Thursday Mens

Looking at this picture erases all doubt as to why I curl. Curling, like this, is a team sport but we just don't seem to require getting so up close and personal. We can function just fine at a distance from each other. And they were functioning just fine last Thursday at the Mens League. As usual, there were lots of good games being played but that is typical for this league.

Ice C (Tuesday): Ryan Hagger vs Francois Lemieux. WIN for Lemieux. The Bionic Boot snags another win over the newly formed Hagger rink. This is Ryan's first year at the helm in this league and looks to be enduring a few growing pains. Par for the course so Ryan wins the "Got Some Aspirin?" Award.

Ice D: John Hammond vs Ben Lemieux. WIN for Lemieux. The Robb Rd Express has been having a decent start to their season. They have racked up a few wins and this is not surprising for this veteran team. They win the "Set 'Em Up And We'll Knock 'Em Down" Award.

Ice A: Rick Berthelot vs David Mitchell. WIN for Mitchell. This Mitchell crew is red hot. They have been winning games like crazy this season. Certainly not the slow start they had last year. They win the "We're Just Gittin' Started" Award.

Ice B: Jeff Mitchell vs Keith Rouselle. WIN for Rouselle. The Molson Exers hand the red hot Jeff Mitchell their first loss, but it was no easy task. This Mitchell crew has had an excellent start to their season and hopefully they can keep it up. This loss this week is most likely a temporary set back and they win the "Keepin' It All In Perspective" Award.

Ice C: Glen Austin vs Craig Roberts. WIN for Austin. The Thursday Newfie Bullet coming off a loss last week is back on the track and steaming ahead. There is only room for 1 train on a set of tracks so they win the "We're lookin' For The Robb Road Express" Award.

Ice D: Chris Zagar vs Rick Rouselle. WIN for Rouselle but just by the hair on their chinny chin chin. The Zagar rink played an excellent game and brought this one down to the last shot in the last end. The Rouselle rink managed to pull off the win and they are shooins for the "Whew, That WAs Close" Award. Great showing by Team Zagar.

Ice A (Late): Chris Astles vs Alain Viel. WIN for Viel. The Viel crew has had a decent start to their season and are gaining momentum. They win the "Gittin' Wound Up" Award.

Ice B: Dan Berthelot vs Michel Rivard. NO INTEL. This one would be hard to call. The Berthelot squad are a tough crew to get by but the Rivard rink has 2 ice guys who know the ice. This one could have gone either way.

Ice C: Brian West vs Brian Tonelli. WIN for Tonelli. The Friendly Giant has broken through and posts a big win. That explains all the confetti on the highway 17 between Blind River and Iron Bridge. The big guy is just returning this year from a year off and now seems to be getting on track. He wins the "Look Up, Look Way Up And I'll Call Rusty" Award. (If you are younger reading this, you probably never got that).

So that's how it played out last Thursday. Always good games get played in this league. Thursday night is such an awesome night at the BRCC. What an excellent way to begin getting into weekend mode.

Rock On!

The Curling Chronic