Olympic Pretrials Action...After Day One

Brad Gushue. I have followed him since Halifax 2003 and have rooted for him countless times. I was in Hamilton at the Brier when he lost the final to Glen Howard and I felt his pain. But here is still is, grinding away...looking to recapture that Torino glory. On the first night of play at the pretrials, Team Gushue was on fire, beating Team Menard convincingly. They will play Team Higgs tonight in an A Event semi final.

It was not so great a night for Team Brad Jacobs, however. It started out like Jacobs was on fire as well as they quickly jumped to an 8 - 3 lead over Greg Balsdon. However, CCA rules state a team must play 8 ends regardless of the score so the Balsdon rink had no alternative but to stick with it. And wouldn't you know it, they must have found an extinguisher and put out the Jacobs flames because they ended up coming back to win in the 10th by a score of 10 - 9. It only goes to show that early big leads are often difficult to defend. It also shows that it's never over till it's over!

In other action, the newly formed John Morris rink won over Greg Rumfeldt 10 - 2. Never a doubt in that one...Morris got up early and never looked back.

In a tight match that came down to the last end, Team Higgs won over Team Kean 6 - 4.

Although I would have loved to see the live action, there was a site I found via the Curling Zone that gave online play by play commentary and even had a diagram showing where the rocks were (updated shot by shot). There was even a place to add your own comments. It was fun for sure. Want to check it out? Go into Curling Zone and look for the game listed under the forum section. OR type in http://www.curlinggeek.com/broadcast/16

The drama continues.........

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