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Saturday, March 30, 2013

Page Playoff 2 vs 3


Next draw starts at 10:00am
British Columbia vs. Alberta




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BC and Alberta to playoff to see who meets Quebec

Alberta stole its way into the semifinal of the Canadian Wheelchair Championship with an 8-4 win over Northern Ontario today in the Page 3-4 playoff game.

Bruno Yizek and his team of Jack Smart, Martin Purvis, Anne Hibbert, alternate Wendy Frazier and coach Andy Jones from the Calgary Curling Club stole five points on the way to the win.


Alberta second Martin Purvis in action at the Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship in Ottawa
(Photo Morgan Daw)
 
For Northern Ontario, the first four ends were a frustrating exercise in chasing. Skip Gino Sonego and his team of Doug Dean, Richard Dawid, Lola Graham, Sarah Lashbrook and coach Michael Bergquist from the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay just couldn’t get any offence going against the perfect draw weight and hitting precision of Alberta.

Yizek opened with a single, then stole the next three ends, including three points in the fourth, to take a commanding 6-0 lead into the break. In the fifth, Northern Ontario was able to get on the board with a deuce, and stole two more in the sixth when Yizek’s final draw attempt slid too far. But Alberta bounced back with two points and led 8-4 heading into the final end, eventually running Sonego out of rocks and moving one game closer to the final.

Alberta will meet British Columbia’s Gary Cormack in the semifinal on Sunday morning at 10 a.m. EDT. The winner of that game will play Quebec in the championship final at 3 p.m. EDT on Sunday afternoon.

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.

After the games the party for some had just begun with the announcement of the ALL-STAR teams and Sportsman/women award. Here are your winners:

(L to R) Best Lead(s) -Johanne Daly&Alison Duddy
Best Second - Mark Wherrett
Best Third - Frank La Bounty
Best Skip - Benoit Lessard

Sportsmanship Award - Sébastien Boisvert


Page Playoff Results

PP 1 vs 2
10:00 AM
Sheet C
Team Ends
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
British Columbia 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 x x 4
  2                  
Quebec  0 2 4 1 0 0 3 x x 10
PP 3 vs 4
3:00 PM
Sheet C
Team Ends
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total
Alberta  1 1 1 3 0 0 2 x x 8
  0                  
Northern Ontario 0 0 0 0 2 2 x x x 4

Standings (including Page playoffs)

Working form
# Team  Win Losses GP PF PA PF/PA FR Win %
1 Quebec 9 1 10 79 37 42.00 90%
2 British Columbia 7 3 10 70 50 20.00 70%
3 Alberta 7 3 10 74 50 24.00 70%
4 Northern Ontario 5 5 10 57 63 -6.00 50%
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 50 56 -6.00 33%
8 Saskatchewan 3 6 9 55 69 -14.00 33%
9 Nova Scotia 3 6 9 52 71 -19.00 33%
10 New Brunswick 2 7 9 41 76 -35.00 22%
After Page
Rank Team  Win Losses GP PF PA  
1 Quebec 8 1 9 69 33  
2 British Columbia 7 2 9 66 40  
3 Alberta 6 3 9 66 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 50 56  
8 Saskatchewan 3 6 9 55 69  
9 Nova Scotia 3 6 9 52 71  
10 New Brunswick 2 7 9 41 76  

Friday, March 29, 2013

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.