A rookie Canadian skip will take aim at ending a seven-year dry-spell when the 2016 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship, presented by Meridian Manufacturing, gets underway Saturday at the Credit Union iplex in Swift Current, Sask.
This week, John sits down with Mary Fay, a decorated young curler if there ever was one, who at the age of 17 has a Canadian Junior championship, a Youth Olympics gold medal, and two other podium finishes at the Canada Winter Games and the Canadian Juniors to her name. This conversation took place before Fay led her rink to the gold medal at the World Juniors last week in Taarnby, Denmark.
OTTAWA – Kevin Koe’s razor-thin pick of a Brad Gushue counter in the seventh end was the pivotal shot that led to Alberta’s 9-5 win over Newfoundland-Labrador in the championship game of the Tim Hortons Brier Sunday evening.
OTTAWA — Brad Jacobs had a tough time getting up for the Tim Hortons Brier bronze-medal game Sunday and he was short on the house on his first draw, but he and his Northern Ontario teammates got it together in time to get past Mike McEwen of Manitoba 7-6 in 11 ends.
Canada’s Mary Fay will bring home a gold medal after defeating USA’s Cory Christensen 7-4 in the final of the 2016 World Junior Curling Championship in Taarnby, Denmark on Sunday morning.
The Tankard Times is the Official Daily Paper of the Tim Hortons Brier.
OTTAWA – It took 10 nail-biting ends and a measurement on the winning point for Kevin Koe of Alberta to get by Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario 6-5 in the Tim Hortons Brier semifinal Saturday evening.
OTTAWA – Kevin Koe made all the shots he had to while Mike McEwen had some early struggles and that was more than enough for Alberta to take a 7-5 victory over Manitoba in the Tim Hortons Brier Page 3-4 playoff game Saturday.
A program that has introduced kids across the country to the sport of curling crossed a significant milestone today at the Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.
After going undefeated through the round robin and losing a heartbreaker to USA in the Page 1-2 playoff game on Saturday, Canada’s Mary Fay bounced back to steal four ends in a decisive 9-4 win over Hungary’s Dorottya Palancsa in the semifinal of the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships and earn her spot in the gold-medal game on Sunday (4 a.m. ET).
The Tankard Times is the Official Daily Paper of the Tim Hortons Brier.
OTTAWA – Brad Gushue of Newfoundland-Labrador made a gentle tapback to count one in the 11th end Friday to beat Brad Jacobs of Northern Ontario 7-6 in the Page 1-2 playoff game and earn a berth in Sunday’s gold-medal game of the Tim Hortons Brier.