It was all it was billed to be and then some. And then some more.
Team Canada’s Rachel Homan and Alberta’s Val Sweeting rejoined Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones at the top of the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts with one-sided victories on Monday afternoon.
Fans and curlers are taking notice of Julie Hastings at her first 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The top of the standings is looking a lot like many predicted prior to the 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
The curling gods smiled on Heather Strong in her first win Sunday. Her Newfoundland/Labrador team’s second victory was all her own doing.
After a solid performance against Team Canada’ Rachel Homan on Saturday afternoon, Quebec’s Lauren Mann (Montreal) came out firing against British Columbia’s Patti Knezevic (Prince George) this morning. Mann cruised to an 8-1 victory for her first-ever Scotties Tournament of Hearts win.
Team Canada is off to the races. You might say Rachel Homan stormed out of the gate, given the weather here Saturday.
Tracy Horgan of Northern Ontario made curling history on Saturday afternoon. With her 7-6 win over Kerry Galusha of the Northwest Territories, Horgan became Northern Ontario’s first-ever representative at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
There’s something about the Ford Hot Shots skills competition that clearly brings the very best out of Newfoundland/Labrador skip Heather Strong.
Kerry Galusha of Northwest Territories counted five – count ’em up – in the seventh end against Sarah Koltun, and then needed an extra end to defeat a feisty Yukon team 11-10.
Tracy Horgan of Northern Ontario will play in the final of the pre-qualifying round at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Young curlers from every province and territory will take to the ice to compete for the Canada Games Flag and Centennial Cup, when the 2015 Canada Winter Games get underway in Prince George, B.C., with the men’s event in Week 1, Feb. 14-20, and the women’s in Week 2, Feb. 23-28.