Thirty-four years have passed since the last time an all-rookie team won the Canadian women’s curling championship.
So 22-year-old Skylar Ackerman and her unbeaten team of Saskatchewan first-timers might be due.
In front of plenty of boisterous green-clad friends, families and supporters at Calgary’s WinSport Event Centre on Sunday afternoon, the young crew from Saskatoon’s Nutana Curling Club improved to 3-0 with a 6-5 victory over Ontario’s Krista McCarville (1-2).
Tied with Ackerman on top of Pool A is another mostly-rookie team in Alberta skipped by 25-year-old Selena Sturmay, who won 8-6 over the previously unbeaten and four-time champion Kerri Einarson (2-1) of Manitoba.
On Sturmay’s team from Edmonton’s Saville Community Sports Centre, only second Dezaray Hawes boasts previous Scotties experience having curled the last seven years with British Columbia’s Corryn Brown. That included appearances in the 2020 and 2021 national championship.
Brown was also victorious on Sunday as British Columbia (2-1) prevailed 9-5 over Prince Edward Island’s Jane DiCarlo (0-3). The other matinee saw Quebec’s Laurie St-Georges (1-1) win 8-7 over Newfoundland and Labrador’s Stacie Curtis (0-2).
‘So far, so good’
In the evening draw, Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones (3-0) moved into sole possession of first place in Pool B after rolling to a 10-3 triumph over British Columbia’s Clancy Grandy (2-1).
“So far, so good,” said Jones. “I feel like we’re playing pretty well, and we’re reading the ice pretty well, and making some big shots when we have to.”
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