Staff
The Kathie Jackson rink from Fort Frances captured The Dominion Curling Club Championship provincial women’s title in Sault Ste. Marie yesterday morning after a 6-2 win in seven ends over Janice Vettoretti (Sudbury) in the final.
Jackson and her team, which includes third Teresa McFayden, second Lisa Penner, and lead Kris Sinclair, now will represent Northern Ontario at the national playdowns, which will be held Nov. 18-23 at the Fort William Curling Club in Thunder Bay.
After finishing round-robin play in first place with a 4-1 record, with their lone setback coming Friday night against Vettoretti, Jackson traded blows with the Sudbury crew early on in their rematch, holding a 3-2 lead after the fifth end.
But the Fort Frances foursome pulled away for good in the next two ends, stealing a point in the sixth and then swiping two more in the seventh.
Yesterday’s triumph marked the second time a local rink has won a provincial title at this event.
Raymond Roy qualified for the 2010 edition of The Dominion, where he lost in a tie-breaker game.
The men’s provincial title also was decided yesterday morning at the Soo Curlers, with Copper Cliff’s Jason Strelezki edging Tim Jewett (Kakabeka Falls) 5-4.
