It was a frustrating end for a local team at the 2007 Northern Ontario Men's Curling Championships at the Idylwylde Curling Club.
The event ran all last week, and provided fans with plenty
of great action.
The Tim Phillips Rink, featuring Tim Phillips, Ron
Henderson, Dion Dumontelle and Doug Hong, provided much of the
local buzz by going 6-2 in the round robin and finishing tied
for first overall with the Al Harnden Rink from Sault Ste.
Marie.
They were representing the Sudbury Curling Club (SCC).
Phillips made it through to the championship game on Sunday
against Harnden. Despite beating Harnden twice - once in the
round robin and the other in the page playoff system - the
Phillips Rink was unable to contend and lost 14-6.
It all unraveled for the Phillips squad in the fourth end
when Harnden was able to score five points and take a
commanding 8-2 lead. They went on to score six more points in
the eighth and ninth ends to seal the victory.
The other local team, the Jamie Morphet Rink from the SCC,
went 3-5 and finished tied for sixth overall.
Harnden will now represent the North at the Brier in Hamilton
in March.
Meanwhile in St. Catharines, the Tracy Horgan Rink from the
Idylwylde Curling Club, lost their bid to make the playoffs
last week at the 2007 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Junior
Women's Curling Championships.
The Horgan Rink managed a 7-5 record and it was their third time at the event.
