Lake Country香蕉视频直播檚 Mary-Anne Arsenault will have to make room on her jacket for her latest purple heart, the first of her illustrious curling career in her new province.
Arsenault won her 15th provincial women香蕉视频直播檚 curling championship and first in British Columbia 香蕉视频直播� the other 14 come from her home province of Nova Scotia 香蕉视频直播� Sunday, Jan. 9, at the Kamloops Curling Club, defeating Vancouver香蕉视频直播檚 Kayla MacMillan 8-6 in the final.
Arsenault will now represent B.C. at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Canadian championships, an event she won five times with Colleen Jones, Jan. 28 - Feb. 6 in Thunder Bay, Ont.
Backed by Kelowna residents Jeanna Schraeder at third, second Sasha Carter and lead Renee Simons 香蕉视频直播� a trio no stranger to the Scotties themselves 香蕉视频直播� and fifth player Morgan Muise, Arsenault rallied in Sunday香蕉视频直播檚 final by scoring three in the ninth end to take a 7-6 lead, then stole a point without the hammer in the 10th to secure the B.C. title.
It was the third meeting of the provincials between the two rinks, MacMillan winning the first two games by 6-5 scores in the A event playoff qualifier, then the one-two game in the Page playoff system.
Arsenault, who qualified for the final four by winning the B event, shook off the defeat to knock off the 2019 B.C. champion, Abbotsford香蕉视频直播檚 Sarah Wark 6-4 in the semifinal for another shot at MacMillan.
Wark and defending B.C. champion Corryn Brown of Kamloops qualified for the playoffs out of the C event with Wark edging the hometown favourite 8-7 in the three-four playoff game. Penticton香蕉视频直播檚 Dezaray Hawes played second for Brown.
Schraeder, Carter and Simons have been to a combined 13 Scotties, all with Kelly Scott of Kelowna. Simons last went to the nationals in 2006 while Carter and Schraeder last competed at the 2013 event.
Vernon香蕉视频直播檚 Kim Slattery played lead for Shiela Cowan of New Westminster. The quartet was eliminated 8-1 by Brown in a C event qualifier. Kelowna香蕉视频直播檚 Megan McGillivray through third stones for the Taylor Reese-Hansen team of Terrace-Kelowna-Kamloops-Victoria. They were knocked out of contention, 9-4, by Wark in the opening round of the C event.
香蕉视频直播� For the first time in four years, Vernon香蕉视频直播檚 Jim Cotter and Rick Sawatsky will watch the Brier rather than participate in it.
Cotter, Sawatsky and teammates Grant Olsen of Kamloops and Andrew Nerpin of Kelowna were eliminated in Sunday香蕉视频直播檚 semifinal at the B.C. Men香蕉视频直播檚 Curling Championships in Cotter香蕉视频直播檚 hometown of Kamloops by Jeff Richard of Kelowna.
Richard took on Victoria香蕉视频直播檚 Paul Cseke 香蕉视频直播� who grew up and curled in Salmon Arm 香蕉视频直播� in the provincial final, the winner advancing to the Tim Hortons Brier March 4-13 in Lethbridge.
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