Local curlers claim bronze at stick curling nationals

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Bibby curls with the Prince Albert Golf and Curling Centre and Swiderski is with the Lakeland Curling Club in Christopher Lake. Together the pair continued their success on the heels of their second straight provincial championship. They did not compete at the national tournament last year due to scheduling conflicts and made this year’s championships as Team Saskatchewan by default as they were the sole entry in the division at provincials. 

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Swiderski and Bibby stand with their Team Saskatchewan jackets after being named as representatives for the Canadian National Two-Person Stick Curling Championship. (Image Credit: CurlSask)

Bibby/Swiderski got off to a rumbling start at nationals in their first game on March 26, making easy work of B.C.’s Saul-Fowler/Burton with an 8-3 win. They played again later that same day and dropped an 8-4 decision to Nova Scotia’s duo of McConnery/Neily.  

That loss would be the only one that Bibby/Swiderski suffered in the round robin as they went onto defeat PEI’s Reid/Hughes 6-4, New Brunswick’s Mouland/Isabelle 5-4, Ontario’s Gardiner/Carter 8-4, and New Brunswick’s Girvan/Richard 5-3 to finish pool play at 4-1. 

That sent them into the semifinal game against Alberta’s Kaufman/Chateauvert, where they were unfortunately toppled in a 6-1 decision. The loss dropped Bibby/Swiderski into the bronze medal game against Saul-Fowler/Burton, which had the same result from their round robin meeting; a Bibby/Swiderski win, only this time via a 4-2 score. 

Swiderski and Bibby pose for a photo following their win. (Image Credit: Trish Bibby/submitted)

The gold medal game was between Alberta’s Kaufman/Chateauvert and Nova Scotia’s  McConnery/Neily, where the Albertans needed just five ends to win 7-2 to come away with the gold. The first-place finish capped off a near-perfect tournament for Kaufman/Chateauvert, as they only lost one game in the championships with that coming against New Brunswick’s Girvan/Richard in a 10-1 final. 

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