 Nathan Young (photo: WCF) wins 8-6 over Greg Smith to book their place at the Tim Hortons Brier in London. The 20-year-old Young, winner of the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Champery, Switzerland, is joined by Sam Follett, Nathan Locke and Ben Stringer went 6-1 through the 8-team round-robin, booking their place straight into the final. Young opened scoring a single point in the first end, then stole one more in the second end. After forcing Smith to a single point in the third end, Young scored two in the fourth end to lead 4-1. Smith got a pair back in the fifth end, then stole a point in the seventh end to tie the game. In the eighth end, Young took control of the game with three points to lead 7-4. Smith got two back in the Ninth end to cut the deficit to a single point, though Young got on the board in the final end for an 8-6 win. Smith won 9-6 over Ryan McNeil Lamswood in the semifnal. For Young and his team, this marks back-to-back title wins at the Newfoundland & Labrador Tankard, winning last year, 8-4 against Smith in that final as well.
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Brad Gushue and Team Canada (Photo: WCF/Alina Pavlyuchik) enter this year's World Men's Curling Championship, which officially gets underway Saturday afternoon in Ottawa, as the fourth-ranked team in the world.
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