Mark Pioli  03/07/2003 09:15:20 AM

Oh baby what a night !

Apparently the trade deadline was March 6th 5:00p.m. and I was dealt at 
4:59 pm. As I stepped onto sheet 8 a proud member of the CTFS team I was 
told that the opposition only had 2 players and without a blink of an eye 
Bruce(Sam Pollock)Clark made a deal that sent me and roll of tape to the 
other team in return for nothing. To get back at the team I decided to let 
Mike Milinkovic out curl me so that CTFS would end up in  A flight.
Halfway through the first end the other 2 members of the opposition showed 
up and I was reclaimed on waivers by CTFS after going through this 
emotional roller coaster it was no surprise that my curling rating for the 
night was somewhere between 10%-20%.  

The game went back and forth, it was tied after the 5th end. Without 
having to say anything we could see it in Mauro's face  his body language 
was saying "We have to give up some points to ensure we don't end up in A 
flight".  Sensing this from our skipper sent tingles down our spine and 
not to let him down promptly gave up 3 points. We came back a bit to make 
it look good final score 7-5 mission accomplished fell back in the standings.

The evening was great pistachios in a dish and cold beer was enjoyed by all.