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Daily Sport Summary: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
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Next Competition
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Men's/Women's Team Compound and Recurve on Day 7.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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James Wiebe (867-334-8934)
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Competition 1
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Team Event - Men
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Results
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Ontario (5)
Newfoundland (0)
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Highlights
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Team Ontario started their day with a 5-0 win against Team Newfoundland. When asked about their goals at the Games, veteran Jennifer Lam said: `' Compare to Team Québec, Team Alberta and Team British-Columbia, we are the underdogs. We want to play our best and make some upsets in this tournament. If everyone plays well, it's possible for us to get a medal.'' Jennifer, who won 2 medals at the last Canada Games and a silver medal previously this week, will be a great help to Team Ontario.
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Competition 2
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Team Event - Women
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Results
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Prince Edward Island (3)
North West Territories (2)
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Highlights
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The first seed Samantha Ralph from Newfoundland injured her knee in the individual competition earlier this week. She couldn't risk making more damage to it and had to rest for the team event. `'It's very hard to be sitting on the side line. I'm very disappointed but it's even more disappointing for the team and the province. I'm a great cheerleader but I think I would help my team way more if I was on court!!'' In the next couple of weeks, Samantha will be doing a lot of physiotherapy and get back to the training as soon as possible because she wants to defend her two titles at the under 23 national championship in May.
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Competiton 3
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Team Event - Men
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Results
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Nunavut (3)
Yukon (1)
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Highlights
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It was a great morning for Team Nunavut. They defeated Team Yukon by the score of 3-1 to make it their first win in the team event. Kelly Mclarty, a player of Team Nunavut, was very excited about the win: `' It's very exciting for us to win a tie. Even if we come from different towns and we only play with each other twice a year, we have a great team spirit and I think it makes a big difference.'' When asked about the other teams Kelly reported: `' It's amazing to see the best teams in action. We don't see that level of play in Nunavut. It makes me want to go home and train harder for next Games.'' With that kind of motivation, Kelly Mclarty will be an athlete to watch at the next games since she will still be eligible to compete.
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Competition 4
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Team Event - Women
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Results
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British-Columbia (5)
Newfoundland (0)
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Highlights
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British-Columbia won both of their ties. 5-0 against Team Nova-Scotia and with the same score against Newfoundland.
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Competition 5
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Team Event - Men
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Results
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Alberta (3)
Manitoba (2)
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Highlights
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With their incredible fighting spirit, Team Manitoba surprised the number 3 seed Team Alberta. Team Manitoba managed to win two matches out of five and was close to winning that third one, Matt Younger (MB) lost in 3 very close sets to Billy Dejong. After the tie, Team Alberta said they knew it would be a close one: `' We knew it would be tough. Team Manitoba took advantage of a few key points where we didn't and they were really out there with their fighting spirit. In our next ties, we will try different line-ups so we can see who plays better with whom. Our goal remains the same, we want the gold!'' said Justin Mullaly and Robert Dejong of Team Alberta. Team Alberta also won their second tie against Team Saskatchewan.
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Competition 6
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Team Event - Women
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Results
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Québec (5)
Saskatchewan (0)
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Highlights
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Once again, it was an easy day for Team Quebec. They won 5-0 against Team Sakastchewan and Team Manitoba. All of the players are really looking forward to tomorow where they will meet the top teams.
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Competition 7
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Team Event - Men
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Results
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Prince Edward Island (5)
North West Territories (0)
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Highlights
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Prince Edward Island won both of their ties. This morning they won against the North West Territories and this afternoon they defeated Team Yukon.
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Athletes to Watch
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Alice Man(British-Columbia), Jocelyn Ko (Ontario) - Alice Man from British-Columbia will be meeting Jocelyn Ko from Team Ontario in the quarter final of the team event. Jocelyn won the gold medal previously this week, but Alice was a member of World Junior team. It's a match to look forward too.
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Next Competition
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The quarter final of the team event. In the morning Team Québec(1) will meet Team Alberta(3) and Team British-Columbia(2) will meet Team Ontario(4).
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Val St - Jacques (867- 334-8938)
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Competition 1
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Relay
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Results
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Alberta (Lodge, Letailleur, Smith) 57:37.4
Quebec (Bédard, Carrier, Leboeuf) 1:00:18.1
Manitoba (Miller, Okany, Labossiere) 1:11:45.8
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Highlights
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Alberta won both the Junior Men and Junior Women's Relays with close second by Quebec in each category. The AB men had no penalties on the shooting range while Quebec had 2. For the women, AB had one penalty but managed to stay ahead of the clean shooting Quebec team.
Both Rosanna Crawford and Tyson Smith from AB take home their third gold medals from these Games. Manitoba had great results coming in for Bronze in each category.
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Athlete to Watch
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Rosanna Crawford (Alberta) - Has won 3 gold medals so far these Games (in the 3 competitions)
Tyson Smith (Alberta) - Has won 3 gold medals so far these Games (in the 3 competitions).
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Rosanna Crawford is the younger sister of Chandra Crawford who won the Gold medal at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in the Sprint event. Rosanna has been skiing and shooting very strongly and will be moving into the Junior Women's caegory next season where we will watch for further impressive results from this young up and coming athlete.
Claude Godbout of the Quebec women's team was asked how the competition was especially in the cold tempereatures: 'It was fun out there and the trails were great! I had so much fun competing here.'
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Next Competition
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Junior Women's Pursuit (Friday): Rosanna Crawford (AB), Jessica Sedlock (BC), Claude Godbout (QC), Megan Imrie (MB), Cynthia Clark (AB) Junior Men's Pursuit (Friday): Tyson Smith (AB), Yannick Letailleur (AB), Maxime Leboeuf (QC), Marc-Andr‚ B‚dard (QC), Brendan Green (NT)
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Joanne Thomson (867-334-8941)
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Competition 1
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Team SK vs. Team NU
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Results
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SK 10, NU 2
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Highlights
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The young team from Yukon took Team Quebec to the 10th end. The Yukon Team was leading Quebec 4-3 heading into the 5th end break. Quebec scored 3 in the 6th to take a 6-4 lead. Yukon rallied in the 7th to score 2 points to tie the game. Quebec scored 1 in the 8th end and another point in the 9th end to take the lead. Quebec ran the Yukon team out of rocks in the 10th for the win.
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Competition 2
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Team YT vs. Team QU
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Results
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YT 6, QU 8
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Competiton 3
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Team AB vs. Team NS
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Results
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AB 5, NS 6
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Highlights
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It took Team NS 12 ends to beat the team from Alberta. Alberta openned up scoring with 2 points in the 1st end. Team NS faught back to take the lead (4-3) heading into the 5th end break. Down 1 playing the 10th end, the squad from NS had an open draw for 2, the rock was a little heavy and slid through the rings. Alberta hit and rolled out in the 11th to force a 12th end. Once again faced with a hit, the Alberta skip over curled and wrecked on a front guard, leaving Team NS with the win.
This was a must win situation for Team Nova Scotia, who was sitting at at 2-2 recording heading into the game. They had to win to keep
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Competition 4
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Team SK vs. Team AB
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Results
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SK 5 , AB 6
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Highlights
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In a tight game Team Alberta was able to keep their play off hopes alive. Tied 4-4 and playing the 9th end, Team Alberta was able to manufacture multiple points to be up 2 playing the 10th. The Alberta squad played a clean 10th end. The Saskatchewan skip was left with a difficult split for two. The rock did not curl enough and Team Sk was kept to 1 point.
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Competition 5
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Team PEI vs. Team MB
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Results
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PEI 7, MB 10
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Highlights
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Team PEI were up 5 points after 3 ends on undefeated Manitoba. It was not enough to stop the Manitobians, who came back to tie the game heading into the 5th end break. PEI rallied back with a duce in the 6th, Manitoba scored 3 in the 7th and then went on to steal a single in the 8th and 3 more in the 9th.
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Competition 6
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Team NB vs. Team NL
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Results
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NB 9, NL 4
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Competition 7
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Team YT vs. Team BC
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Results
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YT 2, BC 10
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Competition 8
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Team Ontario vs. Team North West Territories
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Results
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ON 14, NWT 0
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Competition 9
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Team Nunavut vs. Team Quebec
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Results
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NU 3, QC 12
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Next Competition
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With Team Alberta handing the Saskatchewan foursome their 2nd loss, this brings Team SK into a tie with Alberta and Nova Scotia for third place in Pool A. British Columbia and Quebec are on top at 4-1. In the final game of the round robin, Alberta plays BC and Quebec plays Nova Scotia. Manitoba keeps up with Ontario in Pool B. Both are undefeated with 4-0 records. Manitoba faces Ontario in the final game of round robin. The winner will finish first in the pool. All games will be played at 8:30 a.m. WST at Mt. McIntyre Recreation Centre on Thursday, March 1, 2007.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Karen Ouellette (867- 334-8945)
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Next Competition
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Men's/Women's Dual Moguls on Day 7.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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John Pomeroy (867- 334-8963)
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Competition 1
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Team PEI vs. Team YT
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Results
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Team PEI 7, Team YT 3
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Highlights
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Team PEI scored three goals in the first 1:38 of the third period to overcome a one-goal deficit and beat Yukon. Yukon went into the third period ahead by a goal.
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Competition 2
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Team ON vs. Team BC
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Results
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ON 4, BC 3 (OT)
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Highlights
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Just 14 seconds into overtime, Anthony Nigro scored to give Ontario the win and send it into Friday night's gold medal game.
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Competiton 3
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Team SK vs. Team NS
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Results
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SK 10, NS 4
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Highlights
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Jeremy Boyer had four goals and an assist to lead Saskatchewan to a big win.
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Competition 4
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Team MB vs. Team AB
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Results
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MB 5, AB 1
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Highlights
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Manitoba's forwards, who were thought to be the weakness of this team due to their lack of size, proved they won't be intimidated by bigger players. Manitoba dominated in the corners and will play for gold on Friday.
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Competition 5
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Team QC vs. Team NB
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Results
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NB 5, QC 1
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Highlights
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This was one of the great upsets of this tournament. Quebec, one of the gold medal favourites coming in, fell to New Brunswick, which is now guaranteed to improve on the eighth seed it has at this event.
Kelsey Tessier scored twice to maintain his overall scoring lead.
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Athletes to Watch
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Chris Doyle (PEI)
Anthony Nigro (ON)
Stefan Elliott (BC)
Jeremy Boyer (SK)
Jarrod Struthers (NS)
Mark Friesen (MB)
Lance Bouma (AB)
Kelsey Tessier (NB)
Jonathan Bonneau (QC)
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Next Competition
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Relegation round action continues and Team NB will look for its second straight upset when it faces Saskatchewan.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Chris Jurewicz (867- 334-8949)
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Competition 1
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Junior Men - 66Kg
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Results
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Jean-Phillippe (QC)
Darcy Reis (ON)
Andre-Pierre Bosse (NB)/Stefane Troung (AB)
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Competition 2
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Junior Men - 73Kg
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Results
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Corey Paquette (QC)
Lukasz Mozdzen (ON)
Scott McGrandle (BC)/Rene-Pierre Bosse (NB)
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Highlights
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Corey Paquette's match against Lukasz Mozdzen of Ontario was a close match however Paquette ended the match with a quick and hard single leg grab throw for a full point.
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Competition 3
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Junior Women -57Kg
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Results
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Maude-Helene Benoit (QC)
MacKenzie Cupp (BC)
Amy Merry (NB)/Stephanie Lampman (ON)
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Competition 4
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Junior Women -63Kg
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Results
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Myriam Lamarche (NB)
Cynthia Kelpin (MB)
Anne-Marie Pettersen (QC)/Chelsie Doherty (ON)
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Competition 5
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Junior Women +78Kg
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Results
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Alyssa Caughy (MB)
Adriana Fierastrau (ON)
Veronique Menard (QC)
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Next Competition
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Judo Team Competition on Day 8.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Gordon Okamura (867- 334-8952)
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Competition 1
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Team BC vs. Team NS
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Results
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BC 10 NS 3
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Highlights
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In the relegation game between BC and Nova Scotia this morning, BC came away with a 10-3 win. Kristen Mihalcheon (Vernon) had an impressive three goals and two assists, while Angela Keddy (Halifax) claimed two of Nova Scotia's three goals.
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Competition 2
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Team SK vs. Team NB
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Results
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NB 4 SK 1
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Highlights
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When Saskatchewan and New Brunswick met up for their relegation game, New Brunswick came out strong and posted a 4-1 win over Saskatchewan. Dominique Prive (Cocagne) picked up two goals and Keagen Kovich (Saskatoon) claimed the sole Saskatchewan goal, assisted by Sierra Gale (Regina).
This was the first win of the competition for NB.
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Competition 3
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Team ON vs. Team MB
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Results
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ON 5 BC 3
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Highlights
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Natasha Cote (Ottawa) picked up a pair of goals and an assist for Ontario and Ashley Rheaume (Ottawa) claimed a goal and three assists. Carrie Nash (Winnipeg) claimed a goal and two assists for Manitoba. Ontario will now go on to play in the gold medal game against Alberta and Manitoba will fight it out for bronze against Quebec.
On Team Ontario, the goalie, Meghan Pittaway (Cambridge) is coming back from knee surgery each of the past two seasons (one knee per year). Many players from small towns: Beamsville , Elora , Edwards , Belmont, Holland Landing and Blackstock. Very diverse team representing Ajax, Whitby, Nepean, Gloucester, Hamilton, Waterloo, Mississauga and Dorchester AA teams. Sharolyn Wouters (Brooklin) is one of the coaches and is also a member of Team Canada. This is her third time to Canada Winter Games - she was a player in 1995 and a coach in 2003 and 2007.
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Competition 4
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Team AB vs. Team QC
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Results
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AB 5 QC 3
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Highlights
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In the game between Quebec and Alberta, Quebec came out in the lead, with Jessica Pepper (Laval) posting two goals in the first five minutes of the game. Alberta regained control, with Jennifer Hartley (Balzac) picking up a pair of goals and two assists. The final score was 5-3.
On Team Alberta, Jennifer Hartley (from Balzac) is doing an outstanding job here for her team. At the end of round-robin play, she had 12 points (in four games). Jennifer was the flag bearer for Team Alberta at the opening ceremonies, she was just named to Team Canada (the world ringette championships will be in Ottawa in November), and she is a full time engineering student (no easy feat especially fitting in the amount of training that she does). She is a significant player on this team that has high chances of coming up with gold. Dailyn Bell is another strong player on Team Alberta. Like Hartley, she had 12 points in four round-robin games. Dailyn has grown up playing in a very small community compared to the AA powerhouses that are Edmonton and Calgary and she is likely the fastest skater on Team Alberta. The head coach of Team Alberta is from Edmonton (Sheri McKenzie) and her sister Maria Thompson is an assistant coach. The players are primarily from Calgary. Alberta teams have been perennially dominant at the Canadian Ringette Champiosnhips, but finished forth in last two Canada Winter Games. This time around, they will go home with gold or silver.
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Athletes to Watch
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Natasha Cote - Ottawa, ON Bryanna Kelly - Beamsville, ON Ashley Rheaume - Ottawa, ON
Dailyn Bell - Lacombe, AB Kelsey gerwing - Calgary, AB Jennifer Hartley - Balzac, AB
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Next Competition
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Tomorrow, Wednesday February 28, two relegation games and two final games will be played. The schedule is as follows: 10:00 am SK vs. NS 12:00 pm BC vs. NB 2:00 pm AB vs. ON 4:00 pm MB vs. QC
The gold medal final will be broadcast (taped) on APTN (www.aptn.ca) on Thursday evening.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Alayne Martell-Crocker (867- 334-8956)
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Competition 1
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Air Rifle Team Event
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Results
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Matthew Klein/Christopher Congram,BC,1130/1200
Justin Nenson/Matt McDermott,SK,1126/1200
Michael Goodchild/Jason McKellar,ON,1114/1200
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Highlights
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Previous record of 1105/1200 beaten today by the three top teams,BC leading the way with an impressive 1130/1200 pts. Chad Gosse of NL shot a powerful string of 60 targets to achieve the top score of the day 578/600 Chad finished the day by shooting 100/100 the first 100 of the games.
Saskatchewan beat out Ontario for gold medal by score countback,a process used to break ties. BC trailing by 2 points took the bonze medal. Rauchelle Johnson of BC had the top score of the day a terrific 391/400 she was using a borrowed rifle .
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Next Competition
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Men's/Women's Individual Air Pistol on Day 7.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Robert Mooney (867- 334-8959)
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Next Competition
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Competition is complete.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Christian Hrab (867- 334-8968)
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Competition 1
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100m - Men
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Results
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Camille Bergeron Begin,QC,10.03
Lucas Duffield,AB,10.25
William Dutton,SK.,10.30
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Highlights
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The men's 100 began with a semi-final. Placed in trios, the first skater that crossed the line automatically advanced to the medal round..regardless of time. The medal round saw Camille Bergeron Begin (QC) capture his first medal of these Games. When asked how he felt after winning the gold, 'Very happy!' was the answer.
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Competition 2
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100m - Women
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Results
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Marsha Hudey,SK,11.01
Alanna Komisar,AB,11.15
Shayla Heidinger,MB 11.15
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Highlights
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The women's 100 began with the semi-final round. Alanna Komisar (AB), a true sprinter had been waiting all week for this event. 'I'm ready and feel fabulous. I am finally acclimatized to the weather so I'm ready to go.' When the starter pulled the gun, she took off hard and finished the race in the silver medal position.
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Competition 3
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Team pursuit - Men
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Results
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Quebec,4:31.09
Alberta, 4:41.03
British Columbia,4:43.42
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Competition 4
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Team pursuit - Women
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Results
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Saskatchewan, 3:47.11
Ontario,3:50.52
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Next Competition
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Competition is complete.
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Peggy Poole (867- 334-8972)
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Competition 1
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1000m - Men
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Results
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Nicolas Bean, ON, 1:29.554
Guillaume Blais-Dufour, QC, 1:29.802
Maxime Fortin, QC, 1:54.866
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Highlights
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The Québec team showed once again that they were quite dominant in short track speed
skating, by capturing four of the six medals at stake. Ivanie Blondin and Nicolas Bean, of
Team Ontario, were the only two other skaters on the podium. It was a second medal for
Blondin, who won gold and set a Canada Games record in the 1500m on Sunday, and a third
for Bean, who got a gold in the 1500m and a bronze in the 500m.
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Competition 2
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1000m - Women
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Results
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Marianne St-Gelais, QC, 1:40.929
Ivanie Blondin, ON, 1:41.182
Valérie Maltais, QC, 1:41.483
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Highlights
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It was a second gold and third medal in these Games for Marianne St-Gelais, of Québec, who has been very strong since the first day of competition. Today, seven different skaters skated below the Canada Games record, but it is Valérie Maltais who was the fastest when she finished her semi-final in 1:33.923. The old record was 1:36.800.
3- With a 10th place finish today, Jill Gilday, of the Northwest Territories, managed to qualify for tomorrow’s 3000m A final. This is a very strong performance by the young skater and it will be interesting to see how fast she can go in the final distance.
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Next Competition
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Thursday March 1 will be the last day of competition in short track speed skating, and medals will be awarded in four events. Both men and women will skate the 3000m as well as the relay. The finals for the relay will show: Québec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick on the women’s side, and Québec, Ontario, New Brunswick and British Columbia on the men’s side. While Québec and Ontario are favourites, anything can happen!
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Sport Information Officer / Media Contact
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Mylene Croteau (867- 334-8975)
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