M&M Meat Shops – Canadian Juniors – January 22, 2010

Here are the final Round Robin Scores ending Friday January 22, 2010

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Defending champion PEI eliminated, playoffs set at Juniors

SOREL-TRACY, January 22…Ontario (Jake Walker of Kitchener) eliminated defending Canadian champion Prince Edward Island (Brett Gallant of Charlottetown) to claim second place and a berth in the men’s semi-final Saturday night at 7:30 pm at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, presented by AMJ Campbell Van Lines.

Both teams had entered the final draw of the round robin Friday afternoon with 8-3 records, knowing the winner would advance to the semi-final against Saskatchewan, while the loser would be out.

Although the ‘Islanders’ scored one in the first, it was Ontario which did all the damage the rest of the way. Walker took one in the second to tie, then proceeded to steal a single in the third end, a single in the fourth, three in the fifth and one in the sixth for an insurmountable lead 7-1 lead.

Ontario thus finished in second spot, behind 10-2 Manitoba (Alex Forrest of Winnipeg), with an 9-3 record, the same as Saskatchewan (Braeden Moskowy of Regina), but was awarded second because of its round robin win.

They’ll now meet in Saturday evening’s semi-final at 7:30 pm, with the winner facing Manitoba in Sunday’s 7:30 pm final at Le Colisée, live on TSN.

On the women’s side, Ontario (Rachel Homan of Ottawa) completed the round robin with a perfect 12-0 mark, downing Prince Edward Island (Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall), 12-3.

Ontario, which had already clinched a berth in Sunday’s final, live at 2:30 pm on TSN, will try to become only the fourth women’s team since 1971 to go undefeated and win the title. The last to do so was Manitoba’s Cathy Overton, who went 11-0 in 1989 in Winnipeg in capturing the Canadian title.

Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Miller went unbeaten in 2001 in St. Catharines during the round robin, but lost the final to Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne Gaudet.

Northern Ontario (Kendra Lilly of Sudbury) claimed second spot with a 9-3 record to advance to the semi-final Saturday evening at 7:30 pm.

Saskatchewan (Trish Paulsen of Saskatoon), British Columbia (Dailene Sivertson of Victoria) and Alberta (Nadine Chyz of Calgary) finished tied for third with 8-4 marks, after British Columbia defeated Nova Scotia, 8-3 Friday afternoon.

Since Saskatchewan defeated both during the round robin, it advances to the second tiebreaker at 2:30 pm on Saturday. Alberta plays British Columbia at 9:30 am Saturday morning in the first tiebreaker, with the winner advancing to face Saskatchewan.

Other men’s game scores from Draw 20 saw Nova Scotia beat British Columbia, 6-4; Yukon clipped Quebec 6-4 and Newfoundland and Labrador was a 6-5 winner over Northwest Territories.

Thus, the men’s round robin final standings are as follows:

Manitoba (Alex Forrest of Winnipeg) 10-2
Ontario (Jake Walker of Kitchener) 9-3
Saskatchewan (Braeden Moskowy of Regina) 9-3
Prince Edward Island (Brett Gallant of Charlottetown) 8-4
Nova Scotia (Scott Garnett of Halifax) 8-4
Alberta (Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton) 6-6
Newfoundland and Labrador (Kelly Schuh of St. John’s) 6-6
British Columbia (Tyler Klymchuk of Langley) 6-6
Yukon (Thomas Scoffin of Whitehorse) 5-7
New Brunswick (Josh Barry of Rothesay) 5-7
Northern Ontario (Christian Tolusso of Thunder Bay) 4-8
Quebec (Kevin Rivest of Montreal) 1-11
Northwest Territories (Colin Miller of Yellowknife) 1-11

In other women’s games, Yukon whipped Quebec, 11-3 while Newfoundland and Labrador took care of Northwest Territories, 11-2.

Thus, the women’s round robin final standings are as follows:

Ontario (Rachel Homan of Ottawa) 12-0
Northern Ontario (Kendra Lilly of Sudbury) 9-3
Saskatchewan (Trish Paulsen of Saskatoon) 8-4
British Columbia (Dailene Sivertson of Victoria) 8-4
Alberta (Nadine Chyz of Calgary) 8-4
Prince Edward Island (Sarah Fullerton of Cornwall) 6-6
Manitoba (Breanne Meakin of Winnipeg) 6-6
Newfoundland and Labrador (Jen Cunningham of St. John’s) 5-7
New Brunswick (Jessica Daigle of Saint John) 5-7
Quebec (Camille-Marie Lapierre of Otterburn Park) 4-8
Nova Scotia (Tara LeGay of Bridgewater) 4-8
Yukon (Sarah Koltun of Whitehorse) 3-9
Northwest Territories (Amanda Moizis of Hay River) 0-12

SOURCE: Curling News

January 23, 2010
All-Stars and Award winners announced at Juniors
The all-stars and other award winners at the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors have been announced.

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M&M Meat Shops – Canadian Juniors – January 20, 2010

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January 20, 2010
Ontario women 8-0, Manitoba men 8-1 at Juniors
Ontario (Rachel Homan of Ottawa) kept its perfect record intact, squeezing out a 9-7 decision over gritty British Columbia (Dailene Sivertson of Victoria) Wednesday evening at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors.

January 20, 2010
Saskatchewan women in the hunt at Juniors
Saskatchewan has won a leading 10 Canadian junior women’s titles since the championship began in 1971 in Vancouver.

January 20, 2010
Defending champs stay alive – barely – at Juniors
It looked like defending champion Prince Edward Island (Brett Gallant of Charlottetown), for all intents and purposes, was about to be eliminated in Draw 13 Wednesday morning at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors.

January 19, 2010
No changes on leaderboard at Juniors
.Ontario (Rachel Homan of Ottawa) and Manitoba (Alex Forrest of Winnipeg) continue to lead at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, presented by AMJ Campbell Van Lines.

January 19, 2010
Manitoba men steal to stay unbeaten
It looked for a moment as if only the Ontario women (Rachel Homan of Ottawa) would remain undefeated through Draw 11 Tuesday afternoon, after dismantling Northwest Territories (Amanda Moizis of Hay River), 19-1, at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors.

January 19, 2010
Northern Ontario women keeping pace at Juniors
As always, there’s no substitute for experience, and the Northern Ontario women are proving that second time around.

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M&M Meat Shops – Canadian Juniors – January 18, 2010

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January 18, 2010
Manitoba men, Ontario women 5-0 at Juniors
While Ontario’s Rachel Homan is deservedly generating a lot of ink as the undefeated leader on the women’s side, there’s another team from Ontario that is doing almost as well at the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors.

January 18, 2010
Getting closer at the top at Juniors
Things are tightening up a bit in the standings at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, presented by AMJ Campbell Van Lines.

January 18, 2010
Winning isn’t everything
Winning ISN’T everything. And when you’re on a learning curve that might rival Mount Everest, you have to take a different approach.

January 18, 2010
Ontario women stay unbeaten, now only Manitoba and Saskatchewan perfect in men’s
Ontario (Rachel Homan of Ottawa) moved to 4-0 at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, edging Manitoba (Breanne Meakin of Winnipeg), 6-4 in Monday morning’s Draw 7.

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M&M Meat Shops – Canadian Juniors – January 17, 2010

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January 17, 2010
Ontario women, Saskatchewan men lead at the Juniors
Ontario (Rachel Homan of Ottawa) is the only unbeaten women’s team at the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, while Saskatchewan (Braeden Moskowy of Regina) tops the men’s standings after two days of play at Colisée Cardin and Club de curling Aurèle-Racine.

January 17, 2010
Gallant sets Juniors record
Prince Edward Island’s Brett Gallant of Charlottetown entered the record book Sunday night, winning his 42nd game as a skip, including round robin and playoffs, in his sixth appearance at the Canadian Juniors.

January 17, 2010
Manitoba climbs into four-way tie for lead in men’s at Juniors
.Manitoba’s Alex Forrest of Winnipeg won a big one this afternoon, an 8-7 extra end squeaker over defending Canadian champion Brett Gallant of Charlottetown in Draw 5 action at Colisée Cardin.

January 17, 2010
Saskatchewan men move to 3-0 at Juniors
t’s early, for sure, but Saskatchewan, skipped by Braeden Moskowy of Regina, is off to a perfect start at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, presented by AMJ Campbell Van Lines, after a 9-2 trouncing of Yukon (Thomas Scoffin of Whitehorse) in Sunday morning’s fourth draw.

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M&M Meat Shops – Canadian Juniors – January 16, 2010

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January 16, 2010
Ontario and Manitoba women off to good starts at Juniors
Ontario’s Rachel Homan of Ottawa and Manitoba’s Breanne Meakin of Winnipeg got off on the winning foot at the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors Saturday.

January 17, 2010
Ontario leads women; New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan top men after Day 1 at Juniors
Ontario’s Rachel Homan admits that she has some unfinished business at this year’s M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, which got underway Saturday at Colisée Cardin and Club de Curling Aurèle-Racine.

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Here is the latest news from Curling.ca .. mark your calendar! (that’s tomorrow)

News Release

January 14, 2010 – The M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships, presented by AMJ Campbell Van Lines, get underway Saturday in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec. It’s the first time since 1993 in Trois-Rivières that these championships have been staged in the province.

Thirteen men’s and 13 women’s teams (representing the 10 provinces plus Northern Ontario, Northwest Territories and Yukon) will compete. Round robin games will be played at both Colisée Cardin and Club de Curling Aurèle-Racine. At the conclusion of the round robin, the first place teams advance to their respective finals, while the second and third place finishers meet in semi-finals on Saturday.

Both the women’s and men’s finals will be played on Sunday, January 24 at Colisée Cardin and will be televised live across Canada on TSN. The women’s final takes place at 2:30 pm ET while the men’s final begins at 7:30 pm ET.

The winners will then represent Canada at the 2010 World Junior Curling Championships, March 6-14 in Flims, Switzerland. Canada has won a leading 16 world junior men’s titles since 1975 and eight women’s crowns since 1988.

Topping the men’s field is Prince Edward Island, skipped by Brett Gallant of Charlottetown, the reigning Canadian junior men’s champion and 2009 world junior silver medallist. He’ll be trying to join Alberta’s Charley Thomas (2006-07) and Ontario’s John Morris (1998-99) as the most recent male skips to win back-to-back titles. Last year in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Gallant defeated Northern Ontario’s Dylan Johnston in the national final, then lost the gold medal game to Denmark at the World Juniors in Vancouver.

Gallant will be making his sixth appearance at the Juniors, equalling the record held by Brad Gushue of St. John’s. He’s also won 40 games (round robin and playoffs) during that stretch, and, with two victories, will eclipse the mark of 41, held by Quebec’s Martin Crête.

On the women’s side, Ontario’s Rachel Homan of Ottawa, runner-up in last year’s M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors, and Manitoba’s Breanne Meakin of Winnipeg, who played lead last season for Kaitlyn Lawes when winning the Canadian Juniors and a silver medal at the World Juniors, are the pre-event favourites.

This marks the fifth year of event title sponsorship by M&M Meat Shops, Canada’s leading retail chain of specialty frozen foods, in an agreement with the Canadian Curling Association extended through 2012.

“Curling is a sport beloved by Canadians from coast to coast, with our staff, franchisees and customers being some of the biggest curling fans around. M&M Meat Shops is therefore thrilled to continue our support of Canadian curlers and curling fans,” said Mac Voisin, Founder of M&M Meat Shops. “We’d like to wish everyone competing in the 2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s and Women’s Curling Championships the best of luck. We look forward to you rocking the house!”

The Canadian Junior Men’s Championship began in 1950 in Quebec City. Since then, Quebec has won three Canadian titles – in 1980 by skip Denis Marchand in Sault Ste. Marie, in 1992 in Vernon, B.C. by skip Michel Ferland and in 2008, also in Sault Ste. Marie, by skip William Dion. Dion went on to finish third at the 2008 World Juniors in Östersund, Sweden. Alberta leads all provinces with 15 victories. Quebec will be represented this year by skip Kevin Rivest and his Club de Curling Longue-Pointe team.

The Canadian Junior Women’s Championship was first played in Vancouver in 1971. Saskatchewan leads all provinces with 10 titles, while Quebec has just one win, that by skip Marie-France Larouche in 1999 in Kelowna, British Columbia. Skip Camille-Marie Lapierre and her Otterburn Curling Club team will carry the host province’s colours this year.

Quebec has hosted four previous Canadian Junior Men’s (1950, 1960, 1970, 1993) and three Canadian Junior Women’s (1973, 1986, 1993) championships. The men’s and women’s championships were conducted separately until being combined in 1987 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

The first draw is set for 12:30 pm on Saturday, January 16 at both Colisée Cardin and Club de Curling Aurèle-Racine, followed by the official Opening Ceremonies at 3:30 pm ET at Colisée Cardin. Draws #2 and #3 will be played at 5:00 pm and 9:30 pm.

From Sunday through Thursday, draw times are 10:00 am, 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm, with the round robin concluding on Friday, January 22 with draws at 8:00 am and 12:30 pm, prior to any required tiebreakers. The semi-finals will then be played on Saturday, with the finals on Sunday.

Draw results via CurlCast and draw summaries will be available on the Canadian Curling Association website www.curling.ca or www.seasonofchampions.ca/2010juniors .

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2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Men’s Curling Championship
January 16-24, Colisée Cardin and Club de curling Aurèle-Racine
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec

TEAMS (listed in order of skip, third, second, lead and coach)

Alberta – Saville Sports Centre, Edmonton
Brendan Bottcher, Brad Thiessen, Landon Bucholz, Bryce Bucholz, Bernie Panich

British Columbia – Langley Curling Club, Langley
Tyler Klymchuk, Michael Horita, Dylan Somerton, Elliott Franklin, Doris Torrance

Manitoba – Deer Lodge Curling Club, Winnipeg
Alex Forrest, Joey Witherspoon, Connor Njegovan, Mike Neufeld, Tom Clasper

New Brunswick – Rothesay Country Club, Rothesay
Josh Barry, Chris Sleep, Blake Hunter, Alex Kyle, Kevin Kyle

Newfoundland and Labrador – Re/Max Centre, St. John’s
Kelly Schuh (third rocks), Cory Schuh (fourth rocks), Scott Eaton, Stephen Moss, Eugene Trickett

Northern Ontario – Port Arthur Curling Club, Thunder Bay
Christian Tolusso, Adam Lamers, Mark Adams, Peter DeBoer, Dick Henderson

Northwest Territories – Yellowknife Curling Club, Yellowknife
Colin Miller, Robert Heimbach, John Murray, David Aho, Maureen Miller

Nova Scotia – Mayflower Curling Club, Halifax
Scott Garnett, Travis Stone, Tony Weingartshofer, Paul Weingartshofer, Rob Harris

Ontario – Westmount Golf & Country Club, Kitchener
Jake Walker, Craig Van Ymeren, Geoff Chambers, Matthew (Matt) Mapletoft, John Thompson

Prince Edward Island – Charlottetown Curling Club, Charlottetown
Brett Gallant, Adam Casey, Anson Carmody, Alex MacFadyen, Peter Gallant

Quebec – Club de curling Longue-Pointe, Montreal
Kevin Rivest, Jeremy La Salle-Pike, Harrison Pollock, Jean-Michel Crête, Norman Birrell

Saskatchewan – Caledonian (Callie) Curling Club, Regina
Braeden Moskowy, Matt Lang, Trent Knapp, Kelly Knapp, Dwayne Mihalicz

Yukon – Whitehorse Curling Club, Whitehorse
Thomas Scoffin, Will Mahoney, Nicholas Koltun, Mitchell Young, Wade Scoffin

2010 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior Women’s Curling Championship
January 16-24, Colisée Cardin and Club de curling Aurèle-Racine
Sorel-Tracy, Quebec

TEAMS (listed in order of skip, third, second, lead and coach)

Alberta – Calgary Curling Club, Calgary
Nadine Chyz, Rebecca Pattison, Kristina Hadden, Kimberly Anderson, J.D. Lind

British Columbia – Victoria Curling Club, Victoria
Dailene Sivertson, Simone Brosseau, Jessie Sanderson, Brandi Tinkler, Cindy Tucker

Manitoba – St. Vital Curling Club, Winnipeg
Breanne Meakin, Briane Meilleur, Mariah Mondor, Krysten Karwacki, Rob Meakin

New Brunswick – Thistle-St. Andrews Curling Club, Saint John
Jessica Daigle, Natalie Menzies, Krista Flanagan, Jade Carruthers, Allan Menzies

Newfoundland and Labrador – Re/Max Centre, St. John’s
Jen Cunningham, Tara O’Brien, Jessica (Jess) Cunningham, Cheryl Norman, Leslie Anne Walsh

Northern Ontario – Idylwylde Golf & Country Club, Sudbury
Kendra Lilly, Kim Curtin, Jenny Gates, Kaitlynd Burns, Jan Pula

Northwest Territories – Hay River Curling Club, Hay River
Amanda Moizis, Kelsey Hiebert, Olivia Gibbons, Kyla Milne, Deborah Stanley

Nova Scotia – Bridgewater Curling Club, Bridgewater
Tara LeGay (third stones), Jane Snyder (fourth stones), Leah Squarey, Laura Murray, Cecil McAloney

Ontario – Ottawa Curling Club, Ottawa
Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Laura Crocker, Lynn Kreviazuk, Earle Morris

Prince Edward Island – Cornwall Curling Club, Cornwall
Sarah Fullerton, Michelle McQuaid, Sara MacRae, Whitney Young, Brenda MacMillan

Quebec – Otterburn Curling Club, Otterburn Park
Camille-Marie Lapierre, Alanna Routledge, Melanie Maclean, Kelly-Ann (Kelly) Gazdewich, Christian Lapierre

Saskatchewan – Nutana Curling Club, Saskatoon
Trish Paulsen, Melissa Hoffman, Sarah Collin, Kari Paulsen, Mel Hoffman

Yukon – Whitehorse Curling Club, Whitehorse
Sarah Koltun, Chelsea Duncan, Linea Eby, Jenna Duncan, Lindsay Moldowan

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Source: Seasons of Champions Newsroom