Scotties: Favourites remain unbeaten, young skip takes surprise win
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ALTONA – The co-favourites remain unbeaten while yet another young skip made some waves here Friday at the 2011 Manitoba womens curling championship.
Fort Rouge’s Cathy Overton-Clapham and Morden’s Chelsea Carey both improved to 5-0 — Overton-Clapahm with a 6-3 victory over Fort Rouge’s Joelle Brown on the 12:15 p.m. draw and Carey with a 6-4 win over East St. Paul’s Kim Link on the 8:30 a.m. draw.
Overton-Clapham is tied for first atop her eight-team pool with the surprising Kerri Einarson team, who improved to 5-0 this afternoon with a 7-6 last rock victory over two-time Manitoba womens champion Janet Harvey.
The win, coupled with the Einarson team’s play all week, has come us a bit of a surprise to most observers here, but not necessarily Einarson herself.
“We know what we can do,” said Einarson, who is being supported here by veterans Janice Blair, Susan Baleja and Alison Harvey. “We’ve been playing outstanding all week. If we keep this up, we can win this.”
Overton-Clapham, the three-time defending Canadian champion, will have something to say about that, however.
“We’re playing well,” Overton-Clapham said. “Really comfortable. I feel great with my draw weight and that’s huge at this event. I feel I’m putting the broom in the right spot, reading the ice well and everyone’s throwing really well.”
Carey, meanwhile, is back on the ice on the 4 p.m. draw and can eliminate defending champion Jill Thurston (2-3) if she beats her.
Karen Rosser, the 2001 Manitoba womens champion, is in second place at 4-1 and trails Carey by one game in their pool. Rosser plays Swan River’s Bev Lumax (0-5) on the 4 p.m. draw.
The round robin wraps up here Saturday afternoon. The top four teams advance to the page playoffs, which will begin Saturday night.
