Canada has won both men's and women's titles at the 2008 World Senior Curling Championships in Vierumaki, Finland.
The two Alberta teams, skipped by former two-time men's world champion Pat Ryan and international rookie Diane Foster, led the event from start to finish and made quick work of their opponents in the finals.
The women defeated Scotland 10-2 and the men dispatched Sweden 8-0.
Ryan held a comfortable 4-0 lead in the fifth end when Sweden threatened, and skip Per Lindeman lay one with a chance at three. Disaster struck for the Swedes, however, when Lindeman pushed a Canadian counter into scoring position, and now trailed 5-0.
"He couldn't buy a break today," said Ryan.
Ryan was helming three members of the Les Rogers team, the 2006 World Senior championship squad. Marv Wirth played third, with Ken McLean and Millard Evans anchored the front end.
"Anytime you win representing Canada, it's special," said Ryan, who captured the 1989 Worlds as the chief of the "Ryan's Express," and later played third for Rick Folk in winning in 1994.
"It never sinks in at the moment, but this will be a cherished memory."
-- Canwest News Service
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