Top-seeded Spencer loses to Brandon’s Blixhavn

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NEEPAWA — Former Manitoba champion Barb Spencer gave up seven points on four consecutive ends after leading 6-3, losing 10-6 tonight to unheralded Lisa Blixhavn of Brandon at the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

It was the first loss of the provincial championship for the top-seeded Spencer, who was last year’s losing Scotties finalist to Jennifer Jones in Gimli. Spencer missed badly on her final shot,  a takeout for two and the win, leaving Blixhavn three.

The result tightens up the standings in the black group, leaving Spencer at 3-1 and back of young teams Chelsea Carey of Morden and Holly Scott of Fort Rouge, both at 4-0, out in front.

Tied with Spencer at 3-1 is East St. Paul’s Kim Link, who beat winless Linda Stewart of Bowsman 9-7 tonight. Blixhavn improves to 2-2 with her victory and still in contention for a playoff spot.

Earlier today in the red group, No. 2 seed Kristy Jenion of Fort Rouge clobbered La Salle’s Chris Scalena 9-4 and No. 3 Janet Harvey of Assiniboine Memorial crunched Terry Ursel of Plumas 11-6. No. 7 seed Maureen Bonar of Brandon beat Springfield’s Karen Rosser 10-4.

Jenion and Harvey both improved to 3-0 and Bonar was at 2-1 heading into tonight’s 7:45 p.m. draw, while Scalena and Rosser remain winless and Ursel fell to 1-2.

In a game that got much closer in the end, No. 6 Karen Porritt improved to 3-0 with a 9-7 win over Brandon’s winless Tina Kozak.
The top two teams in each pool at the end of round-robin play Saturday morning advance to the playoffs, with Sunday’s champion earning a spot in the national Scotties championship in Victoria Feb. 21-March 1.

Standings at the 2009 Scotties provincial Tournament of Hearts after Draw 7 (Top two teams in each group advance to playoffs)
Black Group
                            W    L
Chelsea Carey           4     0
Holly Scott                 4    0
Kim Link                    3    1
Barb Spencer            3     1
Lisa Blixhavn            2    2
Linda Stewart            0    4
Angela Wickman       0    4
Charlene Norquay     0    4

Red Group
                        W    L
Kristy Jenion       3      0        
Janet Harvey       3      0
Karen Porritt       3      0
Maureen Bonar    2     1
Terry Ursel           1     2
Karen Rosser        0     3
Tina Kozak            0     3
Chris Scalena        0     3

Draw 7 results Thursday (Top two teams in each pool advance to Page system playoffs):

Black Group
Wickman      001 002 0x–3
Scott              010 140 3x–9

Spencer         020 103 000 0–6
Blixhavn        101 010 211 3–10

Norquay        000 00x–0
Carey             222 41x–11

Link               200 020 040 1–9
Stewart         001 201 102 0–7