(by Jean Mills)

Heidi Hanlon stole five points in the last two ends to win the gold medal for Canada at the World Senior Curling Championships in Taarnby, Denmark today.

Team Canada celebrates after winning gold at the World Seniors Curling Championships (Photo WCF/Richard Gray)

Hanlon and her team of Kathy Floyd, Judy Blanchard and Jane Arseneau dominated Scotland in the final, shaking hands on a 12-2 victory after seven ends.

Team Canada skip Kelly Robertson (Photo WCF/Richard Gray)

On the men’s side, Team Canada’s Kelly Robertson and his team of Doug Armour, Peter Prokopowich and Bob Scales came out on the short side of a 6-5 final against and an ecstatic Irish team skipped by John Jo Kerry, who made history by winning his country’s first-ever world curling championship title.

The main turning point in the game came in the fourth end when Ireland hit a double take-out to score four points. Canada battled back and the teams were tied 5-5 going into an extra end, Canada with last stone advantage. However they could not make it count as Robertson was deep with his last draw.

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