Flowers Cornwall Mixed

Derek and I went to the Flowers Cornwall Mixed this past weekend with our mixed competitive team (Rachel Sethi and Sean Murray from Potomac). The weekend was a hectic blur as our travel plans got thrown into disarray. We had decided to fly to Ottawa (Cornwall is about an hour from Ottawa) rather than doing the 7-7.5 hour drive figuring that we would have more time up there and be somewhat more rested. So we got up early Friday morning (4:40am to be exact), schlepped down to LaGuardia, and did all the parking/checking in/security things. Then they announced that our flight was cancelled due to the heavy fog (in fact the flight from Ottawa had been en route, but was turned around because it couldn't land in the fog) - they were going to try and reroute us through Montreal or Toronto, but they had no idea if those flights would get going, delayed or not. So we had to make a quick decision and we decided to get our bags and our car and drive up to Cornwall. So much for rest!

We arrived at 3:30pm on Friday and left on Sunday around 3pm. Within those 48 hours, we played 5 games and I tried to get some work done - crazy. The competition was good, the ice was good and fast (although dished) - it was great to play on keen ice. We won our first two, lost our third which caused us to drop into the B event, won the semi and then lost the B final (different than in the GNCC, if you lose your first game, you drop to the C event not the B). I have mixed feelings about it all - happy to be in a final in Canada, but still feeling like we can do more - those two losses were definitely winnable.

It was a very fun and friendly club, they were really excited to have some Americans there, and the Saturday banquet was delicious (prime rib, yum).