The Brad Gushue rink, which includes PEI natives Adam Casey and Brett Gallant, have made it to the semi-finals at the Perth Masters in Perth Scotland. This morning, they defeated the Tomi Rantamaki rink of Finland by a 5-1 score in the quarter-finals to advance to the semi. Other quarter-final winners were Thomas Ulsrud from Norway, Ewan MacDonald from Scotland, and Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen. Gushue plays Ulsrud, while MacDonald faces McEwen in the semis, which just got underway, at noon Perth time, 8 am PEI time.
Photo: Team Gushue in the quarter-finals, credit Tom J. Brydone
Ulsrud and McEwen went undefeated through the A side of the knockout draw, while Gushue qualified on the B side, with one loss, and beat Pascal Hess of Switzerland in his qualifier game in just 4 ends, winning 7-0 in a one sided affair. Gushue’s extra-end loss earlier came at the hand of Kyle Smith, who kept it tight right to the eighth end where Brad took 2 to level the score and handed Kyle the hammer in the extra end and the young Scotsman didn’t waste it, taking his 1 to seal the victory.
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