Team Gushue skip Brad Gushue watches his shot against Team McEwen during the men's curling final at the PointsBet Invitational in Calgary on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
NISKU, Alta. – Brad Gushue and Bruce Mouat will meet in Sunday’s championship final of the Co-op Canadian Open.
Gushue’s team from St. John’s Newfoundland and Labrador – consisting of third Mark Nichols, second Brendan Bottcher and lead Geoff Walker – defeated Yannick Schwaller of Geneva, Switzerland 6-2 in Saturday’s semifinal of the Grand Slam of Curling event.
Gushue scored a single in the second end, then had steals of one in the third and fourth ends before Schaller counted a deuce in the fifth end. Gushue struck for three in the sixth end and then ran Schwaller out of rocks.
Mouat of Stirling, Scotland defeated Joel Retornaz of Trentino, Italy 4-2 in the other semifinal.
Mouat scored a pair in the first end, stole one in the fourth and one in the sixth, before Retornaz counted a deuce in the seventh. Mouat ran Retornaz out of rocks in the eighth end.
In the women’s semifinals, Silvana Tirinzoni of Aarau, Switzerland scored a single in the eighth end to edge Eun-jung Kim of South Korea 5-4, while Rachel Homan’s team from Ottawa – consisting of third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes – defeated Seung-youn Ha of South Korea 6-1 in the other semifinal.
Homan scored three in the first end, gave up one in the fourth and then added three more in the fifth to take a commanding 6-1 lead.
Tirinzoni and Homan will play in Sunday’s championship final.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 9, 2024.
