Great Scot, what a shot by Murdoch
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ORILLIA, Ont. — With $37,000 on the line, Scotland’s David Murdoch came through with a clutch shot to win the Casino Rama Curling Skins Game Sunday.
With shot stone belonging to Randy Ferbey sitting frozen on the button, Murdoch’s big-weight takeout with his last shot was enough to move the Ferbey rock far enough to score his two points and clinch the title.
Murdoch, who will represent Great Britain at the Olympics next month, won all eight skins in the final. He won $57,000 Sunday and $70,500 for the weekend.
Ferbey, and his Edmonton rink, were shut out Sunday and leave with the $14,000 they won in Saturday’s semifinal win over Glenn Howard of Coldwater, Ont.
Even though Murdoch had won the first six skins, Ferbey still had a chance to win the game in the final end. Wayne Middaugh, who was throwing fourth stones replacing the injured David Nedohin, came through with what seemed like a perfect freeze with his last shot, covering the pin.
Murdoch won single skins in the first and second ends, then after two carry-overs won three skins in the fifth, stealing the money with Ferbey holding the hammer. Murdoch stole another skin in the sixth, but a carry-over in the seventh kept Ferbey in the game with the two most valuable skins on the line in the eighth.
— Canwest News Service
