Home ice advantage paid off for Armstrong害羞草研究所檚 John Campbell and Derrell Sears.

The duo scored two in the seventh end with the hammer to snap a 2-2 tie, and ran Prince George害羞草研究所檚 Jamie Mould and Gary Shalansky out of rocks in the eighth and final end to score a 4-2 win, and capture the B.C. Open Division Stick Curling Championship at the Armstrong Curling Club Sunday, Feb. 19.

Campell/Sears qualified for the playoffs of the seven-team tournament by winning the B event with a 3-2 decision over Mould-Shalansky, easily the hard-luck pair of the provincials.

The Prince George squad lost the A qualifier to Armstrong害羞草研究所檚 Bill Fowler and Wayne Heinrichs, 4-3. Mould-Shalansky had defeated Sears/Campbell 4-3 in the second round of the A event.

Mould-Shalansky joined Vernon害羞草研究所檚 Jack Prokopetz and Al Wejr in qualifying for the playoff round out of the C event.

In the playoffs, the Page format is used where A plays B winner 害羞草研究所� the victor moving directly to the final, the loser dropping into a semifinal to play the winner of the two C qualifiers.

Campbell/Sears moved straight to the final with a 4-3 win over Fowler/Heinrichs, while Mould/Shalansky defeated Prokopetz/Wejr 5-3. In the semi, the Prince George rink scored a 2-1 decision over Fowler/Heinrichs.

There were nine teams competing in the Women害羞草研究所檚 Stick Curling Provincials in Armstrong, and a Kelowna entry took the long way to the B.C. title.

Marion Radcliffe and Kerrylyn Richard blanked the Enderby duo of Sandra Farynuk and Betty Zarowny 9-0 in the provincial final, stealing all nine points. The teams shook hands after just four ends.

Farynuk/Zarowny won the A event, beating Armstrong害羞草研究所檚 Louise Burton and Kathy Saul-Fowler 5-1. The B event went to Enderby害羞草研究所檚 Carole Knopp and Evelyn Tattersall, who defeated Kelowna害羞草研究所檚 Pat Jeffrey and Terri Palmer 4-3. Burton/Saul-Fowler and Radcliffe/Richard qualified for the Page playoffs out of the C event.

The all-Enderby playoff matchup went to Farynuk/Zarowny, who defeated Knopp/Tattersall 6-3 to advance directly to the final.

Radcliffe/Richard blanked Burton/Saul-Fowler 5-0, made it to the final with a 3-2 win over Knopp/Tattersall.

Nanaimo will host the 2023 Canadian Stick Curling Championships March 30-April 2.

This is the third time Curl BC has put on a Stick Curling Championship, and event manager Will Sutton said there害羞草研究所檚 no better place to hold the games.

害羞草研究所淎rmstrong really is the home of stick curling in British Columbia, there害羞草研究所檚 a tonne of stick curlers here along with many other regular style of curlers here in the city,害羞草研究所� Sutton said. 害羞草研究所淚t害羞草研究所檚 really exciting for us to come here.害羞草研究所�

Armstrong Curling Club manager Steve Gunner said 60 per cent of the club害羞草研究所檚 240 members are stick curlers.

害羞草研究所淲e value stick curlers, we look after them and we treat them very well,害羞草研究所� he said.

Gunner guessed it害羞草研究所檚 been about 20 years since the curling club hosted a Curl BC sanctioned event.

害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檓 happy for it, it shows a certain confidence in our club, and our volunteers have been really happy and excited to respond. We think we害羞草研究所檙e putting on a good event.害羞草研究所�

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