Ontario’s Glenn Howard rink are repeat men’s winners of the $97,000 Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic, which wrapped up this afternoon in Brantford Ont. The Howard foursome beat Jean-Michel Ménard of Quebec 6-1 in the final. Marie-France LaRouche of Quebec shaded Jacqueline Harrison of Ottawa 8-7 in the women’s final.
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall and lead Stefanie Clark, made it to the quarter-finals, losing a close 5-4 decision on Sunday evening to Eve Bélisle of Montreal. The Birt rink went home with $4000.
PEI’s Suzanne Birt rink, which includes third Shelly Bradley, second Leslie MacDougall and lead Stefanie Clark, lost a close 5-4 decision Sunday evening to Eve Bélisle of Montreal in the quarter-final round at the $97,000 Sun Life Financial Invitational Curling Classic in Brantford Ont. On Sunday afternoon the Birt foursome edged the Kathy Brown rink from Guelph Ont. by a 4-3 score to advance to the money round.
The Birt rink will go home with $4000 for their quarter-final finish.
In the other quarter-final matchups, Erika Brown of Madison Wisconsin edged Karen Bell of Stoney Creek 5-4, Marie-France LaRouche of Quebec got by Bingyu Wang of China by an 8-7 score, and Jacqueline Harrison of Ottawa edged Heather Strong of St. John’s 6-5.
On the men’s side, defending champion Glenn Howard downed Darryl Prebble of Toronto 6-2, Mike McEwen of Winnipeg lost to Andreas Schwaller of Switzerland by a 5-4 score, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie doubled Brad Gushue of St. John’s 6-3, and Jean-Michel Ménard of Quebec beat Wayne Middaugh of Toronto by an 8-3 score.
The semi-finals go Monday morning at 9, with the finals at 12:30 pm Eastern.
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