Breakfast has a Manitoba flavour

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There was a distinctly Manitoba flavour to the Scotties all-stars breakfast Saturday morning.

Six of the eight curlers singled out for exceptionally steady play at the 2010 Canadian women’s championship have Manitoba roots.

The Scotties all-stars were selected based entirely on players’ round-robin percentages.

And 100 per cent of Team Canada foursome was among those recognized

Cracking the first team were lead Dawn Askin, second Jill Officer and third Cathy Overton-Clapham.

Askin curled 87 per cent through 11 round-robin games, a whopping five points better than Jacquie Armstrong of B.C and Saskatchewan’s Heather Kalenchuk. Officer was 81 per cent, while Overton-Clapham led all third at 81 per cent.

Jones, the skip, was named to the second all-star team with a 76 shooting percentage.

B.C. skip Kelly Scott, born and raised in Winnipeg and now making her home in Kelowna, B.C., was named the first-team all-star skip. She shot 79 per cent this week.

Scott was also named the winner of the Marj Mitchell Award for sportsmanship voted entirely by the players. She was honoured in the same fashion in 2006.

B.C. second Sasha Carter, a product of Ashern, Man., was named to the second all-star team after shooting 80 per cent through the round-robin.

Rounding out the second-team all-stars was B.C. third Jeanna Schraeder, 77 per cent, and the lead on her team, Armstrong, who shot 82 per cent.