Ford World Curling Championships
The Ford World Curling Championships hit Victoria this year. For the span of about a week, the world’s greats converged on Victoria to the new Save-On-Foods Memorial Center (I still don’t know what the hell the sculpture is outside the arena).
Anyway, I’ve always been pretty interested when I’ve watched the game on tv on occasion. The stragegy is good and some of the shots were quite amazing. To this date, I still haven’t actually tried it myself. So, what better opportunity to catch some curling? Too late … all the tickets were sold out.
Luckily for me, a buddy of mine had an extra ticket … well, not really. His buddy sprained his ankle and couldn’t walk so I was the beneficiary. The seats were awesome … section 108, row c, seat 1. Translation? Front row seating with no visual obstructions other than the stupid hand railing and safety glass. The shots were great and so was some of the strategy.
There were some Scottish ladies at the other end of the arena that were an absolute riot! They had their chants and dances down pat. I wish I had a picture of them. I think it would have been cool to party with them as well.
