Thursday Aug 27th was the last day of the Round Robin portion of the curling competition, with our game versus China. China was in desperate need of a win to ensure a place in the playoffs.
In typical fashion, China and Australia had a well played game with lots of aggressive strategy and rocks in play. The entire game was back and forth.
China won the game with a draw to the four foot on last rock.
With USA losing their game and China winning – this put these two teams in a tie for 4th place. They needed to play the next morning in a tie-breaker to see who would play Japan in one of the semi-finals. China beat the USA in the tie-breaker and made the semi’s.
With our loss, this put us tied for 2nd place with Korea at the conclusion of the Round Robin.
So, the two semi-finals for tomorrow (Friday) were lined up as:
Semi Final 1: Australia vs Korea
Semi Final 2: China vs Japan
Cheers
<Ian Palangio>