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Yukon News
Koltun rink grabs wins in Lloydminster
Jeff Peters/Meridian Booster
Whitehorse’s Sarah Koltun competes at the Boundary Ford Curling Classic Lloydminster, Alta., last weekend. Team Koltun came away with two wins.
Tom Patrick
head to the Scotties – the weeks ago. Canadian women’s chamThey won 7-6 over Team pionships – in Montreal. Nichol and 7-5 over Team hitehorse’s Team KolThe weekend after the Kaufman in Lloydminster. tun grabbed two more Their losses came against women’s championships, wins on the World Curling Koltun will also compete in Saskatchewan’s Team HolTour over the weekend as the land and Alberta’s Martineau the territory’s junior chamrink turns its attention to a pionships with a slightly and Rogers. run at the Scotties Tournadifferent team that includes Team Koltun – includment of Hearts. Sinclair as third, Wallingham ing third Chelsea Duncan, The Koltun crew beat remaining as second, and second Patty Wallingham two Alberta teams before Jenna Duncan – Chelsea’s and lead Andrea Sinclair – getting eliminated in the little sister – as lead. is now gearing up for the triple-knockout format at the If successful, it will be KolYukon Women’s Curling Boundary Ford Curling Clastun’s eighth consecutive trip Championships in a little sic in Lloydminster, Alta., on to the junior nationals. over a week. Sunday. Last season Team Koltun The top two teams will “It went pretty well, we placed fourth in the women’s then travel to Yellowknife to were playing pretty strong,” division of the 2012 Cancompete against N.W.T.’s top said skip Sarah Koltun. “The adian Junior Curling Chamtwo teams for a playdown, first two games that we lost pionship in February. the winner of which will came down to the last rock. We were in good positions but the other skips made their shots. Sometimes you Yukon/Stikine just can’t do anything about Regional that. “But we played well and Science Fair we’re pretty proud of how we Saturday december 7, 2013 did and it’s a boost of confiYukon College Cafeteria dence going into our upcoming playdowns.” The Boundary Ford spiel Public Viewing: marked Team Koltun’s fourth 12 Noon – 1:45 pm World Curling Tour event of the season. They were held to Awards Ceremony: 2:00 pm one win in their first two, but Come support our Yukon students then won three straight to reach the quarterfinal of the Spruce Grove Cashspiel two News Reporter
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The accomplishment helped the rink get named team of the year at the annual Sport Yukon Awards Night last week. “We think it’s a pretty big deal because we are very proud of where we’re from and the place we represent,”
said Koltun. “We always go out to all these tournaments and try to do our best and show people the Yukon can compete, so to be recognized for that is very exciting. We’re all very grateful.” Contact Tom Patrick at tomp@yukon-news.com
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