The final draw will determine the final placings at the 2023 Everest Canadian Senior WomenB次元官网网址檚 and MenB次元官网网址檚 Curling Championships Friday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m. at the Vernon Curling Club.
The top four womenB次元官网网址檚 and top four menB次元官网网址檚 rinks that will qualify for Saturday morningB次元官网网址檚 semifinals will be confirmed, as will their placings.
Going into the draw Friday, thereB次元官网网址檚 a logjam on the womenB次元官网网址檚 side featuring six of the eight teams. SaskatchewanB次元官网网址檚 Nancy Martin (8-1) and OntarioB次元官网网址檚 Susan Froud (7-2) have clinched final four spots. Those two play each other, with the winner getting the No. 1 seed for the semifinals Saturday.
B.C.B次元官网网址檚 Diane Gushulak (6-3) and AlbertaB次元官网网址檚 Atina Ford Johnston (6-3) are in positions to clinch. But the remaining four teams B次元官网网址� Northwest Territories, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Manitoba B次元官网网址� are 5-4.
Gushulak will take on QuebecB次元官网网址檚 Chantal Osborne. Ford Johnston plays Nova ScotiaB次元官网网址檚 Andrea Saulnier. ManitobaB次元官网网址檚 Joelle Brown plays the Sharon Cormier rinkof the Northwest Territories.
Should teams be tied, tournament records will be used to determine the final two spots.
Gushulak fell to 6-3 Friday morning with an 8-5 loss to SaulnierB次元官网网址檚 Nova Scotia squad.
On the menB次元官网网址檚 draw, SaskatchewanB次元官网网址檚 Bruce Korte rebounded from his first loss Thursday night, 7-5 to Dave Boehmer of Manitoba, to defeat Francois Roberge of Quebec 8-3 Friday morning.
The win lifted Korte to 8-1 and in position to clinch the No. 1 seed in the 6 p.m. draw with a win over Paul Flemming of Nova Scotia (7-2). A Flemming win and the Maritimes rink gets the top seed.
Flemming is tied with B.C.B次元官网网址檚 Wes Craig of Duncan and Boehmer at 7-2 while New BrunswickB次元官网网址檚 Mike Kennedy is alive at 6-3. Craig plays Kennedy Friday at 6 p.m.
Semifinals for both men and women go Saturday morning, Dec. 9, at 8:30 a.m. The first- and second-place team in each draw gets the hammer (last rock) to start the semis.
The menB次元官网网址檚 championship and bronze-medal matches will be played at 12:30 p.m., followed by the womenB次元官网网址檚 medal games at 3:30 p.m.
The two champions will represent Canada at the World Championships in 2024 in Sweden.
