The Royal City Curling Club’s Sarah Daniels rink was no match for the Corryn Brown rink of Kamloops, falling 8-1 in the final of the 16th Rick Cotter Memorial Junior Curling Classic in Vernon last week.
The final saw Brown exact some revenge for Daniels’ victory a month ago at the Anita Cochrane Memorial Classic in New West.
The Cotter Memorial saw the Brown team walk off with $2,200 for first, while the Daniels rink earned $1,700 for second.
Brown, the 2013 Canadian junior champion, advanced to the final by besting Coquitlam’s Heather Drexel, while Daniels advanced with a win over Winnipeg’s Christine MacKay.
Daniels is looking at building towards a repeat appearance in the Canadian junior women’s national championships, after placing second last year to Nova Scotia.
On the men’s side, the Langley rink of Tyler Tardi doubled up on New West’s Jordan Kiss 8-4 in the eight-rink competition. The win was worth $2,000 for the Tardi team, while Kiss picked up $1,500.
To get to the final, the New West rink edged Thomas Love of Vernon.
Winning the boys consolation final, in fifth spot, was New West’s Matthew McCrady, with an 8-4 win over the Monette rink from Vernon.
