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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Final - Alberta just needs to defeat Saskatchewan


  vs   
                                       Team Alberta                                      Team Saskatchewan

The top two teams after round robin play meet again in the gold medal game to decide the 2012 Canadian Wheelchair Champion. Saskatchewan came through the Page playoff system to get a second crack at Alberta, which came directly to this game by winning the 1 vs 2 game.


Sheet C
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Total
Saskatchewan
2
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
7
*Alberta
0
3
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
6

End Notes:


End 1 - Larry Schrader threw through. Anne Hibberd also threw hers through. Schrader drew for a tight guard on the centre line. Hibberd drew to overlap the guard. Wright drew short of the pair. Purvis drew around the trio of guards to hit the button. Wright drew beside the Alberta shot rock. Purvis drew between the guards and the house. Dash hit the Saskatchewan stone in the 4 foot, bumped the Alberta rock so that it bit the outside of the 12 foot and left his two rocks in the house as first and second shot. Smart hit and rolled to be shot in the 12. Dash came across the face of his rock, spilled the Alberta stone and rolled behind the the pile of guards. Smart drew to the rock pile. Bender drew to guard the raise. Yizek flashed a take out. Bender guarded the other side of the house. Yizek tried an angle in but flashed.
End 2 -Schrader put up a tight guard on the centre line. Hibberd put a guard high on the centre line. Schrader was tight and light and bumped the Alberta rock to the side. Hibberd drew in to the 8 foot. Marie Wright was tight and removed her guard. Martin Purvis drew down to her rock. Wright hit and removed the back Alberta stone. Purvis touched the Alberta rock but slid by and out. Dash hit his stone on the nose and removed the Alberta shot to lie 2. Smart flashed his take out. Dash barely slid out the back of the house. Smart hit and rolled behind cover to the 8 foot. Bender tapped the Alberta rock back to sit shot. Yizek made a nose hit to remove the Saskatchewan stone and sit 2. Bender wrecked on a guard. Yizek drew for a third counter.
End 3 -  Hibberd put up a tight guard just off the rings. Schrader pushed his rock through. Hibberd put up another guard with an out turn outside in shot. Schrader put a guard on the other side of the centre line. Purvis bumped one of his guards but left both outside the rings. We now have 4 guards strung out across the sheet. Wright removed the guard on the centre line. Purvis raised his guard into the house to bite the 8 foot under cover. Wright flashed her shot. Jack Smart hit a guard and angled raised it into the house. Gil Dash removed a guard. Smart drew his rock to the back of 8. Dash flashed his tap back. Yizek drew in to the top of 12. Time out Saskatchewan.Bender drew in to sit shot in the 8 foot. Yizek tried to draw to the shot stone but wicked a guard leaving a clear opening for Bender to take a second point. Bender over curled, ticked a guard and ended up a couple of centimeters short.
End 4 - Schrader put up a high guard. Hibberd drew around the guard but was heavy and slid out the back of the house. Schrader drew around the guard to sit on the centre line in the 12 foot partially covered. Hibberd removed the shot rock and rolled her stone more in the open. Wright removed the shot rock and rolled behind the guard to the top of the 4 foot. Purvis flashed his hit attempt. Wright drew to the button. Purvis peeled the guard. Dash put up a centre line guard. Smart removed the rock on the button. Dash put a tight guard a foot off the centre line. Smart slid through the narrow port between the guards, removed the shot stone and rolled to the 8 foot covered. Darwin Bender hit the inside Alberta stone out and rolled just behind the other Alberta stone to sit shot. Bruno Yizek removed his stone, moved the Saskatchewan shot stone to the back of the 12 foot and rolled to the other side of the house to be shot but exposed. Bender flashed the take out. Yizek drew to the back stone to take the deuce.
At the break, Alberta is curling at 55% and Saskatchewan is curling at 57%
End 5 -Hibberd slid her rock just outside the rings and deep. Schrader threw his through. Hibberd drew to the 8 foot. Schrader remove the shot rock and rolled out. Purvis drew in to the back of the house. Wright took the rock just thrown out. Purvis drew in to the back of the 4 foot. Wright hit it out and rolled over onto the Alberta rock to nudge it out and to bite the 12 foot behind the T line. Smart attempted to freeze to the biter but slid just out. Dash put up a corner guard. Smart removed the biter and stuck for shot. Dash drew to the Smart stone. Yizek bumped the Saskatchewan stone back to sit 1st and 3rd. Bender drew to pile, bumped the Alberta stone and stayed for shot but exposed. Alberta called time out. Yizek's take out hung on the centre line and he flashed past to leave Bender with a chance for 2. Bender made the draw for the deuce and the wave is going through the crowd.
End 6 - Schrader drew to the button. Hibberd made a hit and rolled to the 12 foot behind the centre line. Schrader flashed a take out. Hibberd put her draw through. Wright hit and stuck on the Alberta shot rock. Purvis flashed a take out. Wright put up a close guard just off the centre line. Purvis hit the shot stone and rolled to bite the outside of 12 on the T line. Dash removed the biter and rolled toward the house but it rolled too far and out. Smart drew in to the top of the 8 foot. Dash removed the Alberta stone and rolled his shot to the 12 foot on the other side. Smart removed the stone just thrown and stuck. Bender repeated Smart's shot. Yizek hit and rolled to the other side of the centre line above the T line. Bender hit the shot rock and rolled out leaving a clean house. Yizek threw his rock away.
End 7 - Schrader hogged his rock. Hibberd put up a mid-range guard. Schrader dropped down a guard beside the other one. Hibberd threw through. Wright threw through also. Maybe the adrenalin is flowing.
Purvis put his shot in the top of the rings. Wright removed the shot stone and rolled out. Purvis threw through. Dash overlapped his guard. Smart drew in to the 4 foot behind the T line. Dash removed the shot rock and rolled to the 8 foot behind the T line. Smart removed the shot rock and rolled out. Bender drew to the top of 4 partially covered. Yizek drew to the back of the 4 foot to sit shot. Bender drew strongly to slide past and out. Yizek came short on his draw attempt but Alberta still took one to come home "Up one without."
End 8 - Hibberd drew down to just bite the 12 foot on the centre line. Schrader put up a mid-range corner guard. Hibberd barely tapped her stone in the rings. Schrader overlapped his guard. Purvis tapped his guard but no other rocks entered the house. Wright removed the shot rock. Purvis raised a guard in to the top of 4. Wright made a nose hit on the shot rock. Smart copied Wright's shot and the shot rock is moving toward the front of the house. Dash rubbed his guard which redirected his shot out of the rings. Smart plugged part of the hole. Dash removed the shot stone and rolled out. Time out called by Alberta. Yizek rubbed off his guard and rolled dead buried to the top of 4. Bender could not come through the hole but did bump an Alberta guard in. Yizek drew to narrow the access to the house. Bender threw a fantastic draw fully to the button to take a single and force an extra end. 
End 9 -Schrader threw through. Hibberd put down a tight guard. Schrader got his rock just over the hog line. Hibberd drew in behind the high Saskatchewan guard and in to the 8 foot. Wright hit the tight guard spilling it sideways and rolled to be just outside the rings. Purvis bumped the Wright stone into the rings and stayed to cover it. Wright threw a beauty. She spilled the shot rock out and left hers in place covered. Purvis flashed a draw. Dash put a guard beside one that was already there and left no space for a rock to go between them. Smart angle raised a Saskatchewan rock for a take out. Dash raised his stone to the pin. Smart's rock over curled slightly and his raise take out just missed. Bender got a guard just over the hog line to prevent an Alberta raise. Yizek threw an in turn inside out hit through the hole to raise his rock just past the shot stone. Time out Saskatchewan. After the time out Bender threw a guard to prevent an Alberta angle raise. Time out Alberta. After this time out Yizek tried an out turn angle raise but he brushed the guard and just missed. This makes Saskatchewan the Canadian Wheelchair Champion for the first time in the history of the sport.

2 comments:

Wayne Ficek said...

Congrats team Sask, best game I have seen U guys play and you deserve to be in the final.

Team Alberta better bring their A game to the final.

Good luck to both teams and congrats again for making the finals.

Thanks for streaming this event, it has been wonderful for the exposure to our game.

Wayne F.

MIKE1 said...

Good coverage of the game in the blog....and on the live feed, of course. Coming down for the closing ceremonies in a bit!