While most of the competitive mixed teams out there were playing in regions this weekend, our decided to tank at zones so we could play in the Trenton Mixed Skins Bonspiel. Lynds and Michelle were on board, so we sent the cheque in right away. Tuesday rolls around this week, and Lynds figures out that there is no way she could make it from Kitchener because she had to work late on Friday, so we suddenly had to scramble to find a new player. After a couple stressful days, we finally secured Darrelle Johnson on Thursday night around 10pm. Michelle called around midnight and said she wasn't feeling well and wasn't going to make the trip either... so the scramble began again. Amazingly, we managed to find another player, Kim Brown, who was confirmed on Friday morning.
Despite a ridiculous snowstorm on Friday night, we all managed to get there on time and blow our opponents out of the water. We took all the skins (6 of 6) and sent them home broke. Then we had beers and sat in the hottub.
Despite a ridiculous snowstorm on Saturday, we all managed to make it back to the club for two games on Saturday, where we (again) blew our opponents out of the water, taking 6 of 6 in the first game, and 5 of 6 in the 2nd game, putting us in first place entering the Main Event semi-finals. Then we had beers and sat in the hottub.
Despite the 6-foot high snowbanks, we all managed to make it back to the club for our semi-final on what was actually a beautiful sunny day. We weren't quite as sharp as the previous games, but somehow managed to squeak out the win, taking only 4 of 8 skins (but we got the meaningful one), moving us to the final. The final was almost a carbon-copy of the first, but instead of taking the winning skin in the last end by hitting the 8-foot with a wide open draw, we left that one a few inches short, to force a draw-to-the-button tiebreaker... which we won by only a couple inches. Yay! 5-0, Bonspiel Champs!
So when all was said and done, we made enough money to cover our entry fee, the cost of our rental car and gas, Kim's train ticket from Kingston, and another bit of change for each person to take home (which offset some of the weekends bar bill). Tons of fun however, and now my name is on a trophy in Trenton!
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