Three teams left in battle for B.C. Scotties women’s curling championship
Coquitlam, BC (January 24, 2016) – It was a game that looked like it was going to be over before it had barely begun – but it turned into the comeback of all comebacks.
Down 7-0 after three ends, Team Thompson of Kamloops battled back to win the page 1 vs 2 playoffs 11-10 to secure a place in the final of the 2016 Scotties BC Women’s Championship, presented by Best Western.
The team of skip Karla Thompson, third Kristen Recksiedler, second Tracey Lavery and lead Trysta Vandale looked unsteady against a confident Team Scott at first, but came back strong, scoring 3 in the fourth end and then getting back-to-back steals in the fifth and sixth ends to bring their score up to 6. Scott came back with a deuce, but Thompson returned with a score of 3 in the eighth end. Thompson was able to hold Scott to one point in the 9th end and sealed the deal with a deuce in the tenth to win 11-10.
For Kelly Scott, six-time BC champion, and her rink of third Shannon Aleksic, second Jenna Loder, lead Sarah Pyke and coach Gerry Richard, it was a missed opportunity. But she will have the chance to make amends if she can get past Team Diane Gushulak, of Royal City Curling Club, in the semis this morning (11 a.m.).