 Kira Brunton (Sudbury, Ontario) wins the StuSells Toronto Tankard, defeating Cathy Auld (Toronto, ON) 7-4 at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Canada. Brunton with Megan Smith at third, Sara Guy and Kate Sherry on the front end take home the $5,000CDN first place cheque along with 38.560 world ranking points, while Auld receives $3,500CDN and 28.277 world ranking points for their second place finish. Starting with hammer, Auld scored 1 in the first end, when Brunton responded in the second end scoring 2. After a blank end, Auld scored a single the fourth end to tie the game at 2, then added a steal in the fifth end. Brunton scored a single in the sixth end, then forced Auld to a single in the seventh end. Trailing one with hammer, Brunton scored 4 in the eighth end for the 7-4 win. In the semifinals, Brunton defeated Jacqueline Harrison (Toronto, Ontario) 8-1 and Auld defeated Julie Tippin (Woodstock, Ontario) 6-5. Tippin and Harrison earned $2,250CDN and 21.851 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Brunton defeated Kristen Streifel (Regina, Saskatchewan) 6-5, Auld defeated Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) 6-4, while Tippin defeated Stephanie Senneker (Kalamazoo, USA) 9-5 and Harrison defeated Jestyn Murphy (Mississauga, Ontario) 6-4. Galusha, Murphy, Senneker and Streifel earned $1,750CDN along with 15.424 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Brunton went 3-1 in the 20 team round robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Brunton defeated Hollie Duncan (Toronto, Ontario) 5-4, losing their next game to Tippin 12-4. Brunton responded with a 8-3 win over Erica Hopson (Ottawa, ON) and then won 7-4 over Ashley Howard (Regina, Saskatchewan) in their final qualifying round match. |
Seven time winner Eve Muirhead is aiming to reclaim the title at this week's Scottish Championships after missing out on the event last year while she was representing Team Great Britain at the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
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