This year’s final game at the 47th Canadian Postal Employees Curling Classic at the Mayflower Curling Club in Halifax featured the same teams as last year, but with a different winner. Last year’s runner-up rink, skipped by Ron Rosengren of Northern Ontario, beat the defending champion Maurel Erick foursome from Saskatchewan by a 7-5 score to win this year’s championship game.
Northern Ontario went undefeated in the event, finishing round robin play with a 10-0 win-loss record, while Sask. finished third in the round robin with a a 7-3 record, behind Quebec at 8-2. Ontario was the fourth team to advance to the playoff round, with a 6-4 record, tied with Nova Scotia, who they edged 8-7 in a tiebreaker on Friday.
Sask. eliminated Ont. 8-2 in the Page 3 vs 4 game, while Northern Ont. downed Quebec 10-3. Saskatchewan then went on to beat Quebec 10-4 in the semi-final to advance to the championship game against Ontario.
PEI’s Bob Cameron rink did not advance to the playoff round, finishing round robin play with a 3-7 record, losing their final game to Quebec on Friday by a 7-0 score.
Results and additional information available at postalcurling.ca
Next year’s Postal Curling championship will take place March 30 – April 6 in Trois Rivieres Quebec.
