Following up on her opening round win over the host province, Santos squared off against Ann McKellar-Gillis of the Yellowknife CC. In a game that almost required a ‘bigger’ scoreboard, Santos finally prevailed 13-9 despite owning a 9-3 lead early in the game. The St. Albert CC squad is at 2-0 in the round robin. The NWT team drops to 0-2 despite scoring 18 points in two games.
Four other teams join Alberta at 2-0.
Truro’s Colleen Pinkney, the 2009 Canadian Senior champion and 2010 World Senior Champion, edged BC’s Karen Lepine 9-8 in an extra end. Pinkney won her 2009 title in this building, the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club. Lepine remains sidelined with a fractured wrist. Regular third Lorraine Jeffries is skipping with local alternate Nancy Sinclair playing second stone.
Manitoba’s Lois Fowler joins the group following a defeat of the current World Senior champion Heidi Hanlon of NB 10-9. Fowler led 10-4 after 6 ends only to watch Hanlon battle back.
St. John’s Laura Phillips snuck past Saskatchewan’s Cathy Inglis 5-3 on the strength of a steal of one in the 9th to give her a two point lead. Finally, Quebec finished off their strong start with Thurso’s Catherine Derick stopping Nola Murphy of the host club and province 13-6.
Joining Hanlon at 1-1 is Northern Ontario’s Vicky Barrett. The Sudbury skip dropped Ontario’s Judy Oryniak to 0-2 with a hard fought 6-5 last stone victory.
Also winless after two games are BC’s Lepine and Saskatchewan’s Inglis.
The Canadian Seniors is being played at the Silver Fox Curling & Yacht Club in Summerside, PEI. Results can be found at http://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/?e=8.
Play continues all week with the championship finals for both genders scheduled for Sunday, March 24 at 11:00 am ADT. The winners will represent Canada at the 2014 World Seniors at a location yet to be announced.