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Continued from page 32 to win his 3rd slam in a row and his
Silvana Tirinzoni went back to back 9th overall. Both Teams Homan and
Mouat are the teams to beat so far
defeating Sweden’s Anna Hasselburg
8-4. On the Men’s side Germany’s this season. The next Grand Slam
on the horizon is the WFG Masters
Marc Muskatewitz upset the Bruce
Mouat team from Scotland 6-4, to taking place in Guelph, from January
end a twenty year wait for Germany 14th to the 19th.
to win the championship. Hoping all our readers had a
wonderful Christmas and wishing
The 3rd of five Grand Slams took
place in St. Johns, Newfoundland, everyone all the Health and Happiness
you can handle for 2025!!!
from November 26th to December
1st, with sixteen men’s and sixteen Until next month… hurry hard!!
ladies teams participating in the
Kioti National. On the Women’s side
the quarter finals saw Team Homan
defeat Yoshimura with Einarson
defeat Japan’s Fujisawa to earn a
spot in the semifinals. The other
quarter finals had Team Hasselburg
defeat Team Black from Halifax.
In a battle between two Korean
teams, it was Kim defeating Team
Ha. The 1st semi-final saw Homan
down 5-4 coming into the 7th end,
get a steal of 2 to go up 6-5. Team
Kim needed to draw the 4-foot to
force the extra end. In the extra end
Homan prevailed and that was her BMR Senior Chrismas Bonspiel Champions
L to R: Roy Perkins (sponsor) Randy LeClair (3rd) Peter Hurrell (2nd) Barry
39th win of the season with only 2 Zeran (lead) Alex MacDougall (skip) Steve Haughn (Senior President)
losses. The final had Team Homan Men’s Invitational Champions Photo Submitted
Russell Curling Club
take on Team Hasselburg. In a very
L to R: Bryan Cochrane (skip) JP
close game Homan found herself Lachance (3rd) John Wilson (2nd)
down 5-4 coming into the final end Ken Sullivan ( lead)
with hammer, took a deuce, and won Photo Submitted
the Kioti National Championship.
On the Men’s side the quarterfinals
saw McEwan defeated Germany’s
Team Muskatawitz, with Team
Moaut scoring a 4-ender in the 1st
end over USA’s Shuster on way to
a 7-2 win. The other quarters had
Jacobs edge hometown hero Brad
Gushue 6-5 with Team Whyte from
Scotland defeating Italy’s Retornaz
to advance. The semi-finals saw
Mouat steal points in the 5th and
6th to defeat McEwan 5-1. Team
Jacobs defeated Scotland’s Team
Whyte 6-3. The final between Bruce Ladies Invitational Champions
Mouat and Brad Jacobs was a very Rideau Curling Club
Senior Marcel Morin Trophy Winners
close and well-played game. With L to R: Carol Fijimoto (skip) Kathy L to R: Mario Lemire (3rd) Peter Handy (lead) Steve Haughn (skip) Michael
Kerr (3rd) Alyssa Blad (2nd)
the game tied 3-3 and Team Mouat Christine MacGregor (lead) LeBlanc (Senior VP) Russ Churchill (spare)
with hammer had an easy take out Photo Submitted Missing from photo Ken Munroe (2nd) Photo Submitted