The girls and I headed down to The Mattamy Athletic Centre at old Maple Leaf Gardens for the Grand Slam of Curling Players Championship. Gillian came in from school and we met her on the GO Train.

Our seats for Draw 7 were on the east side and the game closest to us was Kevin Koe against Mike McEwen.

The feature game (i.e. on tv) was Heather Nedohin against Eve Muirhead.

Eve Muirhead’s rink beat Nedohin 8-3.

Kevin Koe releasing the rock before the hog line.

Koe sitting three for the time being. He eventually fell to Mike McEwen’s rink 7-5.

Brad Gushue won his game.

We had to clear out before Draw 8. While we were waiting we hung out at the Loblaws and watched curling teams go in and out. For Draw 8, we were on the west side and the closest game was Jennifer Jones against Team Feltscher from Switzerland.

Anna Sidorova of Russia.

The feature game of Draw 8 started out as Rachel Homan against Val Sweeting, it only lasted five ends before Team Homan conceded. Then they switched to the Jennifer Jones game as the feature game.

Here are the girls with Jennifer Jones, she was all smiles after winning 6-5 in extra ends.

The girls with Jill Officer.

And Dawn McEwen.

And Kaitlyn Lawes.

Gillian with Rachel Homan.

After the game we had dinner across the street at Daio Japanese Restaurant. It was back on the GO Train and then we drove Gillian back to Hamilton.