Robyn Despins and Krista McCarville each picked up victories in Thursday morning’s recreation on the Port Arthur Curling Centre.
THUNDER BAY — Robyn Despins was in a significantly better temper following her second recreation on the Northern Ontario ladies’s curling provincial championship.
After dropping a 10-3 resolution to Emma Artichuk’s Sudbury rink on Wednesday afternoon, Despins led her Fort William Curling Membership rink (1-1) to an 8-3 win over North Bay’s Laura Johnston (0-2) in eight ends on the Port Arthur Curling Centre on Thursday morning.
“You shake off the nerves from the first game and you get that out of the way,” Despins mentioned.
“This game we were definitely more comfortable, in our zone and playing like we can.”
Despins, who’s joined on her crew by third Nicole Westlund Stewart, second Samantha Morris and lead Rebecca Carr, put the sport out of attain by scoring three factors within the eighth finish.
“I think our team is just going to continue to go up and up,” Despins mentioned.
“That’s what we usually do. We start to warm up and I think we’re going to see that fire from our whole team as the week goes along. I’m really excited for our next couple of games.”
Defending provincial champion Krista McCarville and her Fort William squad improved to 2-0 on Thursday morning with an 8-3 win over clubmate Ashley Palmer (0-1), who had Oye-Sem Received throwing fourth stones.
McCarville jumped out to a 5-0 lead after 5 ends however solely held a two-point benefit going into the ninth.
She scored three factors in that body to finish the competition.
“We had a couple of ends late that we took some time on and that were a little bit trickier, but overall, I think we’re playing well,” third Andrea Kelly mentioned.
Artichuk (2-0) saved tempo with McCarville by profitable a wild 7-6 contest over Lauren Mann of Timmins (1-1).
After giving up a steal of two to fall behind 6-4 after eight ends, Artichuk received a single level within the ninth and stole a pair within the tenth when Mann’s ultimate draw try was heavy.
“That game was all over the place,” Artichuk mentioned.
“We began off actually robust … however then I had a couple of tough final pictures and a few much less tough pictures that I used to be simply type of lacking the unsuitable means.
“We dug through it though and were really resilient in the last couple of ends.”
Claire Dubinsky’s Kakabeka Falls squad (0-1) had the bye within the morning draw.
In the meantime, Fort William’s Frank Morissette eradicated Sault Ste. Marie’s Matthew Hunt from the boys’s provincial playdowns with a 7-6 triumph within the first ‘C’ occasion elimination recreation.
Morissette trailed 6-3 after seven ends and solely mustered a single level with the hammer within the eighth, however was capable of steal three factors within the ninth after a botched takeout try by Hunt.
Hunt’s ultimate shot with out hammer sailed via an empty home within the tenth finish and Morissette didn’t must throw his final.
The boys’s competitors resumes at 2:30 p.m. and can function the ‘A’ occasion semifinals.
John Epping’s Sudbury rink goes up towards the Fort Wiliam’s Dylan Johnston, whereas defending provincial champion Trevor Bonot and his Fort William quartet tackle Sudbury’s Sandy MacEwan.
The ladies’s occasion will get again underway at 7:30 p.m. and can see Palmer play Despins, Dubinsky face Mann and McCarville tackle Artichuk.
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