A surprising announcement was made on Sportsnet during the Champions Cup Grand Slam of Curling women’s quarterfinals today, as Mary Fay, skip of 2016 World and Canadian Juniors champions from Chester Nova Scotia will walk away from curling.
Curling Canada file photo: Mary Fay front (PEI’s Veronica Smith is at the back)
Here is the announcement, courtesy of CurlingZone.
Earlier this month, the 2016 Optimist International Under-18 Curling Championship took over the Jasper Place Curling Club in Edmonton. The Saskatchewan men’s and Manitoba women’s teams recently took home the gold medals in this annual event that provides an opportunity for young curlers to develop their competitive skills against teams from across Canada and beyond.
2016 Optimist International Under-18 Curling Championship participants (Detour Photography)
The Steering Committee (currently Bill Hans, Eric Bundgaard, Al Kersey, and Paul Bourque), started the Optimist International Under-18 Curling Championships in 2001 as part of Optimist International’s commitment to helping youth. Both the 2015 and 2016 event were co-hosted by the Jasper Place Curling Club, run by Cathy Craig, and the Saville Community Sports Centre, represented by Karla Ishida, in Edmonton.
In its 16th year, the Optimist Under-18 International Curling Championship is unique in that men’s and women’s teams represent the Canadian provinces and territories, but also come from the United States and Japan. This year, the curlers attended a development camp before the main event, and were coached by high performance curlers and coaches including Kelsey Rocque, Dana Ferguson, Danielle Schmiemann, Mick Lizmore, Don Bartlett, Jules Owchar, Gary Coderre, and Cathy Craig.
Additionally, Kelsey Rocque, an Optimist Under-18 past participant, past Canadian Junior and World Junior champion, and current CIS/CCA Curling champion, delivered the first stone during the opening ceremonies and presented the keynote address at the popular Saturday night banquet.
In the women’s event, two teams went through undefeated after the five draws: New Brunswick in the A pool and Manitoba in the B pool. For the men’s teams, Saskatchewan was undefeated in the A pool and Quebec topped the B pool at 4-1. In this event, all teams play in the playoffs to decide the top 12 World Under-18 seeds.
The men’s final gold medal game between Saskatchewan and Quebec went to an extra end after Saskatchewan skip Mitchell Dales was heavy on a draw against two. He made up for it in the extra end, however, drawing against three to seal the win and take home the gold medal. This will be 18-year-old Dales’s last Optimist Under-18 event.
2016 Optimist International Under-18 Men’s Gold Medal Winners Team Saskatchewan: (left to right) coach – Darlene Kaminski (standing in for coach Verne Anderson, who was competing at the Canadian Masters): Lead – Braden Fleischhacker, Second – Mitchell Schmidt, Third – Dustin Mikush, Skip – Mitchell Dales. (Detour Photography)
“It’s been a blast!” he said about this unique competition. “We’ve had a lot of fun here. It’s so much fun to play against international teams. I think it’s a new thing to do and it’s different. Before our Juveniles started we actually had a chance to play against Anna Sidorova [Women’s Team Russia] so it was a good warm-up game for this event.”
Because he’s “aged out” of the Under-18 competition, Dales has set his sights on the next challenge: “Our focus is Canadian Juniors next year.”
In the women’s event, the two undefeated teams, Manitoba and New Brunswick, faced off in the final. Manitoba skip Mackenzie Zacharias and her team were in control most of the way, finally allowing New Brunswick to score a deuce in the seventh end after a series of blanks and singles by Manitoba. The eighth end ended in early handshakes, with Manitoba capturing the gold medal with a score of 3-2.
2016 Optimist International Under-18 Women’s Gold Medal Winners Team Manitoba: (left to right) Lead -Jenessa Rutter, Second – Emily Zacharias, Third – Morgan Reimer, Skip – Mackenzie Zacharias, Coach – Sheldon Zacharias (Detour Photography)
Curling in Canada is a treat for the international competitors as well. Seventeen-year-old Christine McMakin, skip for the Minnesota women’s team and 2016 World Women’s Junior Curling Championship silver medallist, has been an Optimist Under-18 competitor five times.
“It’s just nice to see new competition because in the States there’s so few curlers,” she said about having the opportunity to play against new teams at the Optimist each year. “We play against the same people all the time so we get to know each other’s habits and then when we get to higher levels like the Worlds, we don’t know how to play against people we’ve never played against.”
This Under-18 event also helps develop the sport in places where high-performance curling isn’t as widespread. Wendy Miller was at this year’s event as the coach for the Northwest Territories women’s team. She played on Kerry Galusha’s Northwest Territories team for four years, attending the 2011, 2012, and 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and she was excited about finally being certified as a coach and attending this first event as a team. Miller stressed how important an under-18 event is for the development of junior teams from the Territories.
“There’s not a lot of junior teams in the north, so they play adults: we play in the Thursday night league and we play people like Kerry (Galusha, skip of Team NT at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts) and Jamie (Koe, skip of Team NT at the Tim Hortons Brier). So it’s nice to be here and play other junior teams,” said Miller. “I think that’s really great for (the young curlers) because they don’t have many people their age that are pumped about curling that they can really relate to. So then they come here and they look around and they see all these other young people enjoying the sport and I think that really gets them excited.”
Miller also stressed the significance of having curlers like the Koe siblings to look up to as role models and inspiration.
Coach Wendy Miller talks to her Team Northwest Territories team during their first game (Detour Photography)
“Kids in the north are getting interested in (curling). They see it on TV. People know who (2016 World Champion) Kevin Koe is. They see him on TV, they know he’s from the North, and everybody from the North feels like they’re friends with Kevin Koe,” she said. “There’s so much support for our own teams and they also see him doing well and I think kids in the north actually think that ‘maybe that could be me someday, maybe I could be that team’, so it inspires them to go out and play.”
Next year’s competition may have a different look: Member Associations across Canada will be presented with a proposal for Curling Canada to introduce an Under-18 championship, an idea that will be discussed and voted on at the Annual General Meeting this June in Cornwall, Ont.
(Story by Lisa Shamchuk)
(by Jonathan Brazeau)
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. — Reigning world champ Kevin Koe of Calgary cruised to a 9-2 victory after clashing with Peter de Cruz of Switzerland during Draw 5 action Wednesday night at the Humpty’s Champions Cup.
Kevin Koe at the 2016 Humpty’s Champions Cup in Sherwood Park, Alta. (Photo: Anil Mungal)
Koe got on the scoreboard first stealing two in the second and maintained control adding three in the fourth and a four-ender in the sixth to bring out early handshakes. De Cruz was held to singles in three and five.
Team Koe climb to a 2-0 record in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season finale while Team de Cruz are level at 1-1 during round-robin play.
“We got a nice steal of two in the second end that kind of set the tone of the game,” Team Koe third Marc Kennedy said. “Then Kevin made a couple good shots. We got a few breaks, got some misses, just riding some good momentum lately.”
Teams had to win a high-profile tour event over the course of the season in order to qualify for the Humpty’s Champions Cup. The Edmonton native Kennedy has had his mind on this event since September when his team became the first to earn a berth by capturing the Pinty’s GSOC season opening Tour Challenge Tier 1.
“I don’t get to play in my own backyard very often so I’ve been looking forward to this event all year,” he said. “The crowds are great, the energy is good. We’re excited to have earned our spot here and we’re starting to play pretty good so I’m looking forward to a good weekend.”
Elsewhere, Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., also moved up to a 2-0 record with a 5-2 win over American John Shuster, who dropped to 0-2.
Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock improved to a 1-1 record rolling to a 9-1 victory in just five ends over Edmonton’s Mick Lizmore (1-2). Laycock scored three in the first and stole four in the third for an early seven-point advantage. Lizmore was limited to a single in four and shook hands after Laycock added a deuce in five.
Humpty’s Champions Cup: : Scores | Standings | Schedule | TV Schedule | Watch Online
In the women’s division, it was a good day at the office for the Japanese teams skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa and Ayumi Ogasawara as they picked up pairs of wins Wednesday.
The world silver medallist Fujisawa prevailed over Ottawa’s Rachel Homan in the evening draw with a 7-6 extra end victory.
Fujisawa led 5-0 at the break scoring one in the second, stealing a point in the third and three in the fourth. Homan, who won three consecutive Pinty’s GSOC majors this season, bounced back with a deuce in six.
The two rinks alternated singles in six and seven and Homan forced the decisive extra end by scoring three in the eighth. Fujisawa made a hit and roll to split the rings with her first skip stone in the extra and didn’t need to throw her last as Homan was unable to get the right freeze on her final shot.
Team Fujisawa also scored a 4-2 win over Jacqueline Harrison of Mississauga, Ont., during the noon draw.
Meanwhile, Ogasawara defeated Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque 6-4 in the evening after edging Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland 4-3 during the noon draw.
NOTES: The Humpty’s Champions Cup is the seventh and final event of the 2015-16 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season and runs through to Sunday at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre. … TV coverage begins Thursday on Sportsnet. … The event is the second of two new tournaments added to the schedule this year along with the Tour Challenge, which kicked off the season in September. … The Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling returns for the 2016-17 season starting with the Masters, Oct. 25-30, in Okotoks, Alta.
(by Jonathan Brazeau)
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. — Recent Players’ Championship winner Brad Gushue picked up where he left off in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling series.
Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., kicked off the inaugural Humpty’s Champions Cup with a 7-6 victory over Scotland’s Bruce Mouat on Tuesday night to extend his series winning streak to 15 games.
Brad Gushue at the 2016 Humpty’s Champions Cup in Sherwood Park, Alta. (Photo: Anil Mungal)
Things were a bit dicey in the third end. Tied 1-1 after two, Gushue nearly broke the game open early looking for a four-ender but missed on his last and instead raised Mouat’s stones as the game swung to a 2-1 advantage for the reigning world junior champion.
“It was a bit of a battle,” Gushue said. “We got off to a good start with a steal in the first end and had a shot for four in the third. I feathered the guard and actually raised them into the button to give them one so that kind of made the game a lot closer than it could have been if I make that shot.”
A deuce in four gave Gushue a 3-2 lead and Mouat knotted it up with a single in five.
Gushue finally got his four-ender in the sixth to put a hold on the game up 7-3. Mouat took two in the seventh and sat another pair in eight, but Gushue held the hammer coming home and knocked out one to concede a point but hold on for the W.
“They played pretty well and in the sixth end we got a couple misses out of them and got a big four end there and that was kind of the end of the game,” Gushue said. “We had a four-point lead at that point, which is usually enough for us with two ends to go and we played the last two ends pretty solid and came out with a win.
“It’s nice, a nice crowd, the ice was great, so it was a good start.”
Teams had to win a high-profile event over the course of the season in order to qualify for the Humpty’s Champions Cup and Gushue believes it’s great to see teams that normally wouldn’t make it into a Pinty’s GSOC event based strictly on order of merit points.
“I think getting some new people an opportunity here to play on great ice and in front of a great crowd and eventually on TV as we get closer to the weekend is good,” he said. “It could be an opportunity for guys like these or any other team like Mick Lizmore or some of the teams people probably haven’t heard of as much. They have a good week here and get some points and it could help them get into the Slams next year. It’s an opportunity for a stepping stone for them.
“I know for us when we first started playing in them we got to the final of the Players’ back in 2005 and that was kind of our stepping stone. That got us enough points to get in and once we got in we were able to stay in.”
Gushue entered the event having won the past two Pinty’s GSOC events running the table at the Elite 10 and the Players’ Championship. The team of Gushue, third Mark Nichols, second Brett Gallant, and lead Geoff Walker have also captured the Rogers Grand Slam Cup as the overall season champions.
Humpty’s Champions Cup: Scores | Standings | Schedule | TV Schedule | Watch Online
Elsewhere, reigning world champ Kevin Koe of Calgary scored an 8-3 victory over Edmonton’s Mick Lizmore. Koe counted three in the first, took two in the fourth and added another trey in six to bring out the early handshakes. Lizmore scored a deuce in the second and was held to a single in five.
In the women’s division, reigning Scotties champ Chelsea Carey of Calgary prevailed 5-4 over Edmonton’s Kelsey Rocque. Carey snapped a 2-2 tie counting three in the sixth.
Rocque looked to close the gap in seven but her last came up short and Carey gave up just one more in the eighth to secure the victory.
Ottawa’s Rachel Homan, the Rogers Grand Slam Cup women’s champion, picked up a single in the eighth to edge Edmonton’s Val Sweeting 5-4.
NOTES: The Humpty’s Champions Cup is the seventh and final event of the 2015-16 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season and runs through to Sunday at the Sherwood Park Arena Sports Centre. … TV coverage begins Thursday on Sportsnet. … The event is the second of two new tournaments added to the schedule this year along with the Tour Challenge, which opened the season in September. … The Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling returns for the 2016-17 season starting with the Masters, Oct. 25-30, in Okotoks, Alta.
Call for Applications – Sport Committee Position
Athlete Representative
The CGC delivers the Canada Games as a unique, premium, nation building, multi-sport event and works continuously to strengthen the Canada Games Movement, in partnership with government, the private sector and the sport community.
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The Sport Committee is convened at the pleasure of the Board of Directors of the CGC and is delegated responsibility to consider and decide on sport matters including but not necessarily limited to those noted below. The Sport Committee shall attempt to further the mission and strategic directions of the CGC in the areas of the sport program and technical matters and athlete care, comfort and safety.
The individual committee members are ratified at the Board’s Annual General Meeting and currently consist of the following:
– Chair – appointed by the Board
– CGC Director of Sport & Games
– 2 National Sport Organization (NSO) Reps
– 2 Provincial/Territorial Reps
– 1 Athlete Rep
– 1 Sport Canada Rep – Non Voting
– CGC Sport & Games Staff – Non Voting
Sport Committee members (with the exception of the CGC Director of Sport & Games and non-voting members) shall serve terms of four (4) years with a maximum of two (2) terms. Terms are staggered so that all committee members do not change at the same time.
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The Sport Committee will have primary responsibility for the following:
– Principles that Govern Technical Packages:
– Age Categories;
– Athlete Eligibility;
– Competition Formats;
– Sport Scoring;
– Sport Technical Packages;
– Technical Officials;
– Sport Venues;
– Technical Representatives;
– Canada Games Flag and Centennial Cup;
– Sport Technical Policies/Procedures;
– Sport Selection;
– Sport Schedule;
– Protests and Appeals;
– Athlete Care, Comfort and Safety;
2. ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE (1 position)
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You are an active or retired Provincial/Territorial or National team athlete and Canada Games alumnus who has an affinity for the Games and appreciates and understands the importance the Games play in the Canadian athlete development system.
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We are looking for individuals that can make a minimum four-year commitment, with a possibility of one additional term.
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Broad-based knowledge of the Canada Games and the Canadian Sport system. Ability to link sport technical decisions, and its impact on athletes and the Canadian sport system. Specific knowledge of participants care and comfort needs at a multi sport games.
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Four year term begins in June 2016 (renewable to a maximum of one additional term or eight years in total).
3. APPLICATION PROCESS
Please complete the linked application form – by May 13, 2016.
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Legendary curler Colleen Jones was shocked when the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame came a calling, but is truly honoured to be recognized and for the chance to live out her dream.
The announcement that she will be in the Hall of Fame was made today. The official ceremony will take place Nov. 1.
Click to watch video at Sportsnet
Colleen Jones (from Sportsnet video)
Team Jill Brothers, out of Halifax, announced recently via their Twitter account that PEI native Erin Carmody, who has recently been curling in Alberta, is moving to Nova Scotia to pursue her Masters degree at Mount St. Vincent University, and will be joining the Brothers rink at third stone. Carmody will replace Sarah Murphy, who is expecting her first baby in October. Sarah will now be filling the role of fifth player for the team. Blisse Joyce continues as second stone for the team, while Jennifer Brine replaces Teri Udle at lead. (with info from the Grand Slam of Curling website)
Photo: Erin Carmody, 2nd from left, with the Crystal Webster rink in 2012
Team Brothers are the reigning Nova Scotia Scotties champions. Brothers, originally from the Liverpool area, won a Canadian Junior title as Jill Mouzar, and placed second at the world championship in 2004. She has also made three appearances at the national Scotties women’s curling championship. Three-time PEI junior champ Carmody, throwing fourth stones for Kathy O’Rourke, made the 2010 Canadian Scotties final, but lost to Jennifer Jones, although she won the Sandra Schmirler Most Valuable Player Award.
Team Nova Scotia skip Jill Brothers and lead Teri Udle in draw eleven action at the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian Womens Curling Championships, Grande Prairie, Alberta (Curling.ca)
The reigning PEI Scotties champions. Team Birt, sent out the following message on their Facebook page this evening:
As the 2015/2016 curling season comes to a close, we would like to thank our sponsors, family and friends for their support this year. Couldn’t do any of this without you! As you all know, there is a lot that goes into a competitive curling team and due to different schedules and life circumstances we have decided to go our separate ways for next season. Wherever we land, you can be sure that we’ll be enjoying ourselves doing what we love to do. Thanks again!
(L-R): Suzanne Birt, Robyn Green, Meaghan Hughes, Marie Christianson
(by Jonathan Brazeau)
TORONTO — Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., has won the Players’ Championship to complete a career Grand Slam.
Brad Gushue at the 2016 Players’ Championship in Toronto. (Photo: Anil Mungal)
Gushue defeated defending champ Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., 5-4 in Sunday’s final.
Team Gushue — featuring third Mark Nichols, second Brett Gallant, and lead Geoff Walker — earned a total of $101,500 during the week as they also captured the Rogers Grand Slam Cup as the overall season champions Saturday to cash in the $75,000 bonus.
Gushue landed on the lid with his last shot of the first end to settle for a single and a 1-0 lead. The five-time Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling event winner froze perfectly on the button and under cover with his last in the second and Jacobs conceded the steal.
Jacobs bounced back putting the pressure on in the third to get a deuce. The 2014 Olympic gold medallist forced Gushue to one in the fourth, but was also held to a single in five as he faced four counters in the house.
Gushue took two in the sixth for the lead. Jacobs had a chance to knot it back up but came up light on his draw and missed the rings. Gushue kept the house clean in eight to run Jacobs out of rocks.
Jacobs defeated Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen in last year’s final to earn his first career Grand Slam title.
Earlier Sunday, Eve Muirhead of Scotland topped Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones 9-6 to win her third Players’ Championship women’s title in four years.
(by Jonathan Brazeau)
TORONTO — Brad Gushue of St. John’s, N.L., has claimed the 2015-16 Rogers Grand Slam Cup.
Gushue defeated Niklas Edin of Sweden 7-3 during Saturday afternoon’s quarterfinal draw at the Players’ Championship to clinch the season title in the Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling series and earn a $75,000 bonus.
Brad Gushue at the Players’ Championship in Toronto. (Photo: Anil Mungal)
Team Gushue have already captured two Pinty’s GSOC titles this season taking the National and the Elite 10 as the rink now looks to complete a career Grand Slam — winning all four majors — heading into the semifinals at the Players’.
Gushue settled for one in the first and stole a pair in the third to grab a 3-0 lead. Edin, a two-time world champion, took two in the fourth end to close the gap to one but Gushue replied with a three-ender in five to make it 6-2.
Edin avoided disaster in the sixth making an unbelievable angle raise quad for a single.
Gushue added another point in seven to extend their series winning streak to 12 games after they ran the table to win the Elite 10 last month and finished the Players’ Championship round-robin play with a 5-0 record.
Gushue now meets Scotland’s David Murdoch, who advanced to the semifinals of a Pinty’s GSOC event for the first time in his career with a convincing 8-2 victory over Glenn Howard, of Penetanguishene, Ont.
“The quarters have always been the stumbling block at the Slams,” Murdoch said. “It’s been a goal for us to make the semifinals. We’ve had plenty of opportunities in the quarterfinals this year and never quite took them. Today we brought a good game out there. Just pleased. You know you’re doing something right if you’re making semis at the Players’ Championship.”
Meanwhile, Winnipeg’s Mike McEwen took down recently crowned world champ Kevin Koe of Calgary 8-5.
The six-time Pinty’s GSOC event winner McEwen will meet defending champ Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., who was perfect curling 100 percent in a 6-2 win over Saskatoon’s Steve Laycock 6-2.
Jacobs edged McEwen in last year’s Players’ Championship final to earn his first career Pinty’s GSOC title and the Rogers Grand Slam Cup.
The men’s and women’s semifinals are Sunday at 11 a.m. AT (watch on Sportsnet ONE).
(by Joey Smith)
TRURO – History was made at the Truro Curling Club on Saturday.
In front of a crowd of more than 200, Chad Stevens gave Nova Scotia its first Canadian firefighters curling title after an 8-4 victory over Saskatchewan’s Gregg Tarasoff in the final.
“Unbelievable,” Dennis Stevens, Chad’s father, who throws third stones for the team, said after the championship game. “It’s awesome to win gold here at home in Truro.”
Nova Scotia nabbed its first Canadian firefighters curling championship on Saturday at Truro Curling Club. Members of the team, with the Muscular Dystrophy Hydrant Trophy, are, from left, lead Mike Grist, second Dave Richardson, provincial director Mike Hennessy, mate Dennis Stevens and skip Chad Stevens.
Joey Smith – Truro Daily News
The gold medal is a fitting addition to the trophy case. The team, from the Chester Fire Department, won silver in 1998 in Regina and bronze in 2009 in Charlottetown.
“I’m ecstatic,” said Chad, who was playing in his eighth firefighters national. “To play with my dad, and every time we win provincials, it brings a little tear to my eye, but to win at this level, it’s amazing.”
The Stevens foursome, which also includes second Dave Richardson and lead Mike Grist, defeated Alberta 7-5 in a semifinal game on Saturday morning.
In the final, Nova Scotia led 4-3 after six ends and put the contest out of reach by scoring three in the seventh.
“We played our game and they kind of let us go with it,” Chad said. “It’s what we’re comfortable with. We kind of snuck a greasy three in there in seven, and it kind of paved the way.”
Not only was it the first national championship in the 57-year history of the event for Nova Scotia, but it was also the first time a team east of Ontario won gold.
The Chad Stevens rink from the Chester Fire Department didn’t have far to travel to win Nova Scotia’s first Canadian Firefighters Curling Championship today, beating Alberta’s Aaron Bartling squad 7-5 in the semifinal game, and doubling the Greg Tarasoff foursome from Saskatchewan 8-4 in the final at the Truro Curling Club.
Photo (L-R): Lead – Mike Grist, 2nd – Dave Richardson, Provincial Director – Mike Hennessy, Third – Dennis Stevens, Skip – Chad Stevens
Stevens, along with third Dennis Stevens, second Dave Richardson and lead Mike Grist, advanced to today’s games by beating BC’s Dean Thulin team 10-4 in the 3 vs. 4 Page playoff game on Friday afternoon. This was Stevens’ eighth firefighters national. The team’s best previous finish was second in Regina in 1998. Alberta lost to Saskatchewan 8-4 in the Page 1-2 game on Friday afternoon, and had a second chance in today’s semi-final, while Sask. advanced directly to the final.
Tarasoff, who had only one loss in round robin play, won the national title in 2013 in Saint John, NB. Saskatchewan has won 12 national titles, including two of the last three.
PEI, skipped by Leo Stewart out of the Summerside Fire Dept., finished out of the playoffs with a 4-6 win-loss record.
(with info from the Truro Daily News)
The Canadian Firefighters Curling Championship is down to two games, following the completion of the Page playoffs this afternoon in Truro. The Saskatchewan team, who have only one loss in the entire event, advanced to the 1 pm Saturday final, stealing three points in the last end to double Alberta 8-4 in the 1st vs 2nd place game. The home province team, skipped by Chad Stevens, eliminated British Columbia with a 10-4 win in the Page 3rd vs 4th match, scoring two four enders in the game. Alberta now takes on Nova Scotia in the semi-final, at 9 am Sunday, with the winner advancing to the 1 pm championship game against Saskatchewan.
PEI finished out of the playoffs with a 4-6 record.
Live results at Curlingresults.com/firefighters/2016
Round robin play concluded this afternoon at the Canadian Firefighters Curling Championship in Truro, with the PEI team, skipped by Leo Stewart from the Summerside Fire Department, finishing out of the playoffs with a 4-6 win-loss record. The Island squad lost 8-1 to BC in their only Tuesday game, beat the Northwest Territories 9-6 and lost to NB, also by a 9-6 score, on Wednesday, and split their Thursday games, beating Nova Scotia 11-6 and losing 9-6 to Quebec.
Four teams have advanced to the Page playoff round at 1 pm Friday. Saskatchewan finished in first place with a 9-1 win-loss record, while BC, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, all with 7-3 records, have also advanced. Saskatchewan and Alberta will play in the 1st vs 2nd place game, while BC and Nova Scotia face off in the 3rd vs 4th place game.
The winner of the game between the 1st and 2nd place teams goes directly to the 1 pm Saturday final, while the loser of that game takes on the winner of the Page games between the 3rd and 4th place teams in the 9 am Saturday semi-final, with the winner of that game going to the final.
Live results at curlingresults.com/firefighters/2016
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(by Lisa Shamchuk) It was announced at the banquet last night that this will be the last year for the Optimist U18 Curling Championships. The Optimist U18 Steering Committee has been working with Curling Canada for many years to establish … Continue reading
Ontario’s Bryan Cochrane and Nova Scotia’s Colleen Jones claimed the men’s and women’s 2016 Everest Canadian Senior Curling Championship titles on Saturday afternoon in Digby, N.S. Cochrane overpowered the defending champion, Randy Neufeld, 6-3, while Jones defeated Saskatchewan’s Sherry Anderson, … Continue reading
Ottawa’s Emma Miskew and Toronto’s Ryan Fry put together a second-half comeback Saturday night to reach the quarter-finals of the 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Saskatoon. Ryan Fry and Emma Miskew secured their berth in the quarter-finals with a … Continue reading
After eight rounds of play, the pool standings are taking shape, with five teams remaining undefeated as the competition heads into Round Nine. Rachel Homan/Mark Nichols along with Laura Crocker/Geoff Walker both lead Pool A with undefeated records of 5-0.They … Continue reading
Ontario’s Bryan Cochrane remains undefeated and Cathy King (Alberta) and Sherry Anderson (Saskatchewan) continue to battle for top spot on the women’s side as the championship round got underway on Thursday at the 2016 Everest Senior Men’s and Women’s Curling … Continue reading
The 2016 Canadian Mixed Doubles Championship kicked off on Thursday with 32 teams – including some very familiar names – vying for the chance to compete at the world championship in Karlstad, Sweden in April. National Mixed Doubles Coach Jim … Continue reading