(By Jean Mills) Rachel Homan won her first Canadian women’s curling championship on Sunday night, defeating Jennifer Jones of Manitoba in the final of the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts at the K-Rock Centre in Kingston.
It was the first Scotties title for Homan and her team of Emma Miskew, Alison Kreviazuk and Lisa Weagle who play out of the Ottawa Curling Club. Homan won the Canadian junior title in 2010.
Jones and her St. Vital Curling Club team of Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer and Dawn Askin were trying to win their fifth Canadian women’s championship.
Team Manitoba completed the round robin undefeated, but lost to Ontario in the Page playoff 1 vs 2 game. Jones defeated Heather Nedohin’s Team Canada 8-5 in the semifinal on Sunday morning to earn the rematch against Homan in the final.
Homan will now wear Team Canada colours at the World Women’s Curling Championship taking place March 16 to 24 in Riga, Latvia.
Rachel Homan wins the 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Photo CCA/Andrew Klaver)