The Challenge is in Competing
Good morning sports fans and welcome to the week of Jan. 10th. Our Team, having lost another squeaker (1 up coming home without) in the Regionals which shut the door on that path to the Provincial STOH are entering the Challenge Round Competition which will be held at the Bayview Country Club starting on Friday, January 14. The Team will be playing to win the last spot into the Provincials which is the prize for winning the Challenge Round. Look for the Draw at the OCA website www.ontcurl.com or come back here for info. I will post the Team's game times right here.
Congratulations are in order to the West Regional winners, Kim Moore and Jo Ann Rizzo. The East will be represented by former teammate Janet McGhee (nee McGhee) and our team's easy-to-like 5th player from last years STOH, Jenn Hanna of Ottawa.
There should be quite a lineup of talent at the newly renovated Bayview Club which is on Steeles Ave. just East of Bayview in Thornhill. If you have a chance, come on down and cheer on your favourite team.
It was wonderful to see old friends such as Iris Empey, Diane Stone and Lynn Reynolds, coach of the Karen Bell team, at Norwich. Jennifer Harmark was there to supply bio dish on just about anyone in sight and Knud Harmark provided insightful analysis of the play on all 4 sheets simultaneously. Those two are very sharp observers of people and the game we love. It is no surprise to me that neither Kirsten nor her sister Andra have any trouble making change. We had a great time in Norwich, looking forward to seeing you at Bayview.
In closing, it should be noted that Team Middaugh's very first successful STOH run took this very same path. The 'Roaring Game' is indeed a game of inches however and anything can and usually does happen. The "Game" is a wonderful metaphor for life with it's ups and downs, heartaches and happiness all being experienced by players and fans alike at breakneck speed with split second results often overwhelming your senses. There is indeed great challenge in the competition and in curling more then in most sports, winning first place may always be the goal, but it is not always all there is to the game.
Everybody say Amen and all thanks for that to the God of Granite, wherever she may be.
Congratulations are in order to the West Regional winners, Kim Moore and Jo Ann Rizzo. The East will be represented by former teammate Janet McGhee (nee McGhee) and our team's easy-to-like 5th player from last years STOH, Jenn Hanna of Ottawa.
There should be quite a lineup of talent at the newly renovated Bayview Club which is on Steeles Ave. just East of Bayview in Thornhill. If you have a chance, come on down and cheer on your favourite team.
It was wonderful to see old friends such as Iris Empey, Diane Stone and Lynn Reynolds, coach of the Karen Bell team, at Norwich. Jennifer Harmark was there to supply bio dish on just about anyone in sight and Knud Harmark provided insightful analysis of the play on all 4 sheets simultaneously. Those two are very sharp observers of people and the game we love. It is no surprise to me that neither Kirsten nor her sister Andra have any trouble making change. We had a great time in Norwich, looking forward to seeing you at Bayview.
In closing, it should be noted that Team Middaugh's very first successful STOH run took this very same path. The 'Roaring Game' is indeed a game of inches however and anything can and usually does happen. The "Game" is a wonderful metaphor for life with it's ups and downs, heartaches and happiness all being experienced by players and fans alike at breakneck speed with split second results often overwhelming your senses. There is indeed great challenge in the competition and in curling more then in most sports, winning first place may always be the goal, but it is not always all there is to the game.
Everybody say Amen and all thanks for that to the God of Granite, wherever she may be.
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