At the Pan Continental Curling Championships, Gushue and Einarson secure semifinal spots.
Thursday’s round-robin match between the Canadian skips and Kelowna, British Columbia, is scheduled.
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At the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia, on Wednesday, Team Canada defeated Taiwan’s Randy Shen 8-1. Team captain Brad Gushue takes a shot while lead Geoff Walker, left, and second E.J. Harnden sweep. (Press Canadian)
On Wednesday in Kelowna, British Columbia, at the Pan Continental Curling Championships, Canadian skips Brad Gushue and Kerri Einarson secured playoff places.
In the men’s A division round robin, St. John’s resident Gushue skipped Canada to an 8-1 victory over Taiwan’s Randy Shen, securing a position in the semifinal at the Kelowna Curling Club on Friday morning.
With a 4-1 record, his team will play its final two games of the round robin on Wednesday night against Jay Merchant of Australia and Thursday afternoon against Rayad Husain of Guyana.
Despite falling short of South Korea’s Eunji Gim 9-8 on Wednesday, Einarson’s team will move on to Thursday night’s women’s A division semifinal.
Even though Canada lost, its 3-3 record was sufficient to advance, since Adriana Camarena of Mexico and Jessica Smith of New Zealand also suffered defeats on Wednesday afternoon.
Gimli, Manitoba’s Einarson will play Mexico in the final round robin on Thursday morning.
Brad Gushue, one of the best curlers in Canada, is verbally attacking the facilities at an international competition being held in Kelowna, British Columbia, this week. 2:24
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