1997 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
1997 AT&T Canada Canadian Mixed Curling Championship | |
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Host city | Kindersley, Saskatchewan |
Arena | |
Dates | January 11–19, 1997 |
Attendance | 19,910 |
Winner | ![]() |
Curling club | , Sudbury, Ontario |
Skip | |
Third | |
Second | |
Lead | |
Finalist | ![]() |
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The 1997 AT&T Canada Canadian Mixed Curling Championship was held January 11-19 at the in Kindersley, Saskatchewan.[1]
Team Northern Ontario won the event, defeating British Columbia in the final. To get to the final, Northern Ontario had to beat Prince Edward Island in a tiebreaker, and then win two playoff matches against Nova Scotia and Alberta. In the final, the team had to come back from being down 5–2 after give ends. They scored two in the sixth, and stole one in the seventh and eighth ends to take the lead. They then forced B.C. to take one in the ninth, giving them the hammer (last rock advantage) into the final end. To win the game, Northern Ontario skip had to make a perfect double takeout for the win, which he made.[2] It was the third national title for Northern Ontario, which had previously won in 1979 and 1981.[3]
The event set a record attendance at the time for the Canadian Mixed, with 19,910 spectators.[2]
The final was televised on TSN.[4]
Teams[]
Teams were as follows:[5]
Locale | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Club |
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Charlene Sawatsky | Rudy Nordin | Carrie Kohuch | Lethbridge | |
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Kamloops | ||||
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Marsha Kontzie | Mel Barclay | Linda Armour | Souris | |
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Grant Odishaw | Denise Bowser | Rick Perron | Beaver | |
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Bob Osborne | Pamela Osborne | Mike Conway | Annette Osborne-Conway | St. John's |
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Sudbury | ||||
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Colleen Jones | Thomas Naugler | Halifax | ||
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Jim Hunker | Cathy Piccinin | Morgan Currie | Janice Remai | Rideau |
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Susan McInnis | Gail MacNeill | Charlottetown | ||
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Guy Hemmings | Nathalie Audet | Michael Fournier | Joëlle Sabourin | Thurso |
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Warren Betker | Jaime Miller | Sloane Muldoon Girardin | Weyburn | |
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Wendy Hales | Tammy Bazylinski | Whitehorse |
Standings[]
Final standings[1]
Key | |
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Teams to Playoffs | |
Teams to Tiebreaker |
Province | Skip | Wins | Losses |
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9 | 2 | |
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8 | 3 | |
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8 | 3 | |
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7 | 4 | |
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7 | 4 | |
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Guy Hemmings | 6 | 5 |
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Grant Odishaw | 6 | 5 |
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5 | 6 | |
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4 | 7 | |
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Warren Betker | 3 | 8 |
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Jim Hunker | 2 | 9 |
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Bob Osborne | 1 | 10 |
Tiebreakers[]
Playoffs[]
Page playoff system[1] | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
1 | ![]() |
11 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | ![]() |
6 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
7 | ||||||||
4 | ![]() |
9 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() |
4 | |||||||||||
4 | ![]() |
5 |
Final[]
January 19, 6:30pm[3]
Sheet [1] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "2020 Mixed Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. p. 82.
- ^ a b "N. Ontario sweeps through playoffs". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. January 20, 1997. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ a b "Johnson claims title". Regina Leader-Post. January 20, 1997. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ "Weyburn rink reaches for top". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. January 10, 1997. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ "Curling". Regina Leader-Post. January 10, 1997. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
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