Myself and my two sisters grew up watching curling because of our mom; She loved the game; even though never had tried curling; was intriqued by the sport and could name any player on any team at any given time; that love of the sport was passed down to me and my two older sisters; Even though none of us had never tried calling; Fast forward to college and we were much older; myself, my siblings and my mom decided to rent out the ice at the St. John’s Curling Club to try it out; Let’s just say; it was a one and done type of deal! From trying to lift the rock to clean it with only one hand-Bad Idea (never realizing how heavy that thing was, to thinking we could slide like the pro’s and barely moving out of the hack! to throwing the first rock and almost putting it through the wall on the other end of the ice! It was sure Fun; but we’ll stick to being fans, not players!
The best experience we have had was not once, but twice watching team Guhsue win the Olympic trials! The first time in Halifax back in 2005 when Russ Howard held the broom and went on to win the Olympics; I remember going to the stores in Halifax looking for Orange shirts and we finally found someone to make us the brightest boldest orange shirts with GIVER GUSHUE GIVER on them; it was the best experience of my life as they were the underdogs but seem to really get the momemtum going for this one! Years went by and we continue to go to the trials every chance we got; we attended the Olympic Trials in Ottawa in 2017 where Gushue lost to McEwen in the semi’s (we always joked that we should have took out Mike in the parking lot of our hotel as we almost backed into him with our rental.
We also had front row seats to Team Gushue’s First Brier win in 2017 right here in St. John’s, To say there was excitement would be an understatement; I’ve never been more proud to be a longtime Gushue fan! and getting to experience it with my Sisters and mom was the cherry on top!
And the last experience that we’ll never forget is Team Gushue winning the Olympic trials in Saskatoon in 2021-my mom was unable to attend but myself and my two sisters and our best friend did; So many funny moments happened that week in Saskatoon, from being asked numerous times if we were the Gushue Wifes to our hiliarous championship Day outfits and hunting shirts;
Were looking forward to the trials in Halifax in November and hoping Team Gushue can once again get to wear the Maple Leaf as we will sure be there supporting them all the way!! GIVER GUSHUE GIVER
So many memorable moments to put into this short story; but Where ever they go and no matter the outcome; we will always be Team Gushue’s biggest fans!!
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