The Royal City and Kamloops curling clubs’ Team Brown put in a good run before collecting bronze at the B.C. Scotties women’s curling championship in Victoria last week.
The squad, which calls both clubs home, kept it close in their battle with the Thompson rink of Kamloops/Golden Ears before falling 5-3 in the lead-in to the final. Brown actually led 3-2 but Thompson counted two in the ninth and one in the 10th to take it.
A win over fellow Royal City clubmates Team Gushulak, 7-6 in Draw No. 9, got them to the medal round. Against Gushulak, the two sides were deadlocked 3-3 before Brown broke away by tallying two in each of the sixth and eighth ends. Gushulak kept it close with singles in each of the last two ends.
Nanaimo’s Van Osch rink captured the B.C. Scotties women’s title, topping Thompson 11-4 in the final.
This is the first year of women’s play for the Kamloops/Royal City rink of Corryn Brown, Dezaray Hawes and Samantha Fisher, and only the second year of women’s play for Erin Pincott.
Team Gushulak, which also calls Vancouver home, includes skip Diane Gushulak, third Grace MacInnes, second Jessie Sanderson and lead Sandra Comadina.
The other Royal City Curling team in competition was the Gyles rink, led by skip Kayte Gyles. The team includes third Shawna Jensen, second Caitlin Campbell and lead Amanda Tipper.
They finished the round-robin with a 1-6 record, but a couple of them were of the unlucky variety, as they lost their first three games all by one rock each, including one in extra ends.
Gyles was also leading on Brown in the top of the 10th before the eventual bronze medalist scored twice in the bottom side for the win.
