And then there were 4! Page is set to go!

                                                             Written by Jean Mills
Friday, 29 March 2013 01:50

Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta and Northern Ontario finish in the top four positions and are headed for the playoffs after the final round-robin draw at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship in Ottawa.

Quebec second Sébastien Boisvert (l) and third Carl Marquis (r) in action during Draw 9 at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship in Ottawa (Photo Morgan Daw)

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Joanne MacDonald had a chance to move into tie-breaker position with a win over Manitoba, but just couldn’t get the points on the board, losing to Chris Sobkowicz and his team from the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club in Winnipeg by a score of 10-4.

Quebec’s Benoît Lessard started the game against Ontario’s Ken Gregory by giving up a steal of one, but had control of the game from that point on. Lessard took the next three ends to lead 7-1 at the break, and his team from the Magog Curling Club never looked back, stealing three more points for the 10-1 victory.

British Columbia came into Draw 9 with a playoff spot sewn up, but Northern Ontario’s Gino Sonego needed some help from Manitoba to stay in contention. Even though Sonego and his Thunder Bay team lost 10-2 to B.C.’s Gary Cormack, Northern Ontario finishes in fourth place and squeaks into the playoffs with a 5-4 record.

After a disappointing loss on Friday evening, Alberta stormed back against New Brunswick to claim third place in the standings with a 6-3 record. Bruno Yizek and his team from the Calgary Curling Club scored multiple points with hammer and held New Brunswick’s Michael Fitzgerald to singles for the 10-3 win.

In the one game with no bearing on playoff positions, a four-ender by Saskatchewan’s Darwin Bender was not enough to catch Nova Scotia’s Trendal Hubley-Bolivar. Nova Scotia stole nine points in a 12-4 win over last year’s champions, leaving both teams with 3-6 records.

Playoff action at the RA Centre in Ottawa gets underway on Saturday with the Page 1-2 game between Quebec and B.C. at 10 a.m. and the Page 3-4 game between Alberta and Northern Ontario at 3 p.m. EDT.

The semifinal will be played at 10 a.m. EDT and the final at 3 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 31.

Draw results and other event information will be available at www.curling.ca and http://www.curling.ca/championships/wheelchair

Live-streaming of games is available at: www.ustream.tv/channel/wcblog2.

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DRAW 9
10:00am
Sheet A
Team	Ends
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Northern Ontario	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	0
British Columbia	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Sheet B
Team	Ends
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Alberta	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
	0
New Brunswick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Sheet C	0
Team	Ends
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Saskatchewan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0
Nova Scotia	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Sheet D
Team	Ends
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Newfoundland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	0
Manitoba	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Sheet E
Team	Ends
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
Quebec	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
	0
Ontario	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

 

 

Working form
#	Team	Win	Losses	GP	PF	PA	PF/PA FR	Win %
1	Quebec	8	1	9	69	33	36.00	89%
2	British Columbia	7	2	9	66	39	27.00	78%
3	Alberta	6	3	9	65	46	19.00	67%
4	Northern Ontario	5	4	9	53	55	-2.00	56%
5	Manitoba	4	5	9	58	47	11.00	44%
6	Newfoundland	4	5	9	48	65	-17.00	44%
7	Ontario	3	6	9	49	56	-7.00	33%
8	Saskatchewan	3	6	9	55	68	-13.00	33%
9	Nova Scotia	3	6	9	52	70	-18.00	33%
10	New Brunswick	2	7	9	41	76	-35.00	22%
After Draw 9
Rank	Team	Win	Losses	GP	PF	PA
1	Quebec	8	1	9	69	33
2	British Columbia	7	2	9	66	39
3	Alberta	6	3	9	65	46
4	Northern Ontario	5	4	9	53	55
5	Manitoba	4	5	9	58	47
6	Newfoundland	4	5	9	48	65
7	Ontario	3	6	9	49	56
8	Saskatchewan	3	6	9	55	68
9	Nova Scotia	3	6	9	52	70
10	New Brunswick	2	7	9	41	76