In Draw 8 play Alberta and Quebec eked out wins over Manitoba and Northern Ontario respectively and Saskatchewan's win enabled them to stay tied with Quebec behind Alberta. The loses by Manitoba and Northern Ontario left them tied in 5th place and British Columbia and Nova Scotia are deadlocked in 7th. Trailing the field and also tied are Newfoundland and the Host team from the north of the province.
Going into the final draw, we know Alberta is definitely in the playoffs as they are in first place by themselves.
The featured game of the day pits the two Ontario teams against each other with the winner being awarded the John McCrae Cup. This Cup is an annual challenge between the OCA and the NOCA representatives. In addition to this, if Ontario wins, they remain in the last playoff spot; if Northern Ontario wins, we would need tie breakers to see which team would get the last playoff spot.
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Another game with special implications is the one between Quebec and Manitoba. If Manitoba wins they would join other teams at 5-4 and in the tie breaking situation.
Sheet A
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Total
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Alberta
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0
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1
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2
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0
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1
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0
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2
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2
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-
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8
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| *British Columbia |
3
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0
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0
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1
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0
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2
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0
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0
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-
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6
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End Notes:
End 1 - Alberta clustered 3 at the back of the 8 foot but a draw by Austgarden and two beautiful draws by Labounty and BC took their 3
End 2 - Both teams had trouble with a hot track down one side of the sheet trying to draw behind a guard. Eventually AB was left with a nibbler at the top or the house for its first point
End 3 - AB hid one rock back 8 and put another on the centre line which could not be removed to steal a pair
End 4 - After Yizek spilled a pair of BC rocks top 12 and stuck for shot, Labounty had an open draw for his single
End 5 - Yizek went after the BC stone which was second shot but was light and wrecked on the guard
End 6 - Labounty had a wide open draw for a pair
End 7 - After drawing in previously and BC trying to close the hole, Yizek drew through a narrow entry into the house to take a second point
End 8 - AB put several rocks near the centre line and in front of the house and had two in the top of 12 to leave Labounty with only a difficult very wide draw. He was light and gave up two for the AB win
Sheet B
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2
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Total
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0
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1
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0
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0
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1
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2
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0
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0
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-
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4
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1
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0
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1
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3
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0
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0
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1
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1
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-
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7
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End Notes:
End 1 - Bender drew for one
End 2 - Prud'homme drew for his single
End 3 - An angle raise by Bender gave SK the single
End 4 -Three rocks scattered around the house under lots of cover gave SK a treble steal
End 5 - Host put a rock in the middle of the house behind many guards and took one
End 6 - Bender tried to draw through a narrow port but hit the guard and gave up a pair
End 7 - A draw in for one protected
End 8 - Bender drew to lie shot and Prud'homme couldn't get to it - steal of one
The MacCrae Cup game
Sheet C
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Total
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2
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1
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3
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1
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0
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2
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0
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0
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-
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9
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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-
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2
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End Notes:
End 1 - NO put 3 in the house, ON removed only one
End 2 - Facing 2 NO rocks in the house, Ideson tried to draw for his single but was short by a couple of centimeters
End 3 - ON tried to draw around three rocks at the top of 12 but only left guards to give NO a steal of 3
End 4 - A nibbler at the top of 12 edged out an ON nibbler at the back of the same ring to allow another steal
End 5 - Levesque wrecked on a guard to give Ideson an open draw for 2 but he was hot and only took one to finally get on the board
End 6 - Ideson could not outdraw the two NO rocks that were in the house under cover
End 7 - Even though they took one, ON conceded the win and the Cup to Northern Ontario
Sheet D
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9
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Total
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0
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1
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2
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1
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1
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0
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1
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2
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-
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8
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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-
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4
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End Notes:
End 1 - Nova Scotia split the house and added another. Brown's final attempt at a draw for 4 was heavy leaving NS with only 3
End 2 - McDonald drew for NL's first point
End 3 -Brown's draw slid through the house to give NL a steal of 2 and tie the game
End 4 - Brown made a nice raise take out to cut NL's attempted steal of 2 down to one
End 5 - MacDonald made a lovely double raise to lie shot under cover
End 6 - Brown made a lovely double take out with roll onto the button to lie covered
End 7 - NL got a rock on the button and behind three guards to take a single
End 8 - Brown had a hit through a narrow port to lie 2 and send the game into extra ends but he was a bit narrow and wrecked on a guard giving up the deuce
Sheet E
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Total
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0
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0
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1
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0
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3
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3
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2
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0
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-
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9
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0
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1
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0
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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-
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2
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End Notes:
End 1 - Quebec split the house but MB removed them and the end was blanked
End 2 - A nibbler at the front of the house produced the first point of the game
End 3 - Manitoba split the house but Lessard took the nearest rock out and stuck for one
End 4 - A draw for one
End 5 - Quebec put one rock at the back and one on the right of the house and then drew in for the third
End 6 - After getting two rocks in the house under cover, Quebec then added another to steal a treble
End 7 - Manitoba shook after completing the end and giving up 2 more
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