The 1993 Canadian Senior Curling Championships , Canada's national championship for curlers over 50, were held March 13 to 20, 1993 [1] at the Ottewell Curling Club in Edmonton, Alberta.
Team Alberta, consisting of Len Erickson, Merl Brown, Bernie Desjarlais and Nelson Caron from the host Ottewell Club won the men's event, defeating the Northwest Territories/Yukon rink, skipped by Al Demage 8–4 in the final. It was the first Canadian Senior Championship for an Edmonton rink, and the third men's championship for Alberta. [2]
Team Ontario, consisting of Jill Greenwood, Yvonne Smith, Victoria Lauder and Maymar Gemmell from Mississauga won the women's event, 6–4 over Manitoba's Joan Ingram rink. Greenwood made a six-foot double-raise takeout "circus shot" on her final stone of the game to win her second national seniors title. [3]
Final round robin standings. [4]
Key | |
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Teams to playoff |
Locale | Skip [1] | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
Alberta | Len Erickson | 9 | 2 |
Manitoba | Frank Gudz | 8 | 3 |
Northwest Territories/Yukon | Al Delmage | 8 | 3 |
Prince Edward Island | Bob Dillon | 6 | 5 |
Saskatchewan | Garnet Campbell | 6 | 5 |
British Columbia | Kevin Smale | 5 | 6 |
Newfoundland | Dennis Byrne | 5 | 6 |
Ontario | Ken Buchan | 5 | 6 |
Northern Ontario | Brian Carr | 4 | 7 |
Nova Scotia | Peter Corkum | 4 | 7 |
Quebec | Bill Rothwell | 3 | 8 |
New Brunswick | David Buckle | 2 | 9 |
Semifinal [4] | Final [5] | ||||||||
Manitoba | 6 | ||||||||
Northwest Territories/Yukon | 7 | Alberta | 8 | ||||||
Northwest Territories/Yukon | 4 |
March 19, 8:00pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
Manitoba (Gudz) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
March 20, 2:00pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Alberta (Erickson) | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
Northwest Territories/Yukon (Delmage) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Final round robin standings. [4]
Key | |
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Teams to playoff |
Locale | Skip [1] | W | L |
---|---|---|---|
Manitoba | Joan Ingram | 9 | 2 |
Alberta | Cordella Schwengler | 8 | 3 |
Ontario | Jill Greenwood | 8 | 3 |
Northern Ontario | Sheila Ross | 7 | 4 |
New Brunswick | Ellen Brennan | 7 | 4 |
British Columbia | Sharon Kempthorne | 6 | 5 |
Prince Edward Island | Janet McDonald | 6 | 5 |
Saskatchewan | Marian Mazinke | 5 | 6 |
Nova Scotia | Jean Skinner | 4 | 7 |
Quebec | Joan MacKay | 4 | 7 |
Newfoundland | Jean Rockwell | 2 | 9 |
Yukon/Northwest Territories | Madeline Boyd | 1 | 10 |
Semifinal [4] | Final [5] | ||||||||
Alberta | 5 | ||||||||
Ontario | 9 | Manitoba | 4 | ||||||
Ontario | 6 |
March 19, 8:00pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
Alberta (Schwengler) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Ontario (Greenwood) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
March 20, 2:00pm
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
Manitoba (Ingram) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Ontario (Greenwood) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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