New Brunswick’s Charlie Sullivan cruised to a 9-3 win over Nova Scotia to stay close to the leaders at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S., on Wednesday morning.
![New Brunswick skip Charlie Sullivan delivers his rock during action at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S. (Curling Canada/Robert Wilson photo)](https://i0.wp.com/17962-presscdn-0-57.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/58/files/2016/11/Mixed-2017-NB-Sullivan-slide-resized.jpg?resize=577%2C385)
New Brunswick skip Charlie Sullivan delivers his rock during action at the 2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship in Yarmouth, N.S. (Curling Canada/Robert Wilson photo)
Sullivan and his Thistle St. Andrew’s team from Saint John opened with a steal and scored four more points in the third end to take a commanding lead over Paul Flemming’s Mayflower Curling Club foursome. With the win, New Brunswick improved to a 4-1 record in Pool A, right behind Ontario’s Wayne Tuck (5-0), who defeated Robert Smallwood of Yukon, 7-3.
Also in Pool A action on Wednesday morning, Veronica Smith of P.E.I. won her second game of the round robin, scoring five in the sixth end on the way to a 7-5 win over Newfoundland and Labrador’s Adam Boland. Smith sits at 2-3 (win-loss) going into her final round robin game, against the Yukon, at 7 pm.
Saskatchewan’s Brady Scharback remains the only undefeated team in Pool B after handing Northern Ontario’s Trevor Bonot his first loss of the competition. Scharback stole a point in the seventh and hung on for the 5-2 win.
In the other Pool B match-up, Quebec’s Martin Ferland defeated B.C.’s Wes Craig 8-4 to improve to 3-2 in the standings and stay close to the leaders.
The round robin wraps up with two more draws on Wednesday, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., Atlantic Time.
For event, team and draw information, visit www.curling.ca/2017mixed.
Draw scores/standings will be immediately available on Curling Canada’s website, www.curling.ca.