After another early start we headed from the hotel towards Hawkesbury where we were going to curl at the Hawkesbury Golf and Curling Club. En route we stopped at the hotel we were due to check into and gave a massive welcome to Derek and Brenda Wilkie who we were glad could join us for the rest of the tour.
On to the ice rink where we were greeted by the staff and curlers, with copious amounts of coffee and more Tim Bits!!!
In true Dusty style he has managed to lose something again this year – this time it would appear to be his curling shoes and today saw him curling in a pair of dress shoes with a slider – he is now know as Flipper!!! However, this must had brought him luck as on the way to the ice rink we also learned that Michel Paquette who was beaten by Hammy at Stranraer was bringing his rink in the hope for revenge – he was sadly mistaken when Dusty actually won a game and “stuffed” him!
At the end of the second session John McDermott was down in shots and he was forced to strike through a port to take away the shot stone – he did this in style resulting in him gaining a 3 in the last end to win 7-5.
The first session was a very closely fought session, apart from Arthur Devine who won 12-4, convincingly. Alex Dickson started with a good lead however the opposition pulled back with Alex eventually running out a 6-5 winner with Muriel’s (the lead) first stone of the last end remaining as almost the winning shot until the very end when it was overcome.
Ian Kerr also had a close game ending 8-7 to Scotland, by taking out the opposition’s stone to take a 2 in the winning last end. He was later treated to a guided run around the golf course (in a buggy!!!) by Armand who also offered a choice of cigars – 15, 20, 25, or 30 minutes long…
A new tradition has been started on this tour where we have a “winners club”. You can only join this club once you have actually won a game and your prize is a finger nail painted with varnish in the form of a Saltire. Who would have thought that so many “butch” men would volunteer for nail painting!!!
Ann McCormack is also keeping up tradition. At the start of the week she took a tumble when getting off the bus, and today she took a tumble on the ice, developing a reputation which can only be helped by numbing the pain with white wine!
The star of the day has to be Ian Dyers opposition where the skip surprised everyone. It was noticed that he had a severe disability and he was by far and away the best player we have seen on tour so far. Ian lost his game 9 shots to 5!!!
At the end of the day we brought the scores back to a very respectable
SCOTLAND 45 - CANADA 47
There is bound to be some we have forgotten and will no doubt remember later...
In the evening we headed off to a Sugar Bush Camp where we ate lots of food doused with Maple Syrup and had a complete sugar hit. We also got ripped off - again. Did certain people here see us coming???? Young Chris certainly didn't see the wolf coming....but that's another story!!!
