Two draws and the Opening Ceremonies were held yesterday at The Dominion Curling Club Championships in Thunder Bay. Yellow was the resounding winner for the first draw, while Nunavut men spoiled the red sweep for the second draw in the event’s first ever mixed round-robin play.
The Prince Edward Island and Nunavut women, skipped by Sharon Horne and Geneva Chislett respectively, finished after seven ends, with a final score of 8-4 for the PEI rink.
On sheet six, the Saskatchewan women dominated; finishing 10-2 in 6 ends over the Nova Scotia women.
The Prince Edward Island men’s team, skipped by Alan Inman, found themselves neck-and-neck with the Wade Kingdon rink out of Nunavut. In an extra end, Nunavut took one – making the final score 9-8.
Last year’s runner-up team, the Manitoba men, overtook Northern Ontario – the final score, 8-5.
Saskatchewan squeaked out a win against Nova Scotia, taking two in the eighth end to finalize the score of 6-5.
Yukon dominated the day’s skills competition, with the men and women finishing first in each of their pools – scoring a perfect 20 and 18 respectively. In a TDCCC first, the men’s skip Pat Paslawski covered the pin on the final draw and couldn’t get any measurement. When forced to throw again, he covered the pin once more!
Here are today’s PEI draws (all times Atlantic)
Nov. 19 at 10:30 am (men) and 2:15 pm (women) vs Northwest Territories
Nov. 19 at 5:45 (men) and 9:15 pm (women) vs Quebec
Live scoring can be viewed www.curling.ca/scoreboard/
Watch Livestreamed game action from The Dominion Curling Club Championship at:
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