The last four of the eight qualifiers for the championship round were determined this morning at the Canadian Stick Curling Championship in Cornwall.
Photo (L-R): Roddie MacLean, Paul Field scoring a six-ender on Tuesday
Cornwall’s own Paul Field and Roddie MacLean followed up their six-ender performance on Tuesday with a five ender today to beat New Brunswick’s Ken Grattan/Al Gauvreau twosome by a 7-4 score to qualify in the 5th spot.
Harold Cook and Marcel Lemire beat fellow Winnipeggers Ernie Oliver and Chris Sobkowich 6-2 to grab Qualifier #6.
Tom and Rae Campbell from Winnipeg beat Keith Bennett and Carl Duggan from the Lakeshore Curling Club in Lower Sackville NS 7-4 to qualify seventh.
The final qualifier went to the duo of Jack Prokopepz and Brad Moreau from Enderby BC, who fought back from a 4-0 deficit after two ends, taking a single in three, and stealing a deuce in four and singles in the final two ends to edged out Cornwall’s Sterling Stratton/Ernie Stavert twosome by a 5-4 score.
On Tuesday, the Floyd Stewart/Gordon MacDonald duo from the Montague Curling Club edged the MacLean/Field team 7-6 to grab the first qualifying spot, and the the Carson and Miranne Shultz rink from Didsbury Alta. beat the Tom and Rae Campbell twosome from Winnipeg to take Qualifier #2.
Wednesday afternoon, the defending champion rink of Earl Stephenson and Warren Johnson from the St. Vital Curling Club in Winnipeg beat the host club’s Roddie MacLean/Paul Field duo by a 4-2 score to grab qualifier #3, and the Ted Lohnes/Dave MacDougall team from Truro and Yarmouth edged the Campbell twosome 5-4 to take Qualifier #4.
The eight qualifiers square off at 10:30 this morning, with the winners advancing to 1:15 semi-finals. The winners of the semis advance to the 3:15 pm final, and the losers will play for the bronze medal at the same time.