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Brown books place in final at junior nationals

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Corryn Brown in action this week at the M&M Meat Shops Junior Canadian Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alta.
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Published: February 04, 2013 4:00 PM
Updated: February 08, 2013 10:30 AM

Skip Corryn Brown and Team B.C. will compete for gold the M&M Meat Shops Junior Canadian Curling Championships in Fort McMurray, Alta.

Brown finished Championship Pool play with a 4-0 record after scoring three in the 10th to earn an 11-10 victory over Ontario on Thursday (Feb. 7) evening.

“I’m so proud of those girls,” Brown said of her rinkmates — third Erin Pincott, second Sam Fisher and lead Sydney Fraser — after the win.

“We had a couple of unfortunate ends and misses, but we made it through and got the three in the last end.”

B.C. has nearly three full days to prepare for Sunday’s (Feb. 10) gold-medal game.

“I don’t really want to think about what’s at stake right now,” Brown said.

“I just want to keep focused on what’s right now. We haven’t won anything yet and we haven’t lost anything. We just have to keep a level head.”

Team Brown earned a 13-6 victory over Manitoba on Thursday afternoon.

In her second Championship Pool matchup, Brown cruised to an 8-2 win over Nova Scotia on Wednesday (Feb. 6) evening.

Earlier Wednesday, Brown scored four in the 10th end to earn a 10-8 comeback win over Quebec.

The Kamloops quartet finished round-robin play with a 5-1 record

Brown opened the tournament on Saturday, Feb. 2, with a split — beating Saskatchewan 7-5 in the afternoon before falling 7-6 to New Brunswick in the evening.

New Brunswick would end up being the only team to beat B.C. in pool play.

The Brown rink swept its matchups on Sunday, Feb. 3 — with 10-7 and 7-5 wins over Yukon and Newfoundland and Labrador, respectively.

On Monday, Feb. 4, Brown dumped Alberta 8-1.

The Kamloops rink closed its round-robin schedule on Tuesday, Feb. 5, with a 24-1 shellacking of Nunavut.

The top four rinks from Pool A and Pool B advanced to the Championship Pool.

Whichever team had the best record after Championship Pool play (pool-play and Championship-Pool play combined) advanced straight to the gold-medal game.

B.C. and Manitoba were tied atop the standings at 9-1, but the Brown rink held the tiebreaker with a victory in head-to-head play.

Manitoba and Ontario meet in a semifinal on Sunday, Feb. 10.

The final gets underway at 5 p.m. on Sunday.

Ken Brown, Corryn's father, is Team B.C.'s coach.

 

 

 

 
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