MOOSE JAW, Sask. – Jennifer Jones stole five points in the decisive seventh end to lead Manitoba to a 9-3 rout of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Heather Strong on Monday in Draw 6 action at the Canadian women’s curling championship.
Jones and her Winnipeg rink improved to 4-0 in round-robin play at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts.
Homan and Alberta’s Val Sweeting, both just behind Jones at 3-0, were idle in Monday’s morning draw. Sweeting was to play Strong in the afternoon while Homan took on B.C.’s Patti Knezevic.
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Jones and Homan were to meet in Monday evening’s showcase game at Mosaic Place.
In other Draw 6 action, Northern Ontario’s Tracy Horgan beat Nova Scotia’s Mary-Anne Arsenault 8-4, B.C. downed Prince Edward Island’s Suzanne Birt 7-4 and Ontario’s Julie Hastings edged Quebec’s Lauren Mann 6-5.
Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, P.E.I., and Northern Ontario were all tied in fourth place at 2-2 after six draws. The top four teams at the end of round-robin play Friday morning will make the playoffs.
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Saskatchewan’s Stefanie Lawton was 1-2, ahead of Quebec, Nova Scotia and B.C. at 1-3. New Brunswick’s Sylvie Robichaud is the lone winless skip at 0-4.
The medal games are scheduled for Sunday.
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