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Team Myrtannia Splits Matches
Palazzofrica in Sambuca, Pacitalia - The domination shown in AOCC 1's group stage by Myrtannia's national team has been eerily missing in AOCC 2. Not that that should be remotely surprising for the select few Myrtannians who actually follow culing. A team full of teenagers with little experience at the international level is bound to struggle while adjusting to AOCC play.
There was reason for hope on the second match day when Myrtannia faced the (no, we're not making this up) curling nuns of Ereeland. Despite a surprisingly spirited attack by the Errish team, the young Team Myrtannia didn't crumble in the crunch. While they blew a 6-2 lead, they never quite lost their grip on things, save for the tenth end when Ereeland scored twice. Keeping their wits about them, Myrtannia managed to sweep its way to an exciting (or about as exciting as curling gets) extra-end victory over Ereeland, 9-8.
But that hope was dashed a bit in their next match, which was not covered by SNM due to lack of preparation on the media's part. Of course, the moving up by 24 hours of the match's start time had something to do with it too. The scheduling seemed to affect the Myrtannian team's performance as well when they faced Vilita & Turori's first-ever curling team.
V/T got off to a great start, taking a 3-0 lead after just three ends. Then the slow, deliberate Myrtannian rally started, with one point in each of the next four ends. With the end of the match drawing near, Team Myrtannia had the 4-3 lead and a shot at going unbeaten in the first slew of matches. But where they held on just enough to top Ereeland the day before, their efforts weren't enough this time.
The combined opposing side struck one home to tie it in the eigth end, and once again Team Myrtannia blew its lead late. It got worse in the final end, when V/T scored again to secure the victory - Myrtannia's first in the group stage of any AOCC. After losing to the Errish nuns on the first day, V/T won its second match in a row, having dispatched Jasi'Yun on the second day by the score of 11-7.
"It's really hard, especially when your opponents are surging at the same time you're trying to get everyone familiar with the international level of play. We're good, but we make too many dumb mistakes out there. With this three day furlough, we have a chance to recover, and figure out what we need to do in order to get back into the driver's seat," said coach Luangxay.
In other Group D action, Ereeland's 'Holy Sweepers' destroyed Jasi'Yun by the score of 8-2, snatching up second place in the standings for the moment. If things keep going the way they have, the nuns could be sticking around for the knockout stage. Myrtannia has what should be a warm-up match against winless Jasi'Yun on day four before facing Ereeland again, followed by V/T.
SNM will be carrying the Team Myrtannia matches, followed by a special new AOCC update segment. This is scheduled to air at 1:30 a.m., due to the tape delay in match broadcasts. |
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Harvey Baze reporting again from the Furious Colleen Pub in St. Peter's, where a severe case of curling fever has gripped the patrons. Anxious to watch sports of any kind they've come to view coverage of the regional Championship of Curling. Some still debate whether this is actually a sport. They content themselves with the half price brews offered by the pub on match nights.
Whatever has led to this interest in curling, the Holy Sweepers of Hope Abbey have become overnight celebrities. Sales of Holy Sweeper merchandise have soared since the AOCC began - all proceeds go to charity. The police have even informed us that fist fights have broken out over this obscure sport. That is definitely a good sign for the sport's chances in Ereeland.
Perhaps it's because Ereeland's been waiting for a winner for while now. Our national football team didn't make much noise in AOCAF. The basketball teams floundered in AOCAF 4's playoffs. So when a team of nuns with brooms starts winning in a sport no one here had heard of, the nation takes notice.
After their first win over Vilita and Turori, Ereeland took the ice against Myrtannia. Against the highest ranked nation in the region, the Holy Sweepers did surprisingly well. The official scoreline:
Myrtannia 9, Ereeland 8 (11 ends)
MYR 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 [ 9 ]
ERE 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 [ 8 ]
Despite falling behind early the Sisters of Hope Abbey came back to draw even in the tenth end. It was another extended match for Ereeland. Unlike the fouteen end showdown with Vilita and Turori, this ended much sooner. In the eleventh end Myrtannia scored a stone and won the match. The Holy Sweepers took the defeat well; they shook hands with the Myrtannians.
At the Furious Colleen, the atmosphere was subdued but hopeful. One slightly enibriated fan told us, "Bah! We'll get 'em next time."
Ereeland followed the close defeat with its match against group door mat Jasi'yun. As if to prove naysayers at home wrong, the Holy Sweepers went out and took the Jasi'yun-ers to school. It was Ereeland's biggest margin of victory:
Jasi'yun 2, Ereeland 8 (10 ends)
JSY 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 [ 2 ]
ERE 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 [ 8 ]
The Sisters scored early and then often in the second half of the match - a combined five stones home in the final four ends. Patrons in the Furious Colleen were elated to see their Holy Sweepers hand Jasi'yun a holy thrashing. Their elation grew when they saw the standings:
GROUP D
1st -- Ereeland [ 2-1, 20F / 14A / +6D, 6 pts ]
2nd -- Vilita & Turori [ 2-1, 19F / 15A / +4D, 6 pts ]
3rd -- Myrtannia [ 2-1, 19F / 16A / +3D, 6 pts ]
4th -- Jasi'yun [ 0-3, 12F / 25A / -13D, 0 pts ]
So the Sisters go into Sunday afternoon's match atop the group standings for the first time. Their first test will be against Vilita and Turori, winners of their last two over Jasi'yun and Myrtannia. It could go down to the wire as the two nations battle for knockout positioning. Myrtannia is still threatening as well. All three sides have a chance to take first in the group. Will it be the nameless but apparently talented tropical denizens of Vilita and Turori? Or teenagers from curling power Myrtannia?
Or perhaps the Holy Sweepers of Ereeland. The upcoming matches will begin to make the knockout matches a lot clearer.
Errish fans, at least, are confident in their team's chances. One exclaimed, "Vilita and Turori? Bring 'em on! Our nuns'll make 'em wish they'd stayed at their hotel!"
This is Harvey Baze, signing off from the Furious Colleen Pub in St. Peter's.
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Sarzonia skip Mathew Renney stared at the sheet once again after his Spokes team lost its second match against Bazalonia, this time by the score of 7-4. The Spokes had yet to score more than five times in a match and the statistics pointed to a team that was fortunate to be 2-2.
"We've got to do a better job of scoring," he said. "We're last in the AOCC2 table in scoring." Indeed, Sarzonia had scored a total of 14 times. Even a Chacoran team infamous for being a shutout victim of Sarzonia's have scored more than Sarzonia did. The only saving grace for Sarzonia was in the points against column, and Renney knew it. The Spokes had also conceded 14 times, which was the best total among the 16 teams competing in AOCC2.
Renney called his mates over to his hotel room to have a players-only meeting. Thus, Coach Patrick Conway was nowhere to be found. He and his assistant coach began looking at the tapes to see what they could do to break the team out of its scoring funk.
"You'd think we could score more than five one of these days," Conway muttered to himself as he saw the Curled Bazalopes score twice in an end, the first time that's happened to either Sarzonia or an opponent. That seventh end would be the backbreaker for Sarzonia since the teams were deadlocked at 3-3 going in.
The search for answers would find Sarzonia back in the Palestrato Santo Bernardo tomorrow night against Chacor. The loss wasted a surprisingly strong showing by Sarzonian supporters, as an estimated 1,800 showed up in Monterio, Margheria for the tilt against Bazalonia. Sarzonian team officials are predicting a crowd of 2,400 Sarzonians in attendance at the Palestrato Santo Bernardo tomorrow.
In Group A, the Curled Bazalopes win clinched a spot in the knockout stages, but the second spot in the knockouts is still in play for all three teams. Even though the debutante Sarzonians are considered in the driver's seat with two matches remaining, it wouldn't take much for the Spokes to head back home after the group stage is done. However, all the players know they're going to have to find a way to score to win.
"We can't continue to struggle on the offensive end," Conway said he told his team. "We've got our work cut out for us." |
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BazSports - Bringing you the sports that matter
Welcome to the Coverage of the Atlantian Oceania Championship of Curling, with me is the studio is Curling connosieur Wayne King. Good evening Wayne.
Good Evening
Once again we are broadcasting live from the Palestrato Santo Bernardo in Pacitalia the location for the Group A matches in the Atlantian Oceania Championship of Curling's 2nd installment. Today saw the start of the second leg with Bazalonia facing Sarzonia for the second time this cup. Let's look at the group results.
Chacor 8, Milchama 6 (10 ends)
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Sarzonia 4, Bazalonia 7 (10 ends)
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So Wayne let's look at the performance of the Curled Bazalopes.
As always the Curled Bazalopes seemed to do the job in the last 4 ends as the first 6 ends resulted in a 3-all tie between the Sarzonian Spokes and the Curled Bazalopes. However the spokes got the first points on the board wining the first 2 ends by 1 point. A strong defence could not hold up as in the 7th end the Curled Bazalopes scored the first 2 point end in any match against the Sarzonians, this had obviously rattled the Sarzonians but not enough so that they were not able to score on the 8th end, a single point. This single point was not enough and the Curled Bazalopes in the 9th and 10th ends put the result in no contention scoring single point ends for both of them. This leaves the Bazalopes with a perfect 4 win record, and also are now guaranteed entry into the knockout stages with the 3rd and 4th placed teams, Milchama and Chacor being unable to being unable to mount a points challenge on the Curled Bazalopes with 2 games remaining. However the second spot is still up for grabs and as long as the Curled Bazalopes win one of their next 2 games or the Sarzonian Spokes lose one their next 2 games then top spot on the table is assured.
There weren't really any clips that were worth showing but, what about attendance to the Championship?
9,200 people in total were in attendance, of those an estimated 2,400 were Sarzonian, 3,800 were Bazalonian and another estimated 3,000 were Pacitalians. Curling it seems is fast gaining popularity with a number of local Bazalonian leagues poping up, The questions that Bazalonians must now ask, do we need a national body to co-ordinate these leagues?
So what about the Chacoran-Milchamian match?
This seems to be a battle of who is worse Chacor or Milchama and so far the answer is Chacor by the Differential, Chacor scored 11 less points than it conceeded, where as Milchama has only conceeded 2 unanswered points, but this is nit picking as both are currently at 3 pts in the group table.
What about the other groups?
We just got the results from other matches just a second ago and it seems that in group B Amarenthe is dominating their group also with an undefeated run, Manhattan Prime in Group C also with an unbeaten run. Bazalonia, Amarenthe and Manhattan Prime have all qualified, however group D is a different matter, We have one team that is unable to qualify but no teams that are guaranteed to Qualify, Jasi'yun the only team in the tournament to have no wins against their name. And of those left it is still anyones game.
One more question before we have to go, What are your opinions on the upcoming match against Milchama.
The Team have to be careful, Milchama are ranked 4th in the region for a reason and just because both Chacor and Milchama have been performing terribly doesn't mean they will continue to do so. The Curled Bazalopes better be ready for anything. But still I beleive that a continuation of the Curled Bazalopes is still on the cards, at least against Milchama.
Thank you Wayne, and that ends the BazSports Coverage of the Atlantian Oceania Championship of Curling.
This post has been edited by Bazalonia on Feb 26 2007, 02:16 AM
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Diary Entry 013
I seek the truth to this world, be that whatever it might, so that I might find out to where the immortal soul roams to and fro from, and part of that journey in this.
Time clarifies the truth in our overly glazed eyes,
How all things came to be,
How chaos can be bottled,
Imperfection and rejection lead to,
Elegant words of literature.
The vibrant storm existence still holds over us,
The tsunami of life's stress and its silent strike,
How do you wade such a flood,
Let the current of the river take you away,
Or become a wave and put on a show,
For all the world to see.
Transition from shadow to pitch-black is tearing me into pieces,
Shred by shred my skin dissolves and the mind regresses
Rubbing away the feeling,
Silently dieing by my own hand,
Never to know where to turn to for help.
In this graveyard that is my conscious,
Everything seems so distant,
Its as if I'm living in the background of a portrait where,
No arms are here to hold me,
No light to unblind the empty source.
How do you release a pain that no one sees,
How do you get rid of the burning inside your soul,
How do you purify the essence of your very being,
How do you hold onto what you should never know,
Do you crawl away in the darkest corners of shame,
Fly away to a place that can never be found,
Or do you spill away your spirit into lines that will be remembered,
Engrave a memory into someone's mind,
Find a way to mystify them with your feelings,
Personify the silent heartbeat that they will never know?
Salvation is supposed to come with time,
Yet here in a conglomerate of feelings,
I remain alive but not well of mind,
To ease the passage I turn to the taste of ink,
The harmony that comes with every turn of the page,
The tip of the utensil making its way,
The kiss of underlying perfection,
And the whisper of paper.
Chaos is always vibrant inside the catacombed tunnel,
So many resolute views trying to coax me and hide the truth,
Nomadic thoughts of isolation inside a sky so blue,
I try to express my simple view,
Try to ease an erratic pain,
Bury the uneasiness that’s this icy domain,
Free my soul and never let it go
Words will never whisper that of which I hold inside,
All that remains to find is,
The true valor of a hollow soul.
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Hotel Restaurant, Pacitalia
Losing to Nojika?! Team Ubundi was appalled that they could have lost to team 10-8 that they once defeated by thirteen points!
The entire team was feeling morose.
"There must have been something wrong on the ice...," said Gero Sipho, sighing, while sitting with Team Ubundi at a breakfast table.
"Not only did we lose," spat Azaan Daktari," but we've also dropped to third place and Nojika's team has taken our spot."
"Winning a match against us and Az-Cz, who we lost to, seems a bit strange."
"Do you happen to have to actual standings?" asked Otto Uotila.
"Yes... Right here. It reads:
1st -- Amarenthe [ 4-0, 34F / 21A / +13D, 12 pts ] [ Q ]
2nd -- Nojika [ 2-2, 22F / 35A / -13D, 6 pts ]
3rd -- Ubundi [ 1-3, 33F / 28A / +5D, 3 pts ]
4th -- Az-Cz [ 1-3, 26F / 32A / -6D, 3 pts ]" Daktari responded.
"Well, Amarenthe has rightly qualified, but we nearly beat them! We were a point away."
Skip Mvula Utni spoke for the first time,"We must stop fussing over yesterday's match and the current standings. We have a match against Az-Cz tonight that we must win to have some hope of qualifying."
"Right, let's finish up eating to talk strategy," interjected Team Ubundi's coach Jonathan Wells. "We just need to think positively."
At the Practice
"How many times will Mvula make us run this drill?" asked Uotila to Sipho. "Don't you think we should be working on something else?"
"Well, Mvula's been right most of the time in fixing our problems, so he might have a reason. But this seems a bit excessive."
"Again!" cried Team Ubundi's skip.
Sighing, Uotila began the drill.
Coach Wells and Mvula were in conversation on the side of the ice.
"The news has filled the papers and the TV," Uotila heard one of them say.
"This win is absolutely neccesary to regain our confidence and Ubundi's support. Are you sure we're ready?" This was Wells.
"Yes." was Mvula's response.
He turned and slid back out on the ice.
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Lsa-Slt: I'm here for -SN covering the Atlantian Oceania Curling Championships. Joining me tonight are the four replacement curlers for the team. Ul-Roy and Za-Gt and their children son Jo-El and daughter Sx-Pt. Welcome.
Ul-Roy: Nice to be here tonight.
Lsa-Slt: First for those of us who don't know, tell us how you came to be here.
Za-Gt: We were vacationing in Amarenthe when out of the blue we got a telephone call saying we were needed for this competition. None of us had seen a curling sheet before, but we're committed Az-czzers.
Lsa-Slt: So how did you get out on the ice.
Ul-Roy: Some of the Bazalonians taught us the basics before we went out. Those Bazalonians are a right helpful bunch.
Lsa-Slt: What are your thoughts about competing in the competition so far.
Ul-Roy: It's certainly interesting. And it's thrilling wearing the Az-cz colors and competing, even if we are quite poor.
Za-Gt: Plus the kids our getting e-mails from friends back in Az-cz talking about them being on TV.
Lsa-Slt: What's your take on Pacitalia.
Za-Gt: They need to work on their visitor information centers. We kept trying to find good places to take the kids and the only place we kept getting recommended was this one depressing old zoo.
Ul-Roy: It was almost like they didn't have anywhere else to direct us.
(Jo-El pops his head up)
Jo-El: That zoo sucked. All of the animals looked like they were dying.
Ul-Roy: Yeah, capitalists. If they can save a buck who cares if the animals suffer or not.
Za-Gt: Yes, it's regrettable that our hosts are such capitalists.
Lsa-Slt: Yes well it's not easy to point out the flaws of the nation, but let's not get into that..... back to the curling. If the team comes back will you give up your spot?
Ul-Roy: Of course we will. It's their team and that's what's best. We're just doing what we can while they're out.
Lsa-Slt: Are you suprised by the level of competiton?
Za-Gt: Yes. We expected it to be much higher. Based on what we saw in the olympics we expected these teams to be good. But we now understand why none of them sent teams. They were afraid of getting embarassed.
Ul-Roy: Indeed, only in a tournament as poorly run, I mean, creatively mismanaged would such results be occurring. Some of the hijinx that have gone on are just too much to explain.
Lsa-Slt: Well that's all the time we have. Good luck against Ubundi. |
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Hello all, this is Harvey Baze live at the Furious Colleen Pub in St. Peter's - better known as curling central these days. The Holy Sweepers' triumph over Jasi'yun last week thrust Ereeland into first place in the group. That was enough to tip off parties over the weekend. On Sunday the Sisters attended mass before heading out for their match.
This one wasn't expected to be easy. Vilita and Turori had peeled off two impressive wins since last facing Ereeland; they sat in second heading onto the ice Sunday. The last clash between the nations was a 4-3 Errish victory in fourteen end in the first draw. After last week's 8-2 win over a seemingly defenseless Jasi'yun, the Sisters of Hope Abbey seemed more confident this time.
The scoreline as reported from Pacitalia:
Vilita & Turori 1, Ereeland 7 (10 ends)
V T 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 [ 1 ]
ERE 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 [ 7 ]
As you can see, both nations struggled to score stones in the first six or so ends. Combined they managed only two points, with one stone for each side. When the seventh end came around the Holy Sweepers became a holy terror for Vilita and Turori. They scored once in the seventh and eight, then twice in each of the final two ends. All of this culminated in a suprising 7-1 throttling of Vilita and Turori by Ereeland.
Whatever went wrong for the Vilitans, the victory kept Ereeland in the Group D driver's seat. With two draws remaining Ereeland has an excellent chance to actually move on to the next stage. Myrtannia were also winners - they ensured elimination for Jasi'yun with a 10-5 beating. Thus far only Jasi'yun has been eliminated from knockout contention.
It's all a part of what has become AOCC 2's toughest group. Regional power Myrtannia and Ereeland both have three wins in four tries. Vilita and Turori aren't far behind, breaking even in the win-loss column. Any one could still win the group - Myrtannia and Ereeland would seem to be the top candidates for that. What is certain is that the next draw will make things clearer.
Ereeland and Myrtannia clash for the final time in the group stage, and the winner will secure passage to the knockouts barring an unfortunate accident. The Holy Sweepers could take the group with a victory Monday and another against lowly Jasi'yun Tuesday. Myrtannia could do the same with wins over Ereeland and Vilita and Turori.
"We'll show 'em! No one stops the nuns on ice!" one pub patron shouted earlier.
In the other groups, three nations are already through. Bazalonia, Amarenthe, and Manhattan Prime all secured knockout spots by continuing their unbeaten streaks. That leaves the rest of the nations scrambling for the other knockout spot for their respective groups.
At the moment, I'll go out on a limb and make some predictions for those groups. Group A will see Sarzonia join Bazalonia in the KOs. Group B will send Nojika along with Amarenthe. And Group C will be topped by Manhattan Prime and Krytenia, in that order.
As for Group D? Most likely to be Myrtannia and Ereeland, but Vilita and Turori will be lurking in the shadows. This is Harvey Baze signing off from the Furious Colleen Pub in St. Peter's. |
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Manhattan Herald – 26th February 2007
AOCC2 Update – Manhattan Prime Overcome Demot in Close-Fought Match!
Demot 6, Manhattan Prime 7 (10 ends)
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The Manhattan Prime Curling team continues their quiet winning streak with a close 7-6 win over Demot today, to clinch automatic qualification from their group. Despite having achieved 4 victories out of 4, and dominating Group C at AOCC2, the Frozen Chip’s achievement has warranted only one mention in the foreign media thus far; and that from close friends Bazalonia, themselves enjoying a good run of form.
The teams started off evenly, with Manhattan Prime grabbing a point in the 1st end through Pete Kowalski, and Demot equalizing in the 2nd end. Chad Brown showed some good form, picking up 2 points for the Frozen Chips in the 3rd end, only to see his team concede two points to bring the score to 3-3.
Hopkins had what seemed an off day for him, managing to pick up a point in the 5th end, but generally lacking his usual confidence. Demot equalized in the 6th end to keep right on Manhattan Prime’s heels, and it was up to the Skip, Owen Westwood to break the deadlock.
This Westwood did, without drama, by picking up a point in both of his ends to see the Manhattanites lead 6-4.
Seemingly fired up, Demot gave Manhattan Prime a scare with their instant resurgence, pulling back the two points they trailed in just the one end. With the scores knuckle-bitingly close, Kowalski proved the hero of the day, grabbing the winning point in what proved to be the final end, to ensure his team’s passage to the next round.
First: Pete Kowalski - age 22
Second: Chad Brown - age 25
Third: Jimmy Hopkins - age 26 (Vice)
Fourth: Owen Westwood - age 28 (Skip)
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The Mynia Daily
Amarenthe sweeping along undefeated in the AOCC2.
So far, so good; with four out of six matches of the group stage behind them, the Amarenthian curling team is one of three teams overall with a 4-0 record, and has qualified for the quarter-finals. Their latest victory over Az-cz - for the second time, we might add - marks another year of outstanding curling from a nation that one might not expect to excel in a sport played on ice. However, our boys and girls have proven that there may be no natural ice in Amarenthe, but there is natural talent.
"I went into this saying that I had high hopes for my team," says 25-year-old Dylan Craig, the returning skip, "And so far, we've done about as well as I expected us to. I can't say I expected it to be easy, but I definitely had faith. We got a taste of international play last year, and we rather enjoyed it."
Winning 9-5 after ten ends, we'd certainly say they do. Kayley Brian, the sole female member of the team and the only new addition who has seen ice time so far, shares Craig's hopes for the next couple of matches, and the tournament in general:
"We've already seen what the other two teams have to offer, and it's nothing we can't handle; of course, as soon as I sound cocky, something terrible is going to happen, isn't it? Our goal is just to finish first in our group, and then we'll see how it goes."
Amarenthe's next match is against Nojika; their previous meeting resulted in a 7-2 victory for our guys. Tune in and keep your fingers crossed. Good luck!
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Az-Cz 5, Amarenthe 9 (9 ends)
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"They lost?"
"Yep."
"That damn offence can't score more than five points, that's why."
"Huh?"
"Didn't you say Sarzonia lost?"
"No! We won."
"What? What was the score?"
"Five to three over Chacor."
"So who lost?"
"Bazalonia."
"What?"
"Yeah, Milchama beat 'em."
"Don't we face them next?"
"Who? Milchama?"
"Yeah."
"They're fourth ranked in this tournament."
"I know, but they haven't played to form all tournament. At least until yesterday."
"But if they can beat Bazalonia, who were unbeaten coming in, they may be catching fire at just the right time. And our offence isn't exactly setting records for efficency."
"True. Only Quakmybush have scored fewer points than we have. And Chacor's level with us. I don't know how long our defence can carry us."
"It can't."
"Guess we'll find out what happens tomorrow."
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Manhattan Herald – 27th February 2007
AOCC2 Update – Manhattan Prime Clinch 1st Place in Group
Quakmybush 2, Manhattan Prime 9 (8 ends)
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Amidst mass popular support at home the Manhattanite national Curling team has clinched their place as winners of Group C with 15 points by thrashing Quakmybush 9-2 in just 8 short ends. Curling has captured the imagination of the sports fans back home, and Manhattanites are delighted to see their team doing so well.
The Frozen Chips put the match beyond doubt very quickly, picking up 5 points in the first 3 ends. Quakmybush’s sole 2 points came in the 4th end, and then they were frozen out for the rest of the game. Vice Skip Jimmy Hopkins and Skip Owen Westwood both picked up 2 points to finish the match with a short, but convincing 9-2 win.
The group is now settled with one game still to play; Manhattan Prime win the group with 15 points, with Krytenia in 2nd place with 9 points, sending Demot and Quakmybush home. With both teams already through, the final match against Krytenia is for pride only, but the team will be looking to keep their spotless record.
First: Pete Kowalski - age 22
Second: Chad Brown - age 25
Third: Jimmy Hopkins - age 26 (Vice)
Fourth: Owen Westwood - age 28 (Skip)
GROUP C
1st -- Manhattan Prime [ 5-0, 44F / 22A / +22D, 15 pts ] [ Q / G ]
2nd -- Krytenia [ 3-2, 47F / 29A / +18D, 9 pts ] [ Q ]
3rd -- Demot [ 1-4, 23F / 39A / -16D, 3 pts ] [ E ]
4th -- Quakmybush [ 1-4, 17F / 39A / -22D, 3 pts ] [ E ]
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UNCprint Magazine Sport
Team Ubundi Defeats Az-Cz and Moves to Second Place!
by Amina Ghipe, Curling Specialist, for UNCprint Magazine
Nortopalazzo, Antigonia
NORTOPALAZZO, Feb. 27 — In a crucial match that could have had Team Ubundi packing their bags and heading home from the Atlantian Oceania Curling Championship 2 in Pacitalia, Ubundi pulled out ahead of Az-Cz to win 11-9. Team Ubundi performed extremely clutch in the twelfth end, scoring two points to break the tie and Ubundi's five-end scoring drought.
This was what the scoreboard looked like at the end:
"Ubundi: 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 [ 11 ]
Az-Cz: 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 [ 9 ]"
This needed victory boosted Team Ubundi into second place in Group B with a provisional qualification and eliminated the struggling team from Az-Cz.
After Team Ubundi pulled ahead for victory, coach Jonathan Wells could be seen jumping in excitement off to the side and the Ubundian players expressed their happiness with wide grins.
In an interview with UNCtv directly after the match, Team Ubundi's skip Mvula Utni called the performance of his teammates "incredible" and "more than we could have expected." When asked how he felt about leading the team, Utni modestly replied, "Curling is a team sport and everyone plays a crucial and important role. Team Ubundi did it as a whole, not by just one person."
In Round Two of the AOCC2, Team Ubundi was defeated by Az-Cz 8-4.
Team Ubundi will face top-seeded and unbeaten Amarenthe in Round 6, who they previously lost to by one point.
"We can do it," said Wells.
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BazSports - Bringing you the sports that matter
Welcome to the Coverage of the Atlantian Oceania Championship of Curling, with me is the studio is Curling connosieur Wayne King. Good evening Wayne.
Good Evening
We're Broadcasting live from the Palestrato Santo Bernardo in Pacitalia the location for the Group A matches in the Atlantian Oceania Championship of Curling's 2nd installment. Today saw the penultimate game in the group stages The Curled Bazalopes faced Milchama and the Spokes of Sarzonia faced Chacor. Let's take a look at the results.
Bazalonia 5, Milchama 6 (10 ends)
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Sarzonia 5, Chacor 3 (10 ends)
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So Wayne let's look at the performance of the Curled Bazalopes.
What can I say we lost, something that many would have thought should have happened a long time ago, both teams played really well neither team getting a real major hand over the other team, what had made the difference was a 2 point end in the fifth end. A momentary lapse by the Curled Bazalope Defense let the Milchamians in, each team won 5 ends with ones being scored for most of them, all infact apart from the 5th end. I warned about this the last time, the Milchamian's are fourth in the region for a reason and they managed to show the spark that took them there in this match-up.
Let's have a look at some clips.
<2 ends for each team where they won and the 2 point end and another final Bazalonian end. Also a bit of the clip where the team graciously congratulated the Milchamians on their win.>
Instead of our normal look at the results of the other match, we have a special guest, the skipper of the Bazalonian Curling team in the AOCC2, Jerry Haven. Welcome Jerry.
Thank you, Nice to be here. Nice to see you again Wayne.
Nice to see you too, What do you think of the teams performance, especially in-light of this 5-6 loss?
No one was expecting this team to do well, some where even predicting us to be last on the table, but I can't complain we beat the Milchamians and then barely missed out by one point. We are going extremely well and are still on top of the Table.
What are your thoughts about the upcoming game, Jerry?
We are preparing hard for this one, we are going to do our best, and whatever happens will happen.
Another, thing we have reports that you guys went to Az-cz and helped their team out, What did you do down there?
Basically we introduced them to the rules and general behaviour and then played a few games with them so they could the hang of some strategies. And despite only winning one match the gnomes are getting the hang of the game. They have a Points Differential of negative 8 which is pretty good compared to third place team in that group, Nojika who have won 2 games and lost 3 who have a negative 18 point differential. I think next AOCC they could be a challenge. Since they have some experience under their belt
the up coming match against Chacor, What is your opinion of it?
The results matters, but most likely not to the over standings, We'll still most likely retain top of the table if we lose but it's more of a matter of proving that our wins in the first leg of matches were not flukes.
One Final question, what do you predict for the upcoming Milchama-Sarzonia match?
Well , I don't really no what to expect... The Milchamians seem to be back in the game, if they win they will challenge the Sarzonian spot and almost guaranteed to do so unless they only win by one again. I dunno, but it would be interesting to watch.
Thank you for coming Jerry, and Thank you Wayne, BazSports will bring you live coverage of the AOCC2 final group matches, switching between both matches here at the Palestrato Santo Bernardo, and that ends the BazSports Coverage of the Atlantian Oceania Championship of Curling.
This post has been edited by Bazalonia on Feb 27 2007, 06:31 PM
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