Despite being dominated by team Japan in the first half of the semi-final game, Canada fought back and stole the game in an extra end to earn a spot in the 2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship finals. China, who defeated Canada in the 1 v 2 playoff game, got a bye into the finals and were eagerly awaiting a third game against the host Canada. In addition to the playoff loss, Canada lost their round robin game against China so they were hungry to face Team China for a third time. In the final game, Canada jumped out to a 3-1 lead after two ends and never looked back.
After their loss to Canada, Team Japan played in the bronze medal game against Switzerland Saturday night. They seeemed to have trouble forgetting their earlier loss to Canada as they allowed Switzerland to take an 8-2 lead into the fifth end break. During the break, Japan regrouped and made a valiant effort to come back on Switzerland but it was to no avail. Switzerland held on for a 9-7 win for the bronze medal.
In other curling action, British Columbia repeated as TSX Canadian Wheelchair Curling Champions when they defeated Ontario 8-6. BC, Ontario and Manitoba finished the round robin with a 5-2 record and BC was declared the leader after the round robin and got the bye into the finals. Ontario and Manitoba were left to play a semi-final game to decide the other half of the championship game. Ontario squeaked out a 9-8 victory to advance to the finals. The 2008 Canadian Senior Curling Championships also came to an end today as Pat Sanders' te
am from BC (10-1 round robin) defeated Ann Pearson's team from Ontario (8-3 in the round robin) 7-5 and Eugene Hritzuk's Saskatchewan team (9-2 in round robin play) beat Russ Howard's New Brunswick rink (9-2 in round robin) 7-5. On the women's side, Ontario beat Sandy Turner's Alberta team (8-3 round robin) in the semi-final game to reach the final while on the men's side, Saskatchewan was forced to play the semi-final game against Nova Scotia's Brian Rafuse (9-2 round robin) before eventually winning the championship.
am from BC (10-1 round robin) defeated Ann Pearson's team from Ontario (8-3 in the round robin) 7-5 and Eugene Hritzuk's Saskatchewan team (9-2 in round robin play) beat Russ Howard's New Brunswick rink (9-2 in round robin) 7-5. On the women's side, Ontario beat Sandy Turner's Alberta team (8-3 round robin) in the semi-final game to reach the final while on the men's side, Saskatchewan was forced to play the semi-final game against Nova Scotia's Brian Rafuse (9-2 round robin) before eventually winning the championship.
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