Sweep my rotating spinning tops, boys!by George Karrys
RAMA, Ontario – Well, Kevin broke his slump and scored on a steal in the fifth end... by a hair, as Bernard just missed an angle runback.
Visibly relieved, but still intense (see Anil Mungal photo at left) The Old Bear managed to get another yeller into steal position in the four-foot rings. He threw a huge spinning top for a guard attempt on his last stone, and thanks to another humungous sweeping effort from Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert, he almost closed a port on the centre line. Almost.
Surprisingly, Bernard ignored the in-turn heavy tap and threw another out-turn angle raise attempt... and was rewarded with a partial success. She managed to bump one of her team's red stones onto the Martin counter and just did sneak it out of the back of the four-foot for a carry-over.
Our score is still tied at $3,500 apiece, with a nifty $7,500 at stake in end number seven. And that is enough to win the game... so this frame should be a doozy.
The eighth end, BTW, will be worth another $6,500.