WINNIPEG — Jennifer Jones and her St. Vital foursome were flawless on Thursday, literally.
The Olympic champions didn’t give up a single point in their two matches with back-to-back shutouts. Jones started the day with a 10-0 win over the Jennifer Briscoe rink from the Burntwood Curling Club. Then in the afternoon draw Jones matched her output with another decisive 10-0 triumph in defeating East St. Paul’s Colleen Kilgallen in just five ends.
Jones opened her match against Kilgallen with a 5-ender in the first end and then stole points in each the second, third, fourth and fifth ends before shaking hands.
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Jones sits atop the Black Group standings with a perfect 4-0 record. The seven-time provincial champions have now outscored their opponents 37-8 in their four contests and they’ve played just a combined 24 ends in their four straight victories.
In other draw seven action, Briscoe was handed a second straight loss, suffering a 6-1 defeat to the Fort Rouge Briane Meilleur rink who are seeded fourth. Christine MacKay of the Fort Rouge topped St. Vital’s Shannon Birchard 8-7 in an extra end. And in the final match of the draw Brandon’s Cheryl Reed earned her second victory with an 11-6 win over Joelle Brown of the Assiniboine Memorial Curling Club.
Black Group Standings through Draw 7
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