VOL. 67 NO. 07
The Paper That ’s Going Places!
How Sweeting it is!
pointed but we knew we had provincials in Sylvan Lake and we definitely bounced back for those.” Sweeting and her team would then head to the Scotties in Montreal, which is, according to Sweeting, the goal of every curler in the country. “Every girl on the team growing up wanted to be there and it was an amazing experience. There was an army of volunteers, our own personal driver, and even now, hearing stories from people about where they were when they were watching the games you get a real feeling of support. It’s incredible,” she said. Sweeting and her team fought their way to the gold medal match at the Scotties, but unfortunately came up with the silver with Rachel Homan, whom Sweeting had bested in Winnipeg earlier in the season, taking the win. And Vegreville cheered loudly and proudly, happy for Sweeting no matter the result, and happy to adopt her as their own – never mind this born-inSaskatchewan business. Looking forward, Sweeting will head with her team to
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Grande Prairie in March for an event and also, having qualified, will be competing in Summerside PEI at the Players Championship. “The top 15 teams in the world this year will be there, and I’m looking forward to playing there.” Let us know which channel to watch Val, you’ll hear us cheering you on from here.
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Alice Fedoruk revels in life’s lessons Michael Simpson Editor It’s no surprise that Vegreville loves Val Sweeting – we’ve even posted it on a bulletin board. The Saskatchewan-born turned Vegreville resident curled her way into the hearts of many when she took the province by storm at the
A lber ta Prov incia l Championships in Sylvan Lake in January with a straight run for the championship before heading to the Tournament of Hearts Championship just over a week ago. Before that, Sweeting and her crew had been in Winnipeg on the Road to
the Roar, Canada’s Olympic curling trials where, despite pulling off an early upset start where she beat defending Scotties Champion Rachel Homan of Ottawa. “We had a good start there,” Sweeting said. “But unfortunately we didn’t make the playoffs. I’m not going to lie, we were a little disap-
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