ABOVE: Skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott (pictured), second Samantha Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser are looking to claim their second national junior women’s curling championship. The Brown rink won national gold in 2013. Amanda Rumboldt photo
The details
The Brown rink is 7-3 at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships. They will play in a semi-final matchup against Ontario’s Brandwood rink on Saturday, Jan. 31. Game time is 9 a.m. PST.
The winner will advance to Sunday’s final against Alberta’s Rocque rink.
The tournament runs from Saturday, Jan. 24, to Sunday, Feb. 1, in Corner Brook, N.L.
KTW will post results following each of Team B.C’s draws below.
Saturday, Jan. 24 — Draw 1: W; B.C. 9, Prince Edward Island 8; Draw 3: W; B.C. 8, Nova Scotia 6
Sunday, Jan. 25 — Draw 5: W; B.C. 12, Newfoundland and Labrador 3; Draw 6: B.C. 9, Saskatchewan 3
Monday, Jan. 26 — Draw 9: W; B.C. 8, Northwest Territories 3
Tuesday, Jan. 27 — Draw 10: W; B.C. 8, New Brunswick 4
Championship round
Wednesday, Jan. 28 — Draw 13: W; B.C. 5, Quebec 4; Draw 15 L; B.C. 3, Manitoba 7
Thursday, Jan. 29 — Draw 16: L; B.C. 6, Ontario 9; Draw 17: L; B.C. 5, Alberta 4
Saturday, Jan. 31 — Draw 22: B.C. vs. Ontario
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Below: Story from Jan. 28 edition of KTW
It was smooth sailing for Corryn Brown and her Kamloops Curling Club rink until today (Jan. 28).
The Brown rink — skip Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Samantha Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser — suffered its first loss at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships in Corner Brook, N.L., falling 7-3 to Manitoba.
“We knew it wasn’t going to be a cakewalk,” Brown told KTW.
“It wasn’t a blowout. The score wasn’t indicative of the play. We just couldn’t execute.”
Brown posted a 6-0 record in round-robin play and advanced to the championship round, in which it’s currently competing against seven teams — Manitoba, Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, Quebec and New Brunswick.
The Kamloops Curling Club quartet, coached by Allison MacInnes, is 1-1 in championship-pool play, having beaten Quebec 5-4 this morning.
Each of the championship-pool teams play four games.
After those matchups, the top three teams advance to the playoffs, with the first-place rink going straight to the final and the other two squaring off in the semifinal round.
Brown has two championship-pool games remaining — tomorrow against Ontario and Alberta.
Alberta heads into Thursday’s action atop the standings with a perfect 7-0 record. Brown, at 7-1, is second and Ontario is third at 5-2.
The Kamloops rink is in control of its destiny — win once tomorrow and advance to the playoffs, while two wins cements a place in the final.
When it won gold in 2013, the Brown rink lost only once in pool play, to New Brunswick, and advanced straight to the championship game, but the River City skip doesn’t care how she gets there this year.
“We had the first seed last time but, if it takes us going to the semifinal or even a tiebreaker, we’ll do anything that it takes,” Brown said.
“We just have to play our own game and hope for the best.”
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