BOTH Irish skips – Peter Wilson and Marie O’Kane – have had their flights out of New York delayed due to an ice and snow storm. They are both now in Montreal, having stayed overnight there, and are due to arrive here in Fredericton later this morning. All other team members are here.

The same snowstorm is due to hit the Canadian eastern seaboard later tonight and we will be visited by the white stuff all weekend.

PJ would like me to point out that the squirrel eating dog at their B&B is not a racist. He is quite happy to exterminate red and grey squirrels with equal gusto.