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Maintenant ou jamais !
23 Janvier 2010 - Deux des quatre finalistes au Championnat canadien de curling junior sont connus. La formation masculine du Manitoba, du capitaine Alex Forrest, et l’équipe féminine de l’Ontario, menée par Rachel Homan, seront de la grande finale du championnat dimanche après-midi, elles qui ont remporté leur duel respectif, en soirée hier.
Les représentants du Manitoba ont vaincu le Nouveau-Brunswick 6-5. Pendant ce temps, l’Ontario a subi un revers de 8-2 face à la Nouvelle-Écosse. La victoi-re du Manitoba, combinée à la défaite de l’Ontario, assure le Manitoba de la première place, avec un match à disputer aujourd’hui, contre la Saskatchewan. Toujours chez les garçons, le Yukon a vaincu le Nord de l’Ontario, 7-4 alors que la Saskatchewan a disposé du Québec, 8-4.
Chez les femmes, l’Ontario a confirmé sa présence en finale, disposant de la Nouvelle-Écosse 9-4. Le Québec a concédé cinq points au huitième bout dans un revers de 10-7 contre la Saskatchewan. Le Nord de l’Ontario a eu raison du Yu-kon 8-6. Enfin, le Manitoba a eu le meilleur 6-5 face au Nouveau-Brunswick.
A few hours earlier, the women formation of Ontario and Saskatchewan fought in a duel of the titans, to the advantage of Ontario’s, 10-8. Ontario erased a deficit of four points after the second end and maintained their perfect record. In another existing duel Alberta won 6 to 5 in an 11 ends game against Northern Ontario. Meanwhile, British Columbia had the best over Newfoundland 7-3. Finally, Prince Edward Is-land shutout the Northwest Territories, 12-0 in six ends.
In the men's division, team Gallant had no difficulty defeating the Northwest Territories, 11-4 in seven ends. Alberta had the best 10-6 over Northern Ontario. Ontario has taken the second rank of the standings alone after a 7-5 win against Saskatchewan. The men of Newfoundland barely won against British Columbia by a close score of 6-5.
In the morning, members of the Quebec squad (Lapierre) scored two points in the tenth end to win over Nova Scotia by a score of 7-6. The Northwest Territories young suffered an-other stinging defeat, this time the score was 12-3 against New Brunswick. Alberta scored two points in the final end to tri-umph over the Yukon, 6-4. As for British Columbia, they had the best over of the Manitoba 7-6 in 11 ends.
On the boys side, Manitoba scored four points in the tenth end to escape with a 8-5 win against British Columbia. Team Manitoba (Forrest) and secured a participation in the champi-onship playoff. Meanwhile, New Brunswick (Barry) easily defeated the Northwest Territories by a score of 5-4. Alberta (Bottcher) easily defeated Yukon, 12 to 3, in a battle that ended after seven ends. Finally, Quebec (Rivest) fell 7-3 against Nova Scotia.
