Well we headed up to Peace Country Alberta last week to take on the World’s best curler’s in this season’s 3rd of 4 Grand Slams. We expected some harsh -40 degree weather that we have so often seen in the middle of curling season in rural Alberta but to our pleasant surprise we were greeted with above zero temperatures for most of the week!

The hospitality in these smaller towns is always second to none and Dawson Creek did not disappoint. I have always said that I would much rather curl in a small town in the middle of nowhere compared to an event in the hustle and bustle of a major city. It just seems like these small towns welcome the curlers with open arms and the place to be for everybody that weekend is in the local curling arena.

On the ice we started to find some of that winning form that has eluded us at times this season. We put in a solid 3 day training camp in Edmonton before this event and our hard work paid off. After a couple of of squeekers in the round robin portion, we found ourselves at 5 and 0. This brought us up against a tough Edin squad from Sweden. Our pitching staff was well-tuned up for this game as we were able to only give up 1 point and win by a count of 4 to 1. Another defensive battle in the semi’s versus a revamped Gushue team saw us coming out on top by a score of 4 to 3. The final pitted us against long-time rivals Glen Howard and co. from Ontario. A tough pick in the first end from our skipper as he was freezing against 2 Howard stones cost us a early 3 that we could not recover from and ended up losing 6-4.

We are back in action next week already as we will be preparing for our Provincials in Camrose, AB. Should be a battle!

Johnny Mo