A pair of wins Saturday by top-seeded Kate Cameron (Heather) and 3-time champion Darcy Robertson (Assiniboine Memorial) have earned the teams first and second place, respectively, in the Sunday playoffs at the RME Women of the Rings Championship presented by Case IH.
Both had 6W-2L records after the championship round but Cameron was awarded the bye to the final game Sunday afternoon in Pilot Mound, thanks to her team’s championship round win over Robertson.
Robertson will play the Sunday morning semi-final against Beth Peterson (Assiniboine Memorial), winner of a Saturday evening tiebreaker game over Hailey McFarlane (Neepawa). The tiebreaker win was also Peterson’s second win of the day.
Peterson, McFarlane and Kristy Watling (East St. Paul) had all finished the championship round with 5W-3L records. The three had beaten each other in their championship round games so, per competition rules, the two teams which advanced to the tiebreaker game were the two with the best Last Stone Draw totals for the week (total of the 2 draws thrown before each of the 8 games to determine last stone in the game).
Cameron and her team were the only one of the six teams to win all three of their championship round games while Robertson, McFarlane, and Watling each won two of their three championship round games.
FINAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND STANDINGS
6W-2L Kate Cameron (Heather)
6W-2L Darcy Robertson (Assiniboine Memorial)
5W-3L Beth Peterson (Assiniboine Memorial)
5W-3L Hailey McFarlane (Neepawa)
5W-3L Kristy Watling (East St. Paul)
4W-4L Lisa McLeod (Pembina)
