On the weekend of February 10th, the GMCC had two teams at the Francis Dykes Memorial Bonspiel in Rochester, NY. Congrats
to both teams for making it to the semi-finals!
GMCC Team #1, pictured at right (click for larger picture)
consisted of (L to R): Scot Rose (2nd), Thom Smith (Vice), Paul Nelson (Skip) and Mike Muzzy (Lead). GMCC Team #2 was
Mitch DeHond (Lead), Rich Dauphin (2nd), Rob Allen (Vice) and Mike Sitko (Skip).
Scot Rose sent along this report below on the weekend's activity.
Hello fellow curlers,
I just wanted to let everyone know that Green Mountain was well represented at the Francis Dykes Memorial Bonspiel in
Rochester, NY. Both teams made it to semifinal games on Sunday. We had a great time, and more curling in then we
could shake a broom at. We made some friends, drank too much, and slept too little. We also learned a
little luck can go a long way.
I know my team learned quite a bit in our long weekend. We are all better players now. One thing this tournament
hammered home was the spirit of curling. Teams we beat were rooting for us throughout the tournament, and we found
ourselves rooting for teams that beat us. Our most fun game was a semi-final game we lost, but both teams played
well, and compliments were handed out on all of the great shots.
The schedule was crazy with 48 teams. Games started at 7 AM, and the last game started at 11 PM. We
were garunteed three games, and most teams were eliminated after two losses.
For those of you who want to see how we did:
- Thurs, 9 AM: Green Mountain 2 (Mitch, Rich, Rob, Mike S) beat Rochester 4 (Rochester had 7 teams)
- Thurs, 5 PM: Green Mountain 1 (Mike M, Scot, Thom, Paul) beat Rochester 5 (great group of guys, the Skip ended up watching all ofour games)
- Thurs, 7 PM: GM 2 loses to Nashua 1
- Fri, 7 AM: GM 2 beats Schenectady 3
- Fri, 1 PM: GM 1 beats Schenectady 5 (Paul won the game on the last shot to take 4 points when we were down by 3 in the 8th end)
- Fri, 7 PM: GM 2 loses to Ardsley 3
- Fri, 11 PM: GM 1 loses to Potomic 4 (quarterfinal event A)
- Sat, 9 PM: GM 2 beats Rochester 6
- Sat, 11 PM: GM 1 beats Rochester 4
- Sun, 7 AM: GM 2 beats Broomfield 2
- Sun, 9 AM: GM 1 loses to Broomfield 3 (semifinal event B)
- Sun, 11 AM: GM 2 loses to Plainfield 1 (semifinal event D)
- Sun, 11 AM: GM 1 loses to Utica 1 (semifinal event C, they made their last shot to win)
Green Mountain 1 was 3-3, and Green Mountain 2 was 4-3. We got an extra loss because we made it to the semifinals. Green Mountain was 4-0 against the home teams, so we had some good natured resentment from the event coordinator. The tournament was much more fun with two teams, which meant we had another team to cheer on when we weren't playing. Unfortunately, Rich and gang will not be able to play in this one next year, so we need to get another team together of 5 and under curlers.
We had a lot of fun this past week. My body is mostly healed from the sweeping and lack of sleep. We will defintitely be doing more of these in the future. Hope some of you can join us.
- Scot Rose
