought.
On the plus side, I had purchased some grippers to go over my shoes for traction. Never slipped once - worked like a charm. The Stick? Well, i need some work. My issues: Speed, arm position, aiming, and releasing, in that order I think.
The game takes about 2 and a half hours, the other team concedes in the 8th and we win 9-4.
OK, this is something that I need to do for the 5 weeks and see how this progresses.
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