 Nadine Scotland (Calgary, AB) wins the Avonair Cash Spiel, defeating Jodi Marthaller (Calgary, AB) 7-6 at the Avonair Curling Club in Edmonton, Canada. Scotland with Heather Jensen at third with Rebecca Konschuh and Heather Rogers on the front end take home the $2,400CDN first place cheque along with 20.422 world ranking points, while Marthaller receives $1,500CDN and 16.046 world ranking points for their second place finish. Marthaller opened the scoring stealing 2 in the first end, then forced Scotland to a single in the second end. Marthaller scored 2 more in the third end, then added a steal in the fourth end to take a 5-1 lead. Scotland began the comeback scoring 3 in the fifth end, then forced Marthaller to a single in the sixth end. Scotland scored a single in the seventh end, then stole 2 in the eighth end to sneak out the 7-6 win. In the semifinals, Scotland defeated Ashton Simard (Edmonton, AB) 7-2 and Marthaller defeated Nicky Kaufman (Edmonton, AB) 6-3. Kaufman and Simard earned $1,000CDN and 12.399 ranking points for their semifinal finishes. In the quarterfinals, Scotland defeated Holly Scott (Calgary, AB) 7-1, Marthaller defeated Zi-Xin Wang (Harbin, China) 7-6, and Simard defeated Marla Sherrer (Lacombe, AB) 5-4. Scott, Sherrer, and Wang earned $600CDN along with 8.752 ranking points for their quarterfinal finishes. Scotland went 3-0 in the 14 team round-robin pools qualifying round. In their opening game, Scotland defeated Krysta Hilker (Edmonton, AB) 9-2, then won against Lindsay Makichuk (Edmonton, AB) 6-3, and Simard 7-5 in their final qualifying round match. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full Scoreboard | Play Fantasy Pick'em! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant (Photo: World Curling) are tied for second at the midway point of the competition.
-
A quick break for the Memorial Day holiday and we're back with our guest and new USA Curling Womenâs National Team & Juniors Director Jessica Schultz.... (read more) -
I am in week 3 of isolation/quarantine/home schooling and getting a little squirrel-y. Personal hygiene has become optional. The kids have watched the entire... (read more) -
On today's World Curling Report...we recap Day 1 of the 2019 Canada Cup. (read more) -
On this week's podcast we focus on the Canada Cup with past champion Reid Carruthers (04:09), Adam Kingsbury - former coach of Team Homan and Team Jacobs (11:53)... (read more)
-
Host John Cullen travels to Thunder Bay, Ontario, for the Tour Challenge to interview Winnipeg's own Jason Gunnlaugson. Though Gunnlaugson has yet to win a... (read more)