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Continued from page 40 to tie the game at 5 in regulation.
In the extra end with the hammer
won by the team skipped by Rob
saw Fluery with the opportunity
Mahon from the Cornwall club,
for the win, however her last throw
the “C” flight was won by the team
for a takeout and the win wrecked
skipped by Tanya Courchesne from
on a guard saw Jones steeling the
the Rideau Curling Club, and the
single for the 6-5 win. They will be
“D” winner was the Bill Sobering
Canada’s representative in Beijing.
team from Cornwall.
On the men’s side, the cream of
On the pro side of the curling
world, the 2nd Pinty’s Grand Slam the crop in the curling world rose to
the top with Brad Gushue and Brad
of curling, The Boost National,
took place in Chestermere, Alberta. Jacobs finishing with 7 and 1 records.
Gushue, having defeated Jacobs in
Again, this was a triple knockout
affair with teams having to win 3 the round robin, earned his way to
Sunday’s final with Jacobs facing
games before losing 3 games to
advance. The John Epping team, Kevin Koe (who finished 3rd) in the
semi-final. The Koe team struggled
which has had a rough start to their Mixed Doubles Funspiel Winners
season, lost all 3 games to Glenn Mitch & Kevin Baker Photo Submitted early on, going down 8-1 after 5
ends and waving the white flag after
Howard, Ross Wyte of Scotland,
and Mike McEwan to be eliminated 6 ends. The men’s final was a hard-
fought affair with 4 blank ends.
from further play. Bruce Mouat of
Scotland, looking for his 4th straight Gushue scored a deuce in the 9th
end to go up 4-2 and held Jacobs to
Grand Slam win, was defeated by
Brad Gushue in the championship a single in the 10th to win 4-3 and
become the men’s representative for
final.
the winter Olympics.
Next up on the pro side were
the Olympic Trials taking place in In the European Curling
Saskatoon from November 20th to championships, it was all Scotland
the 28th with the top nine ladies’ with Eve Muirhead defeating Anna
and top 9 men’s teams from across Hasselburg from Sweden on the
Canada looking to represent Canada The Witherspoon Trophy winners ladies’ side. On the men’s side,
at the winter Olympics in February L to R Bob Ellison Mario Lemire ( sparing for Don McIntosh) Marcel the team of Bruce Mouat from
Lapierre, Guy Roussin and Senior President Gilles Viau.
2022. Glenn Howard, who failed to Photo Submitted Scotland defeated Nickolas Edin
qualify for the trials, would join the from Sweden to win the Men’s
John Epping team as an alternate. championship.
Events on the horizon for the
The field was the best in Canada
and the road to the Olympics was a local club include the long running
tough one. The ladies 9-team round Men’s Invitational taking place the
robin finished with Tracy Fleury weekend of December 3rd, 4th, and
running the table with an 8-0 record 5th and the in-house 58th Annual
and earning the bye right to the final. Astro Storage and Warehousing
Jennifer Jones finished 2nd and had Turkey Bonspiel taking place from
to defeat the Krista McCarvelle team December 6th to the 11th. Don’t
in the semi-final to move on. The forget to check out the Club’s
ladies’ final saw the Jennifer Jones newsletter written by Janice and
team face the Tracy Fleury team for Ang on the club website for more
the right to represent Canada at the information. Check out next
Beijing Olympics. The final was a month’s “Tee Line Talk” for results
well-played, close affair with Jones from these events.
having a chance to win it in the Until next month, wishing
10th; however, her shooter hit and Julie Bridger Memorial Mixed Invitational winners everyone a very Merry Christmas
rolled too far, taking only a single L to R Kelly McLeod Matt Dupuis Sam Mainville and Stephanie Barbeau and health and prosperity in 2022.
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