Team Mitchell Threepeats!

The Robb Road Express. Always a bridesmaid, never the bride. The team of Ben Lemieux, Robin St Jules, Dan Horton and Lloyd Wilton had an excellent year and a great play off run but they were stopped short of the finish by the ever-consistent Mitchell crew...Dave Mitchell, Gator Fortin, Richard Olmstead and Scott Smith. That's three in a row for Team Mitchell. Great job guys and congratulations on another successful season. They'll be back next season and I'm sure there will be a lineup of squads looking to unseat them. In the meantime, that's two finals in a row that the Robb Road Express has lost (and to the same team!) But they really didn't lose, they had an excellent season and even scored an eight-ender. This crew has been together a long time and they enjoy their Thursday night Mens Curling. They have already won, as has everyone else that participates in this league. The BRCC Thursday Mens is a big league and is usually spread over three nights of the week. Always lots of good games and certainly lots of good laughs. Well, I do lament the end of the season for this league, but the Men's Closing is just 1 day away and we'll all be back together again for one last hootenanny before everyone gets lost at the golf course and at camp.

The Tuesday Ladies finished off last night with their last night of play. This league enjoyed a successful season as well. I have not yet heard officially who the top team is so i will wait for the official word before I post that result.

Meanwhile, the Canadian Seniors is still going on in Summerside, PEI. Northern Ontario's Team Vicky Barrett sits at 3 - 3 at the mid-week mark. On the Men's side, Team Bruce Munroe is 1 - 5, most likely out of the play offs.

In the Womens Worlds, the Canadian gals took a loss to Sweden to go 4 - 3 but rebounded with a win against Germany and they now sit at 5 - 3. I'm sure three losses is close to the bubble in terms of making the play offs so really, another loss could be to their detriment. They did play a better game against Sweden but man, that Maria Prytz makes alot of shots and she really kept her squad in the game. It sounds like the there is a struggle with the ice and mis-matched rocks. I'm sure there is a difference in the ice conditions but they will have to adapt and overcome if they want to be around for the end of the week. Sweden and Scotland both sit at 7 - 1. They will be hard to get by but if Homan can pick up her game, they can beat these teams all day long. The Canucks will face Switzerland (Team Tirinzoni) today at 12:30 pm ET. Right now, the Swiss sit at 4 - 3 and are in a 3 - 3 tie with Germany (8th end) as I type this. This Team Tirinzoni are no push overs and Team Homan will have to find her confidence and pull it all together and get to 6 - 3. This game could be a real morale booster so they have to pull it out.

And that's it for another day of curling. Congrats once again to Team Dave Mitchell, once again the current BRCC Mens Champs.

Rock On!

The Curling Chronic