(by Eric McCarthy)
ALBERTON — The Dominion Legion Curling Championship comes down to a play-off game this afternoon between Steve Elder’s Nova Scotia/Nunavut rink from Fairview Legion in Halifax and Blair Goethals’ Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario foursome from Deloraine Legion in Manitoba.
Close game, tight finish Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario skip Blair Goethals from the Deloraine Legion concentratates on his ninth end shot during his Wednesday morning game against P..I. Goethals won the game 4-3 and plays in a tie-breaker today at 2 p.m. at Western Community Curling Club to decide the Dominion Legion Curling Champion. Eric McCarthy/Journal Pioneer
Elder and Goethals both concluded round robin play Wednesday morning with victories and identical 5-1 records.
Elder has a little more time to rest up for the 2 p.m. tie-breaker as he dispatched Saskatchewan 7-1 in six ends in Wednesday’s 9 a.m. draw while Goethals didn’t get in until P.E.I. skip Mel Bernard wrecked while attempting to squeeze through a narrow port to the four-four with his final shot in 10. Already counting one, and with the game tied 3-3, Goethals didn’t have to throw his hammer. Bernard had thought long and hard about an angle tap-back with his final stone before deciding on the port.