Canadian senior curling championship update: Robertson loses heartbreaker in final; Fowler wins title

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Published on Monday, March 24, 2014

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The Canadian senior curling championships continued on Monday in Yellowknife, NT.

Neepawa's Kelly Robertson and his Team Manitoba rink now sit with a 3-2 record after two games on Monday.

Robertson and his team defeated the Prince Edward Island rink 13-4 in the morning draw, but wound up dropping a 9-7 decision to Nova Scotia later in the day.

Meanwhile, on the women's side, Brandon's Lois Fowler and her Team Manitoba rink are currently sitting at 4-1 at the event and are in first place in the standings.

Fowler's team defeated Team Ontario 10-3 in the morning draw, but wound up losing their first contest of the event later in the day to Nova Scotia 9-7.

(Update: Tuesday afternoon)

Robertson and his Team Manitoba rink defeated Ontario 9-2 on Tuesday morning, improving to 4-2 at the event. Robertson and his team find themselves in a logjam in the standings currently as three teams are currently tied for first at 5-1.

Meanwhile, Brandon's Lois Fowler and her Manitoba rink improved to 5-1 this morning and is in a tie for first place after defeating P.E.I. 11-2 in seven ends.

Both Robertson and Fowler take on Alberta in the evening draw.

(Update: Wednesday morning)

Robertson and Team Manitoba improved to 5-2 after defeating Alberta 10-5 on Tuesday night. 

Robertson is currently in a three-way tie for second place in the standings. 

Meanwhile, on the women's side, Fowler and her Manitoba rink is tied for first place with a 6-1 record after defeating Alberta 9-5.

(Update: Thursday morning)

Robertson and his Team Manitoba rink won both of their games on Wednesday, defeating Quebec 8-6 and then following that up with an 11-6 win over the Northwest Territories.

Robertson now sits with a 7-2 record and is currently in a tie with Northern Ontario for second place in the standings. Nova Scotia's Alan O'Leary currently sits in first place with an 8-1 mark.

Meanwhile, on the women's side, Fowler and her Manitoba rink continue to roll, improving to 8-1 after wins over Quebec by a score of 10-9 and the Northwest Territories 10-3.

Fowler is currently tied with Saskatchewan's Lorraine Arguin for first place in the standings.

The final day of round robin games take place on Thursday. Playoffs begin on Friday.

(Update: Friday morning)

Neepawa's Kelly Robertson and his Manitoba curling rink won their final two round robin games on Thursday at the Canadian senior curling championship. 

Robertson ended up stealing four in the fourth end en route to a 10-4 win over B.C. in their first game of the day and would later double up Yukon 10-5 in their second contest to finish in a tie for first place with Nova Scotia in the standings with a 9-2 record. 

However, because Robertson lost to Nova Scotia's (Alan O'Leary) in the round robin earlier in the event, the Manitoba rink will finish in second place and thus, take part in a semifinal Friday night. A tiebreaker this afternoon between Northern Ontario and Alberta will determine who Robertson will face in the semifinal.

If Robertson is successful, he'll advance to the championship final against O'Leary.

Meanwhile, on the women's side, Brandon's Lois Fowler and her Manitoba crew edged B.C. 7-6 in their first game of the day on Thursday and followed it up with a 8-3 win over Newfoundland and Labrador later in the day. 

Fowler finished with a 10-1 record, tying Saskatchewan's Lorraine Arguin for first place in the standings. However, Fowler takes top spot due to her win over Arguin earlier in the round robin and has advanced to the championship final on Saturday.

(Update: Early Saturday afternoon)

Neepawa's Kelly Robertson has advanced to the championship final after defeating Northern Ontario 10-8 in a semifinal game on Friday night at the Canadian senior curling championship.

The Manitoba rink will now take on Nova Scotia in the championship final.

On the women's side, Brandon's Lois Fowler will battle Saskatchewan in the championship final as well.

Both finals take place on Saturday afternoon.

(Update: Saturday night)

Neepawa's Kelly Robertson and his Team Manitoba rink dropped a heartbreaker to Nova Scotia's Alan O'Leary 9-8 in the championship final on Saturday afternoon at the Canadian senior men's curling championship.

With Robertson leading 8-7 coming home, O'Leary scored two in the 10th end to come away with the win.

Meanwhile, on the women's side, Brandon's Lois Fowler and her Manitoba foursome won the championship title, defeating Saskatchewan's Lorraine Arguin 5-1 in the final.

Fowler scored three in the eighth end en route to the victory.

Fowler joins Mabel Mitchell and her Brandon rink as the only two Manitoba rinks who have won Canadian senior women's curling titles.