Nova Scotia rinks finished in first place in both round robin pools at the Ferguson Funeral Homes Maritime Stick Curling Championship, which wraps up Thursday afternoon at the Cornwall Curling Club. Three teams finished at 3-2 records in the first pool, with the Ted Lohnes/Ron Crowe duo from Nova Scotia grabbing first place after points were compared, followed by the Wayne Gorman/Ray Shillington twosome, also from NS. The New Brunswick rink of Ken Grattan and Al Gauvreau finished third. The other three teams in the pool, all from PEI, had 2-3 win-loss records.
In the second pool, the Nova Scotia team of Vince Clark and Kerry Gardner were first, with a 4-1 win-loss tally. Two PEI rinks, the Grant Laird/Vern Chowan duo from the host club, who were awarded second place, and the third place Bob Leard/Barry MacDonald team, were 3-2. Two teams went 2-3, with one at 1-4.
At 10 am Thursday, the second place team from one pool will play the third place team from the other, with Gorman/Shillington facing Leard/MacDonald, and Grattan/Gauvreau playing Laird/Chowan. The winners will then take on first place teams Lohnes/Crowe and Clark/Gardiner at 12 noon, with the winners of those two games playing in the 2 pm final, and the losers going to the consolation game at the same time.
With one round robin draw remaining, Thursday at noon, in the four team women’s section, with all teams coming from PEI, the rink of Shirley Lank and Ruth Walsh from the Cornwall and Crapaud clubs have sewn up first place with a 4-1 win-loss record. The other three teams are at 2-3. Lank/Walsh will play the second place finisher in the women’s final, at 2 pm.