In the final draws of the round robin play, the
men's side of the compeititon has finished up
with the finals picture crystal clear. But on
the ladies side, a tie-breaker will be needed to
see who moves on.
In a
battle of the 2nd and 3rd place teams, each with
a 4-2 record, Jasmin Thurston's rink defeated
Shannon Harrington's rink 6-4, guaranteeing them
a spot in the semi-finals. Thurston's rink fell
behind with the hammer, but took two in the 4th
end for the lead. Harrington who stole one in
the third, who get her point back to tie the
game in the 5th, and steal another point to take
the lead in the 6th. But Thurston's rink came
back with another two point end in the 7th and
stole one in the 8th for a two point lead.
Harrington's rink could only get one back in the
9th and without the hammer, would fall 6-4.
With
the loss they would have to see what Stephanie
Van Huyse's rink would do, as they took on Jamie
Sincalir. Unfortunately for the Harrington rink,
SInclair's rink could not provide the upset, as
Van Huyse's rink won 7-4, stealing two in the
8th end, and one in the 9th for the victory.
With
those draws played, Clancy Grandy's rink, who
also defeated Nicole McNiven's rink 7-2 in their
final draw match, will get a bye to the finals
with a 6-1 record. Jasmine Thurston's rink will
now wait on the winner of a tie-breaker between
Harrington and Van Huyse. The last time these
two teams played each other, it was Van Huyse's
rink who come out on top with an impressive 9-3
victory in 7 ends.
On the
men's side, Matthew Camm's rink remained perfect
in round robin play, as they will move straight
to the finals. They defeated Richard Krell's
rink 6-2, stealing three in the 3rd end to help
end the match early. Krell's team falls to 5-2,
but already had a semi-final spot locked up.
They
will take on Michawl Bryson's rink, who defeated
Derreck Veitch's rink 7-2 in the final draw.
Both Bryson and Krell have 5-2 records heading
into the semi-finals match. The last time these
two rinks faced off it was Richard Krell's rink
coming out on top with a 6-3 victory.
Semi-finals will be played Saturday, with the
finals being played Sunday.
