2023 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship

2023 Canadian Wheelchair
Curling Championship
Host cityMoose Jaw, Saskatchewan
ArenaMoose Jaw Ford Curling Centre
DatesMarch 20–24
Winner Saskatchewan 1
Curling clubMoose Jaw Ford CC, Moose Jaw
SkipGil Dash
ThirdMarie Wright
SecondDarwin Bender
LeadMoose Gibson
CoachLorraine Arguin
Finalist Northern Ontario (Dean)
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The 2023 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship was held from March 20 to 24 at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.[1] This was the first time the championship was held since 2019 as it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, 2021 and 2022.[2][3]

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Province / Territory Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Alberta 1 Jack Smart Martin Purvis Terry Fowler Wendy Frazier Kendra Ohama Garrison CC, Calgary
Alberta 2 Don Kuchelyma Stephan Vindis Emma Nagel Marie Laframboise Avonair CC, Edmonton
British Columbia Gerry Austgarden Ina Forrest Rick Robinson Glen McDonald Kelowna/Vernon/Richmond
New Brunswick Michael Fitzgerald Sarah Benevides James O'Hara Elaine Mazerolle Thistle-St. Andrews CC, Saint John
Newfoundland and Labrador Cecilia Carroll Felix Green Katie Hubbard St. John's CC, St. John's
Northern Ontario Douglas Dean Gino Sonego Rick Bell Lola Graham Fort William CC, Thunder Bay
Nova Scotia Laughie Rutt Stephan Parfitt Rose Pearle Edie Lloyd Ann White Lakeshore CC, Lower Sackville
Ontario 1 Jon Thurston Collinda Joseph Karl Allen Chrissy Molnar King CC, Schomberg
Ontario 2 Paul Grose Tony Reynen Jim Law Shannon Wilcox Jillian Hopkins Ilderton CC, Ilderton
Quebec Benoît Lessard Carl Marquis Johanne Mathieu François Lacourse CC Magog, Magog
Saskatchewan 1 Gil Dash Marie Wright Darwin Bender Moose Gibson Moose Jaw Ford CC, Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan 2 Rodney Pederson Stewart McKeown Sheryl Pederson Russell Whitsitt Moose Jaw Ford CC, Moose Jaw

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[5]

Key
Teams to Championship Pool
Pool A Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Northern Ontario Douglas Dean 5 0 40 22 20 16 0 9
Saskatchewan 1 Gil Dash 4 1 45 17 21 13 2 10
British Columbia Gerry Austgarden 3 2 39 22 21 15 1 9
Ontario 2 Paul Grose 2 3 33 29 21 15 1 13
New Brunswick Michael Fitzgerald 1 4 21 28 15 20 0 6
Alberta 2 Don Kuchelyma 0 5 10 70 8 27 0 1
Pool B Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Alberta 1 Jack Smart 4 1 34 21 23 15 0 13
Quebec Benoît Lessard 4 1 31 26 19 18 0 9
Ontario 1 Jon Thurston 3 2 35 23 17 17 0 6
Saskatchewan 2 Rodney Pederson 3 2 36 28 20 18 0 11
Newfoundland and Labrador Cecilia Carroll 1 4 28 38 19 20 0 8
Nova Scotia Laughie Rutt 0 5 21 49 13 23 0 2

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−05:00).[6]

Draw 1

Monday, March 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Quebec (Lessard) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 6
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 7
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
Alberta 1 (Smart) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 1 8
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 7
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
British Columbia (Austgarden) 5 2 0 3 0 1 2 5 18

Draw 2

Monday, March 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 6
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 X 6
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Quebec (Lessard) 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 X 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 4 4 5 1 3 0 X X 17
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 X 8
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 3
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 5
Northern Ontario (Dean) 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 X 8

Draw 3

Tuesday, March 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Quebec (Lessard) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 2
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 X 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 X 10
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 4 9
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 X 8
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 1 9
Ontario 2 (Grose) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 7

Draw 4

Tuesday, March 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 X 7
British Columbia (Austgarden) 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 X 8
Ontario 2 (Grose) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 5
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 8
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 3
Quebec (Lessard) 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 1
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 2 2 1 0 2 3 2 X 12
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 2 0 3 0 2 5 X X 12

Draw 5

Wednesday, March 22, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 4 1 2 1 0 4 1 X 13
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 X 6
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 1
Northern Ontario (Dean) 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 X 7
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Quebec (Lessard) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 7
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 6
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 4 2 1 0 3 5 X 15
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 4

Seeding pool

Standings

Final Seeding Pool Standings

Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Ontario 2 Paul Grose 5 3 63 40 35 21 1 21
Saskatchewan 2 Rodney Pederson 5 3 54 49 31 27 0 17
Newfoundland and Labrador Cecilia Carroll 3 5 48 51 32 28 0 12
New Brunswick Michael Fitzgerald 1 7 27 54 19 35 0 6
Nova Scotia Laughie Rutt 1 7 36 69 21 34 0 6
Alberta 2 Don Kuchelyma 1 7 28 86 18 38 1 7

Results

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 7
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X 4
Ontario 2 (Grose) 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 2 2 4 2 0 1 X X 11
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2

Draw 7

Thursday, March 23, 2:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Ontario 2 (Grose) 0 3 3 1 1 0 1 X 9
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 8
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 X 7

Draw 8

Thursday, March 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Newfoundland and Labrador (Carroll) 2 1 2 0 2 1 X X 8
New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Nova Scotia (Rutt) 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X 1
Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) 2 3 1 1 2 0 X X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 0 0 2 2 0 X X 4
Ontario 2 (Grose) 2 3 5 0 0 2 X X 12

Championship pool

Standings

Final Championship Pool Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team Skip W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
Northern Ontario Douglas Dean 7 1 61 40 31 28 0 13
Saskatchewan 1 Gil Dash 6 2 71 33 32 24 2 12
Alberta 1 Jack Smart 5 3 49 42 34 25 0 17
British Columbia Gerry Austgarden 5 3 59 36 34 23 1 19
Ontario 1 Jon Thurston 5 3 57 45 28 29 0 10
Quebec Benoît Lessard 4 4 42 50 28 31 0 13

Results

Draw 6

Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 1 4 0 1 0 0 3 X 9
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 X 4
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 2 0 5 0 0 2 0 X 9
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X 4
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 8
Quebec (Lessard) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 X 2

Draw 7

Thursday, March 23, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 X 4
British Columbia (Austgarden) 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Quebec (Lessard) 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
Northern Ontario (Dean) 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 8
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 10
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 9

Draw 8

Thursday, March 23, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 3 0 1 0 3 1 X X 8
Quebec (Lessard) 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
British Columbia (Austgarden) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
Ontario 1 (Thurston) 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 X 8
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 4
Alberta 1 (Smart) 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 X 7

Playoffs

Semifinal Final
1 Northern Ontario 2
2 Saskatchewan 1 8 2 Saskatchewan 1 6
3 Alberta 1 2

Semifinal

Friday, March 24, 9:00 am

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 1 1 0 2 0 1 3 X 8
Alberta 1 (Smart) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 2

Final

Friday, March 24, 1:30 pm

Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Northern Ontario (Dean) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 X 6

Final standings

Place Team
Saskatchewan 1
Northern Ontario
Alberta 1
4 British Columbia
5 Ontario 1
6 Quebec
7 Ontario 2
8 Saskatchewan 2
9 Newfoundland and Labrador
10 New Brunswick
11 Nova Scotia
12 Alberta 2

References

  1. ^ "2023 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  2. ^ "2022 & 2023 Wheelchair Curling Nationals". Curling Canada. December 22, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Pandemic forces cancellations". Curling Canada. January 28, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Standings". Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  6. ^ "Draw Schedule" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2023.