Brad Gushue is off to a good start at the GSOC Champions Cup (JonathanBrazeau)
SASKATOON — Team Brad Gushue dished out a tennis-style bagel to open their title defence in the Humpty’s Champions Cup.
“Obviously, we were pretty lucky,” said Gushue, who has won 11 titles in the series. “We got into a couple tough situations and I was able to make a good shot and force Kirk into a tough shot and fortunately for us, he missed. That’s how two of the steals happened. “I said to the guys it’s like having a new toy at Christmas,” Gushue said with a smile. “Nothing against Brett but Brett can’t throw it five or five-and-a-half seconds like Colton does. We got him to throw one of them in that game and it’s fun to see come at you because it’s such a weapon that there’s not a whole lot of people in the game have and can throw it as hard and as straight as he does.
In the women’s division, Team Jamie Sinclair of the United States stomped Team Min Ji Kim from South Korea 9-3. A wild start saw the teams trade three-enders and Sinclair added another trey in the third. Vicky Persinger, who won the Players’ Championship with Team Sinclair last season, has returned to the lineup following the retirement of lead Monica Walker. Persinger is filling it at second with Taylor Anderson sliding over to lead stones.
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