Olympic Trials Links

Links for fans coming to Denver:
Schedule of Events
Discounts on things to do in Denver

Links for fans at home:
Watch the live scoring
Watch the semi's and finals on NBC Universal Sports
Email the teams at the trials

Practice in St. Paul!

We just had a team practice at the St. Paul Curling Club on Sunday morning, getting ready for the upcoming U.S. Nationals/Olympic Trials in Denver, Colorado. Both Jackie and her husband Ryan had to drive a 4 hour trip from Madison, Wisconsin. Where they won their Wisconsin Mixed State Playdowns on Saturday! Congrats! Our Coach Dex had us throw lots of rocks with some drills and then we ended our practice with a short game against the 2009 State Club Champions.

After a few hours of practice, we went to have a late lunch at the restaurant Ingredients, which is located in White Bear Lake (my hometown!). We were lucky to have been invited to dinner at Ingredients, the owner is one of our sponsors and his son is a professional chef there. We had an excellent time, we had both great food and service! I would definitely recommend to anyone, especially now since Valentine's Day is coming up-- it's the perfect place to take your sweetheart to dinner...hint hint.

Team Practice in Medford

This past Saturday we had a practice day in Medford fine tuning for Colorado! We ended with a practice game against my husband Ryan, my dad Jeff, Craig Amundson, and Tommy Gengler. We lost 2-1 in the practice game. Nice job, guys! We'll be ready for you next time! This coming Sunday, Cassie, Jamie, Laura, and Dex are going to be practicing in St. Paul while I am curling at the Wisconsin Mixed State Playdowns in Poynette. If we win, its off to Nationals in Medford! At least we'll save some on the travel expenses!

Thanks to everyone whose been checking out our blog. We really appreciate your support as we prepare for the Trials!

Less than a month!

Wow! Times flies when you're busy. Less than a month!

Don't forget to cheer on the men's and women's teams this weekend at the challenge rounds in Bismarck, ND (men) and Green Bay, WI (women).

Winni and Team

Just got back from Winnipeg last night. It was a great weekend filled with good food, good curling (2-2), an interview, and lots of driving. What a long drive! Unfortunately, I'm the only one who had to work today, so it was tough getting out of bed. I just wanted to sleep in. The weather is much warmer today at 18 degrees above. Never thought I'd say 18 was warm, but it's a big difference from last week!

So we started and ended our pre-season in Winnipeg and now we're headed to the U.S. Olympic curling trials in Broomfield, Colorado!

Midwest Regional Qualifiers

Well, we made it to Green Bay and back, going 5-0 and finishing at the top of the field last weekend! Thanks to everyone for all the support, messages, emails, and fans who were watching the results online and for all those who made the trip to the GBCC. Our team had a new experience– sharing a house while we competed– which gave us plenty of time to relax and allowed us to show off our cooking skills to each other. But nothing compared to the awesome lasagna made by Debbie! We're already compiling a grocery list for Broomfield :) Laura has the duty of dividing the foods by grocery section and having us each take a list and looking for those items on our lists. I thought I made good time until the announcement was made over the entire grocery store for "Team Potter please report to lane 5!" Who knew the dairy would be in one of the first corners of the store instead of one of the last corners? I told Laura we needed to get a map of the grocery store next time :)

We are all really excited to be going to Broomfield for the U.S. Olympic Trials. We hope to see many of our fans and supporters there. I know several are planning their vacations right now and we hope to see the rest of you via email and messages during the competition. Until then, we'll keep you updated on the MCA Bonspiel coming up this weekend!

Midwest Regional Playdowns are Finally Here!!

Hello everyone!  Tonight we're heading out for Regionals in Green Bay.  You can watch the game scoreboard through the USA curling website at www.usacurl.org/curlingrocks/

When you get to the site there is a Scoreboard link on the right side to the "Women's Midwest Qualifier" and you can see our scores from there!

Thank you all for your support!!  It's great to know you're all with us!