US Women's Challenge Round - Draw 6

Getting ready, hammer is set

1. Kinney throws up a couple of guards. Lin comes around and Kinney sits on top under cover. Lin clears the front and Kinney puts it back, but not close enough. Lin clears out the 4 foot and rolls under cover at the edge of the button. Kinney chips it out and lays one, buried. Great shot. Red tries to draw, but comes up short. Yellow guards. Red draws with their last shot and takes one.
6. Lin puts one on the button. Kinney hits and rolls to back corner. Lin hits and rolls out. Kinney put one top side of house. Lin hits and sticks. Kinney hits and becomes a biter. Lin hits and rolls to top of four. Kinney hit and rolls a bit to side. Thirds: Lin hits and rolls out. Kinney draws side of four. Lin hits and sticks. Kinney hits and sticks. Skips: Lin hits and sticks. Kinney hits and rolls to back side of house. Lin hits and rolls out. Kinney throws through for the blank.
7. Thirds: Lin draws to lie three in a triangle fashion. Kinney nearly triples with only a biter left at the back. Lin draws to lie two. Kinney hits and sticks to lie one. Skips: Lin hits and mostly sticks. Kinney hits and rolls behind and out the other side of the guard. Lin comes narrow and takes the guard off instead of the shot rock. Kinney draws for two.
8. Seconds: Kinney draws trying to bury behind a long guard. Lin hits and rolls to 75% covered and just biting. Kinney draws the button mostly covered. Lin tries a heavy draw take out and nudges the shot rock and lies second by a touch. Thirds: Kinney hits and rolls to lie two touching each other. There's a double available - Lin makes it and rolls out. Kinney comes short on her draw and sits in front of the red rock at the top of the house. Lin draws back eight covered. Skips: Kinney touches back red and rolls just to side. Lin draws on top of it. Kinney draws top of four for second shot uncovered but a challenge to hit without jamming. Kinney attempts draw and comes narrow. I think she should have gone for the hit for three.
9. Thirds: Lin hits and rolls out to leave a single red at the top of the four. Kinney hits and rolls to the side of the four. Lin hits and rolls to the top of the button. Kinney hits and sticks. Skips: Lin hits and rolls to the side of the four. Kinney hits and rolls out leaving a clean house. Lin draws the button. Kinney hits and rolls out to blank.
10. Lin puts up a center guard. Kinney draws the T line buried behind the guard. Lin puts up another guard. Kinney bumps her own back to lie two. Seconds: Lin draws the very top of the house with a biter. Kinney hits on rolls to the side on the top guard. Lin corner freezes on her own at the top of the house. Kinney calls for the double - but only singles and promotes one of the reds to top of house. Thirds: Lin draws but is light. Kinney removes the red and sticks to lie three. Lin hits and rolls in front of the other three. Kinney guards in front of the red. Skips: Lin raises one of her guards in, but not far enough. Kinney guards the center leaving Lin with an angle raise. They're thinking about that or the draw around that rock on the 2ft line 2 feet in front of the house. She's too far outside for the raise and too far inside for the draw. Kinney doesn't have to throw her last rock.

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Jim Sullivan here, I'll try to comment on both GCC teams

1. Open house with no guards and action around the 4 foot. Yellow sits on the edge of the button and Red chips it out to lay one. Red now sit two after drawing around the two yellows in front. Red flashes, leaving Red sitting two with first skips stone. Red could get a bunch, but they only get one.

Jim Sullivan here, I'll try to comment on both GCC teams

1. Wide open, nothing in the house or sticking around after 4 rocks. Now some action around the edge of the 8 foot, Good’s got an open hit to sit 2, which she does. Red hits to sit one, Yellow hits to sit two. Red’s hit and stick attempt doesn’t hit anything and steals two.