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Mar 15, 2021 11:05 AM
Matt Dunstone s Saskatchewan team finished third at the Tim Hortons Brier for the second straight year. (CurlSask/Twitter)
It wasn’t the result Matt Dunstone’s Saskatchewan foursome wanted at the Tim Hortons Brier, but second Kirk Muyres said the week in Calgary was something the team will never forget.
After finishing 9-3 during round-robin and championship pool play, Dunstone’s team comprising Muyres, lead Dustin Kidby and third Braeden Moskowy placed second in the standings before the three-team playoff Sunday. But Saskatchewan ended up with the same result as the 2020 Brier, though.
A 6-5 loss to Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher left the Regina-based team as the third-place team for a second straight year. Last year, Newfoundland and Labrador snuck past Saskatchewan in the 2-3 Page playoff game en route to its Brier win under Brad Gushue.
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CALGARY Kerri Einarson won a second straight Canadian women s curling championship with a 9-7 win over Ontario s Rachel Homan on Sunday. Einarson, third Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard and lead Briane Meilleur from Manitoba s Gimli Curling Club defeated Homan in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts final for the second time in as many years. Einarson s team was the first to repeat since Homan in 2013 and 2014. Einarson had to make a draw with her final shot in an extra end to claim her first championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. The skip didn t have to throw her final stone Sunday in Calgary.
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Team Canada, left to right, lead Briane Meilleur, second Shannon Birchard, third Val Sweeting and skip Kerri Einarson celebrates pose with the trophy after defeating Team Ontario in the final at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Calgary.(Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
Einarson, Homan to square off in Scotties final
The host province s run at the Canadian women s curling championship fell just short of the final when Alberta s Laura Walker bowed out to Kerri Einarson in Sunday s semifinal.
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CALGARY The host province s run at the Canadian women s curling championship fell just short of the final when Alberta s Laura Walker bowed out to Kerri Einarson in Sunday s semifinal.
Einarson, the defending champion, advanced to the evening s final against Ontario s Rachel Homan with a 9-3 win over Walker.
Walker s foursome rode a six-game winning streak into the semifinal, including a 9-8 victory over six-time champion Jennifer Jones of Manitoba in Sunday morning s tiebreaker.