USA 7 - Italy 3

Team USA is once again on the winning side of the game with today's win over Italy. The old ladies came out strong, scoring 2 in the first end. After Italy scored 1 in the second end USA took 1 in the third, stole 1 in the fourth followed by stealing 3 in the fifth end. They maintained control the entire game, great job ladies!

A good way to start their day, now they need to carry this momentum into tonight's game versus Switzerland (Midnight PST).

Good Curling!

Team Japan wins 8 - 3

Alright ladies - time to get back into this! Today they play Italy and Switzerland. According to Cathie's last email they play at 9am and 6pm NZ time again today (2pm and Midnight PST). Italy is 0 - 5 and Switzerland is 3 - 2. If we can play well today I believe that they can get back into position for the top four.

Either way - have fun and Good Curling!

Update from Cathie - Canada 7 - USA 5

Cathie sent an update this evening:

The game against Scotland was just a dog. We couldn't get anything going. We had trouble with our weight. We were all very flat. Anyway, that is curling for you!

We played Canada (the reigning Champions) this a.m. and really only had one bad end (the second where we gave up 4). At half it was 6-2. Then we stole 2 ends, they got one, then we got 2. The final score was 7-5. We felt good about the game.

We play Japan tonight. They are 1-3. There are a bunch of us at 2-2. With a win against them tonight that will bring us to the front of the pack. Actually, I think Sweden is 3-1 now, but they still have Canada to play. We have Switzerland, Japan and Italy. Italy has no wins.

We basically want to be in the final four and go from there.

Sounds like a great plan ladies! Good luck tonight against Japan (Midnight tonight PST).

Scotland 9 - USA 2

Tough loss tonight for the ladies. They gave up 7 points in the first three ends and just couldn't get back into it.

Well, at least that was their only game today - now they can enjoy a nice bottle of wine, have a relaxing evening and be ready for action again tomorrow! I do not know what time they play next, but it will be a big game against undefeated Team Canada. I will post the schedule as soon as I know what it is.

NZ website hasn't been updated...

I am fairly certain the game is over. It has been almost three hours since the game started but the website has only been updated thru the 4th end and it is not pretty for Team USA. Team Scotland took 3 in the 1st end, stole 1 in the 2nd end and stole another 3 in the 3rd end. Team USA took 1 in the 4th end to make the score 7 - 1. Nothing has been updated since then, and believe me I have been wearing out my f5 button hitting refresh!

Wait, let me try again... Nope nothing new.

As soon as it is updated I will post the results here.

USA 2 - 0

With a 7 - 4 win over Sweden last night Team USA has a 2 - 0 record going into the second day of play. The ladies took control from the beginning with a steal of 3 in the first end followed by another steal of 1 in the second end and remained in control the rest of the game. They were up 3 with the hammer heading into the 8th end and it looks like they ran Sweden out of rocks, since no score is posted for the 8th.

Great momentum for the old broads heading into today's game! They play against Scotland at 1:30 pm NZ time (6:30pm PST). Scotland is currently 0 - 2, losing to Japan 8 - 6 in the first draw and losing to Switzerland 7 - 1 in the second draw. This is their only game today, I hope they had a good nights rest and are not too tired out after two games yesterday!

Keep it up ladies - you are doing GREAT!

In the News...

Joan Fish and Aija Edwards were featured in an article today in the Kitsap Sun newspaper.

http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/apr/26/hansville-curlers-in-the-house/