Day 4 Draw 8 - "Drawing" to a close

Draw 7 gave us surprises we were not expecting. Manitoba did not get back on track and Ontario did not stop the surging curlers from La Belle Province although both games were very closely contested. Newfoundland's fine play finally rewarded them with their first win and Alberta DID bring its "A" game even if they took their time showing it.

Skip - Northern Ontario

This afternoon Ontario looks to get back in the hunt, Manitoba and British Columbia try to stop the bleeding, Newfoundland attempts to repeat this morning's success and Quebec sets its eyes on joining Alberta at the top.

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Ontario	2	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	-	9
*Host	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	1

End Notes:

End 1 - Facing 4 ON counters, Prud'homme drew to back 8 to only give up a pair
End 2 - Prud'homme made an angle raise for a single. A bit harder and Host would have taken 4
End 3 - An open draw by Ideson gave ON the single
End 4 - Two good draws by Ideson allowed ON to steal a single
End 5 - Ideson papered a guard to lie one and although Prud'homme followed with an identical shot he was a bit lighter and gave the single steal
End 6 - Ideson drew 2 into top 8 and left Prud'homme a narrow port but he was light and came up short
End 7 -The rock that ON managed to get behind a pack of guards stayed for a stolen single and the teams shook

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
*Alberta	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	-	6
Manitoba	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	-	4

End Notes:

End 1 - Yizek missed a raise take out and gave up a single
End 2 - An AB stone back 12 and guarded stayed for one
End 3 - AB put a rock on the button under cover
End 4 - Thiessen attempted a hit and stick for 3 but rolled out only taking 2
End 5 - A good draw for one
End 6 - An exchange of hits on rocks in the house left hammer with a single
End 7 - AB got a rock hidden behind guards and took their single but gave up the hammer
End 8 - With two rocks sitting on the button Manitoba tried an angle take out but just missed leaving the two for the win

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Nova Scotia	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	-	5
*British Columbia	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	2

End Notes:

End 1 - Facing 2 NS counters, Austgarden drew to the 4 foot to take his single
End 2 - With BC lying 3, Brown drew for his single
End 3 - NS took the point after a measure
End 4 - A nice draw gave BC the point to tie the game at the break
End 5 - One on the 4 foot and guarded gave NS a single
End 6 - Austgarden lost the stick on his delivery and although he took one NS rock out he left NS stolen single
End 7 - NS put a rock on the centre line behind three guards to steal one
End 8 - NS ran BC out of rocks and they shook

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
*Quebec	2	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	-	8
Northern Ontario	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	-	6

End Notes:

End 1 - Quebec got one under cover and drew in for the second
End 2 - NO was lying 2 and Levesque drew for the third
End 3 - 3 QC rocks around the house were left after an exchange of hits
End 4 - An attempt at a take out by Levesque left AB with a steal of one
End 5 - A hit and stick gave NO the deuce
End 6 - A hit and stick on a rock on the 4 foot gave NO the single
End 7 - QC angled a rock in behind several guards and took their point
End 8 - An attempt at a double take out at the back of 12 only took one out and he spun out to give a steal of one

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Newfoundland	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	3
*Saskatchewan	1	3	0	1	3	1	0	0	-	9

End Notes:

End 1 - A nice draw for one
End 2 - Three SK rocks stayed around on a missed draw by NFLD to add to their lead
End 3 - An open draw added a point to the 2 rocks that were already there and NFLD closed the gap
End 4 - A hit and stick by Bender on a rock on the button gave SK the single
End 5 - SK lined up 3 on the centre line with one on the button
End 6 - Another single steal and the teams shook hands

The WC Blog 2 crew - Chris & Trevor