The Suzanne Birt rink from the Charlottetown Curling Complex will have two chances on Monday to win the PEI Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincial Women’s Championship title in the two game championship series, at 1 and 6 pm. at the Silver Fox Curling and Yacht Club in Summerside. The Birt rink won two sections – the B and the C, of the modified triple knockout draw, and will take the title if they win either game, while their opponents in both games, the Kathy O’Rourke rink, also from Charlottetown, who won the A section, would have to win both games.
Birt stole a deuce on a measure in the 10th end of the C final this afternoon against the defending champion Kim Dolan rink, to come from behind and win their game by a 7-6 score, eliminating Dolan from the competition. Dolan took a 4-1 lead in the 3rd end, when she made a double hit for 4. Birt narrowed the gap with singles in the next two ends, but Dolan took singles of her own in ends six and 7 for a 6-3 lead. Drawing against four Dolan counters, Birt picked up a single in end seven eight. She stole another single in nine when Dolan was light on a draw to the button attempt, to put Birt one down without hammer coming home, but two great draws in the final end gave her the win, when Dolan’s fina stone left two Birt counters.
Here’s the end by end recap of tonight’s game:
End 10: Birt makes 2 great draws. Dolan draws to cut them down to 1. Measure for steal of 2. Game over Birt 7 Dolan 6
End 9: Dolan has to draw to button for 1 but is light. Dolan 6 Birt 5 after 9
End 8: Birt draws against 4. Makes it. Dolan 6 Birt 4 after 8
End 7: Birt draws against 3, but is a bit heavy & Dolan steals 1. Dolan 6 Birt 3 after 7.
End 6: Dolan draws for 2 but is light and only gets 1. Dolan 5 Birt 3 after 6
End 5: Dolan tries to hit for 2 but misses stone. Dolan 4 Birt 3 at the 5th end break.
End 4: Birt makes tap back on Dolan stone for single. Dolan 4 Birt 2
End 3: Dolan makes double for 4 to lead Birt 4-1.
End 2: Dolan hits and rolls out for blank. Birt 1 Dolan 0 after 2
End 1: Dolan tries to hit & roll out for the blank, but misses stone. Steal of 1 for Birt. Birt 1 Dolan 0.
The winning team from tomorrow’s championship round will advance to the national 2015 Scotties in Moose Jaw SK, Feb. 14-22.