They too serve

It used to be said that behind every succesful man was a hard working woman. These days, it is more likely to be true that there have been several hard working women.

We can easily paraphrase this saying and apply it to curling teams. Today's competitive teams have an army of "behinds": fans, spouses, friends, moms, dads, babysitters, sponsors, sports phsycologists, massage therapists, and more than one good bartender. None are more important though then the often undersung hero of many a game, The Coach.

Team Middaugh is blessed with one of the finest coaches and, not coincidentally, finest people in curling, Pat Reid. Our friend Robert from Delaware passed along the above candid shot of Pat holding up her end during the recent London Big Adventure. We are happy to pay homage to Pat for all of her hard work and friendship.