Scott defends BC Scotties title

It was a repeat of last year’s playoff scenario at the 2011 Scotties BC Women’s Curling Championship presented by Best Western at the Cloverdale Curling Club this past weekend. Kelly Scott and Kelley Law had dominated the field at the BC championship all week, and again they were the final two skips standing.

Similar to last year, Scott & Law faced each other in the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game, with Law easily advancing to Sunday’s final with a 9-2 victory. Scott then dropped to play Duncan’s Roselyn Craig in the semi-final on Saturday night. The Kelowna squad led by a single point in the final end and captured a 7-4 victory after an unsuccessful attempt to draw through a port for the tie by Team Craig.

Both Law & Scott played a conservative style, with Scott scoring the only multiple point end (2 points) of the game in the 6th end. Scott led 4-3 in the final end and seemed to have control of the steal, until a missed peel attempt by Law resulted in the removal of Scott’s shot rock on the button. Law was left with a draw to the full four-foot for the tie and to force an extra-end. The entire Law team showed signs the shot would be successful as the sweepers stayed close as the rock entered the rings. However, the rock continued to slide as it approached the tee-line, and the sweeping of Jeanna Schraeder (Scott third) carried it just inches too far. Scott was left counting one and earned her 4th provincial title.

Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Jacquie Armstrong and coach Gerry Richard, now advance to the national Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Prince Edward Island, Feb 19-27.

Scott previously won BC titles in 2005, 2006 and 2010. Last year, Scott and company finished fourth on the national stage.

Final Round-Robin Standings

Law (Royal City) 8-1
Scott (Kelowna) 7-2
Craig (Duncan) 6-3
Lewis (Richmond) 5-4
Tasaka (Royal City) 5-4
Thompson (Kamloops) 4-5
Backe (Nanaimo) 3-6
Fewster (Prince George) 3-6
Knezevic (Prince George) 3-6
Winters (Nelson) 1-8

Tie-breaker
Lewis 6 vs. Tasaka 5

1 vs 2 game
Law 9 vs Scott 2

Quarter-final
Craig 7 vs Lewis 6

Semi-final
Scott 7 vs Craig 4

Final
Scott 5 vs Law 3