Sunday, January 16

Rounds 4 & 5 - L's

Team Middaugh has reached a dead end in their journey through the maze that is the various qualification rounds that lead to the Scott Tournament of Hearts.

Our gals put together a pretty good game against a very determined Kathy Brown rink from Sutton in the A final. Made Kathy throw her last rock which she made in perfect fashion. We always say about Kathy that when her game is on she is very hard to beat and today she and her team were not to be denied their trip to the Provincial STOH in Ottawa.

The ladies never got on track in the B final agains Chrissy Cadorin's talented rink from Guelph. Crissy and her squad ran our gals out of rocks in the 10th to put an end to this years Run for The Roses.

Congratulations are in order for Team Kathy Brown and Team Chrissy Cadorin. Good luck in Ottawa.

It was a great run, lots of games, lots of high fives and candies and head shaking and long faces and all of this behind the glass. Our gals were pros throughout, showed respect for their opponents, graciousness in both victory and in not victory. They always made sure to pay proper and honest thanks and gratitude to the many volunteers who made it all possible at the various clubs played.

The Team's fans have been wonderful in showing their support, in person, via email and telephone. Every one of you deserve a special thanks for the warm feelings and good wishes that you conveyed to the Team members.

The Web Guy humbly acknowledges and says thanks for the kind thoughts expressed about the words written here. I have just tried to describe what I saw, if there is beauty or dignity or humour anywhere in these posts it is just a reflection of the character(s) of Sherry, Kirsten, Andrea, Sheri and the best coach and friend in the world, Pat B. Reid. It is my extreme pleasure and an honour to play some small part in the Team Middaugh season.

There will be more to come, likely to be lots of pics from Japan and I will keep the blog up to date with current news and events.

Curling is just a sport, a game to be played between like minded individuals acting in concert as a team. The people you meet in curling, the bonds between team members, club members, the thousands of hard working people volunteering their time and effort to make possible a sport that bonds family and friends in ways that no other sport does, not hockey, not golf, not baseball, nowhere else do you find such gracious, mannerly consort between so many people. Winning is great, not winning is not so great, but to play a part in the sport of curling is a pretty good way to spend a winter.

domo arigato gozaimashita

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