Tyler Tardi successfully completed the defence of his world title when he led his Canadian team to a 9-4 win over Switzerland in Saturday morningB次元官网网址檚 menB次元官网网址檚 gold medal game at the World Junior Curling Championships 2019 in Liverpool, N.S.

At the same time Scotland took bronze medals, beating Norway by 8-5.

In the gold medal game, the CanadiansB次元官网网址� skip, Tardi, third Sterling Middleton, second Matthew Hall, and lead Alex Horvath B次元官网网址� supported by alternate Rylan Kleiter and coach Paul Tardi B次元官网网址� blanked the first end and then opened the scoring with two points in the second end.

Switzerland could only score a single point in the third end, then Canada moved further ahead in the fourth when Tardi had an open hit for a score of three points and a 5-1 lead.

In the fifth end, a draw by Swiss skip Marco Hoesli was too heavy and this handed Canada a steal of two more points for a 7-1 lead at the break.

SwitzerlandB次元官网网址檚 skip Marco Hoesli and team took a single point from the sixth end, then in the seventh end.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Tardi hit out two Swiss stones to add another two points to his tally, for a 9-2 lead.

In the eighth end, Switzerland drew their last stone into the house for two points, they then shook hands to concede the game and the title, at 9-4.

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The team is made up of Tardi (a Cloverdale skip who plays out of the Langley Curling Centre), Middleton (the third who hails from Fort. St. John, lives in New Westminster, and curls out of Langley), Matthew Hall (second, who lives in Cloverdale but also plays out of the Langley rink), and Alex Horvath (the lead who plays out of Victoria). SaskatchewanB次元官网网址檚 Rylan Kleiter joined the team for the world competition, as a fifth, and rounding out the team is their coach B次元官网网址� TylerB次元官网网址檚 father B次元官网网址� Paul, as well as Melissa Soligo retunring as the team leader.

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Norway opened the bronze medal game with a steal of one point, but the early breakthrough was in ScotlandB次元官网网址檚 favour when NorwayB次元官网网址檚 skip Magnus RamsfjellB次元官网网址檚 last stone of the third end was too light, wrecking on a guard and giving Scotland a steal of three points for a 4-1 lead.

The teams then swapped scores of two points to give Scotland a 6-3 lead at the break.

In the seventh end, Scotland skip Ross Whyte played a tap-back for one point to add to his teamB次元官网网址檚 lead, then Ramsfjell caught another front guard in the eighth end to give Scotland a steal of one point for an 8-4 lead.

Norway drew their last stone of the ninth end to score one more point, then conceded midway through the tenth end, with the final score at 8-5 to Scotland.

With this win, the Scots B次元官网网址� skip Whyte, third Duncan McFadzean, second James Craik and lead Euan Kyle, supported by alternate Ryan McCormack and coach Greg Drummond B次元官网网址� took bronze medals.

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Fans are going online congratulating the local players.