UPDATE: Thursday, May 1:
B.C.'s two-game winning streak a the Canadian Wheelchair Fours Curling Championships in Boucherville, Que. was halted Thursday, May 1.
Rick Robinson's team, with Spallumcheen's Ina Forrest at third, Kelowna's Gerry Austgarden at second, and Cloverdale's Glen McDonald at lead, fell 8-3 to Dennis Theissen of St. John's Newfoundland and Labrador.
The loss dropped the B.C. champs into third place in Pool B with a 2-2 record. Vernon's Sharon Morrison coaches Robinson and company. Robinson is from Delta.
Nursing a 2-1 lead, Theissen scored a pair heading into the fourth-end break to take a 4-1 lead. Robinson came out of the intermission and put up a deuce of his own to cut the lead to 4-3 after five ends. Theissen scored one with last rock in the sixth, then forced handshakes from B.C. after stealing a pair in the seventh.
Theissen is 3-1. Quebec's Carl Marquis from Magog continues to lead the pool at 3-0.
Robinson and company wrap up preliminary round play Friday morning, May 2, against Pete Andrews and Saskatchewan No. 2 from Saskatoon.
Delta's Marney Smithies is 3-0 and in first place in Pool A with two draws remaining. Playoffs start Friday afternoon.
ORIGINAL STORY
B.C. got into the win column Tuesday, April 29, at the Canadian Wheelchair Fours Curling Championships in Boucherville, Que.
The provincial champs, coached by Vernon's Sharon Morrison with Spallumcheen's Ina Forrest throwing third stones, scored a pair of 8-4 wins over teams from Nova Scotia and Northern Ontario.
The B.C. No. 1 team, skipped by Rick Robinson of Delta, began Tuesday by improving its record to 1-1 with an 8-4 win over Laughlin Rutt of Lower Sackville, NS.
Robinson had a 5-2 lead at the fourth end intermission (eight-end matches) and came out of the break to steal one point for a 6-2 bulge.
Nutt cut into the lead with single points in the sixth and seventh ends before Robinson put the match away with a deuce in the final end.
Gerry Austgarden of Kelowna throws second stones for Robinson while Glen McDonald of Cloverdale tosses lead rocks.
Robinson improved to 2-1 later on Tuesday with a victory over Doug Dean of Thunder Bay in a nearly carbon copy match of the victory over Nova Scotia.
The B.C. champs were up 5-3 at the fourth-end break, then stretched the margin to 7-3 with a steal of two in the fifth. The teams exchanged single points with hammer in the sixth and seventh ends before Robinson and company ran Dean out of rocks in the final end.
Robinson's rink had Wednesday, April 30, off. They resume play Thursday, May 1, with a morning match against Dennis Theissen of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Both teams are 2-1 in Pool B, which was led going into play Thursday by Carl Marquis of Magog, in the host province. Marquis was 2-0.
The B.C. No. 2 team, skipped by Marney Smithies of Delta, was in a three-way tie for top spot in Pool A with Alberta and Quebec No. 2. All three rinks were 2-0 going into play Thursday.
Twelve teams are competing in two pools of six. Round-robin play finishes Friday morning, May 2, and the eight-team quarterfinals begin Friday afternoon.
