tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237334178441267989.post3524613444572007984..comments2023-03-19T09:19:07.695-04:00Comments on American Curler: The Most Beautiful Words I've Heard In A Long Timeredargylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14259984251230446715noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237334178441267989.post-44706180431778180552011-08-30T12:27:10.971-04:002011-08-30T12:27:10.971-04:00Yay curling!!!
I know it's getting close...I ...Yay curling!!!<br /><br />I know it's getting close...I was having curling dreams earlier this week. For some reason, I was curling with a pair of rocks cut in half horizontally. I was drawing really nicely with them, but the rocks just didn't have enough weight to make any take outs!<br /><br />It's a month for me until curling kicks off: our club has practice ice scheduled for the weekend of October 1st, and I'm planning on being out there for that, tweaking my delivery. I'm going to see if I can try throwing using a broom instead of the crutch I've been using the last couple of years. If not, my next task is to see which of the 2 crutches I have I'll use this year.<br /><br />And...I'm planning on curling 4 times a week - lets see how long that lasts for. Tuesday is the Men's rec league: 3 draws of 7 games each, a new team each draw - get to meet a ton of new people, and can try out new things (maybe by the third draw I'll feel comfortable enough to give vicing a shot, moving up from my usual second position.) Wed/Thurs is men's competitive - we're going to start in A division...I doubt that'll be where we stay, but we'll see how things work out with that. Fridays/Sundays is mixed - I expect we'll start in D division. We ended up winning F division last year (including me going 3/3 as a skip!), so going up 2 divisions sounds about right. And new for this year, I'm going to try playing in the Sunday Sinners league: it's a drop in league, where you'll have a new team every week.<br /><br />One thing I have to do over the next month is to get *my* blog going...I want to get it up and going for the start of the curling season to document my year. It's not going to be *just* curling (I'll have healthy doses of hockey (Go Oilers!), computers, personal stuff, and tons of pictures of my pug), but curling will be the main reason I want to get it going....finally.<br /><br />Good curling this year, Tony, and can't wait 'til March!!!!!NeilPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360957967640357929noreply@blogger.com