Another weekend of provincial and territorial playdowns across the country resulted in some very familiar faces (see you in Ottawa, Brad Gushue) booking their tickets to the 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Grande Prairie, Alta., and the 2016 Tim Hortons Brier in Ottawa.
STRATFORD, Ont. — He started the run in 2013, and he extended it in 2016.
Matt Dunstone and his team from Winnipeg claimed Manitoba’s fourth consecutive men’s gold medal at the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championship, presented by Egg Farmers of Ontario, Sunday in Stratford, Ont., beating Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan (Copper Cliff) 11-4 in the final.
Mary Fay and Karlee Burgess will need an extra closet to store all of their Team Canada gear from this season.
STRATFORD, Ont. — Matt Dunstone and Colton Lott are hoping Sunday afternoon will be worth the wait.
The Manitoba skip and third won men’s gold at the 2013 Canadian Juniors in Fort McMurray, Alta., but their return visit to the national championship was put on hold after losing back-to-back Manitoba finals to Braden Calvert, who would win the national title in 2014 and 2015.
STRATFORD, Ont. — It will be a battle of youthful skips to decide the women’s gold medal at the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, presented by Egg Farmers of Ontario.
STRATFORD, Ont. — There were some nerves, admitted New Brunswick skip Justine Comeau, but that just goes with the responsibility of throwing the last rock.
STRATFORD, Ont. — Mary Fay and her Nova Scotia teammate Karlee Burgess have a rare, almost unheard-of, opportunity in front of them.
STRATFORD, Ont. — There was a distinct buzz in the air Thursday night at the Stratford Rotary Complex, and Tanner Horgan’s Northern Ontario team played a major role in generating it.
STRATFORD, Ont. — As gutsy performances go in the history of the Canadian Junior Curling Championships, you’d be hard-pressed to top the one put in by Quebec skip Félix Asselin on Thursday afternoon.
STRATFORD, Ont. — The standings boards are suddenly proving to be very intriguing at the 2016 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, presented by Egg Farmers of Ontario.
STRATFORD, Ont. — It took nearly four years for a Nunavut team to win a game at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships, presented by Egg Farmers of Ontario.
Now, in less than 24 hours, there have been two Nunavut victories.
