Curling

I am not sure if anyone got struck down with a case of Olympic fever recently, but I personally managed to watch some of the action. Although, I honestly wish I had watched more because I think it is awesome to see what some people are capable of achieving, plus I get incredibly patriotic. In the aftermath of the Olympics, I coincidently was able to try my hand at curling via a Groupon offer with a bunch of friends, who like me were all newbies. After a quick 101 from an instructor at the Richmond Curling Club, we were split into two teams and pretty much left to do our own thing. What followed was an entertaining hour and a half as we all tried our hand at being the skip, the sweeper and the curler. My efforts were questionable, but I managed to contribute a point to the winning team's final score. It was a really fun afternoon spent in great company even if I did come away with a bit of a bruised knee probably due to my ill-formed technique. Two hours over in the blink of an eye and with them a winter sport tried whilst snow fell outside, one I definitely will do again.