Roar Of The Rings

If there was any doubt in your mind about how Val Sweeting would meet the competition at the Roar Of The Rings, there shouldn't be now.

Her nine end, 10-3 win over reigning Canadian national champion Rachel Homan in the opening draw of the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials is surprising. Not surprising that she was able to win (although considered to be at least a mild upset). But that she and teammates Dana Ferguson, Joanne Courtney and Rachelle Pidherny won so easily is shocking.

Their solid play, along with Team Homan's struggles, combined to make it an opening draw blowout. It leads to two questions: Is Sweeting for real? And, how does Team Homan bounce back after losing a game in such resounding fashion? After all, Homan's squad is used to laying that kind of a numbing beating on opponents, not the other way around.

Considered by many to be the longest shot on the board (including me, I must admit) on the women's side, Sweeting took advantage of a wobbly start to the competition by Homan (who curled an eyebrow-raising 60%) and her crew.

Sweeting, the 26 year old skip who curled for Alberta at the 2010 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, made the trials the hard way, picking her way through a tough pre-trials field last month and beatingKelly Scott in the game that scanned her ticket to Winnipeg. That win was impressive, including a cool draw in the tenth to score one and close out a 6 -4 win. Sweeting was tops again in draw one at The Roar, throwing 86% on the day.

Source: yahoo

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