(by Danny Lamoureux)
Saskatchewan and the host team from Quebec waged a battle Sunday tonight in an effort to join Nova Scotia at 3-0 and on top of the leaderboard at the 2013 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship at the TMR Curling Club in the Town of Mount Royal.
CCA photo Mike Fournier
Mike Fournier’s Glenmore CC team had a slim 4-3 lead playing the 6th end without last stone advantage. Key steals in that end plus steals of two points in each of the 7th and 8th ends finished the 9-3 romp over Jeff Hartung, pushing Quebec into a tie for first place. Hartung’s first loss leaves him at 2-1.
Keeping pace with three wins is Nova Scotia’s Brent MacDougall and his CFB Halifax foursome by virtue of a 13-4 win over Inuvik’s Nick Saturnino. The NWT skip is winless after three games.
BC’s Tom Buchy of Kimberley improved his record to 2-1 defeating two-time Canadian Mixed champion Robert Campbell of Charlottetown by a score of 10-4. While early in the week, the PEI skip is at 0-3 and can ill afford too many more losses.
Monday’s games are scheduled for 11:00 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm Atlantic. Monday morning match-ups feature the traditional Ontario versus Northern Ontario tilt and New Brunswick versus Alberta.