14 Wing Greenwood hosted the Atlantic region curling championships February 21 through 23, with a double chance at the title, with two teams entered, as the host base. One team made it to the final, as Greenwood 1 lost in a tight-to-the-end, 5-4 match-up to CFB Gagetown.
Making up Greenwood 1 were Bailey, Captain Jeff McRae, Captain Drew Spinney and Captain Katrina Lindsay.
On the roster for Greenwood 2 were Captain Mike Duncan, Officer Cadet Corey Eberhardt, Corporal Justin Sudsbear and Corporal Tyrrell Keicks. The teams’ spare was Lieutenant Sophia King.
Gagetown made it out of the round robin with the first-place record, defeating CFB Halifax 6-5 and Greenwood 2 11-1, and picking up one 5-3 loss to Greenwood 1. Their February 22 evening win over 12 Wing Shearwater set them in first place for semis the next morning, where they beat Halifax 7-4 to make the afternoon final.
Halifax had an opening day 7-6 win over Greenwood 1, a second day 9-5 win over Shearwater, a 10-3 win over Greenwood 1, and that 6-5 loss to Gagetown. They ended up fourth overall with that semifinal loss to Gagetown.
Shearwater went 11-0 over Greenwood 2, but lost 8-6 to Greenwood 1, 9-5 to Halifax and Gagetown. They went into the semi-finals ranked third, but were defeated by Greenwood 1 7-6.
Greenwood 1 beat Gagetown 5-3 and Shearwater 8-6, and lost to Halifax 7-6, in the round robin. Greenwood 2 lost 11-0 to Shearwater, 11-1 to Gagetown, and 10-3 to Halifax through the round robin. The “battle of the Greenwood teams” on the evening of February 22 saw Greenwood 1 come out on top 10-1 to take the second-place round robin finish into the Friday semi: there. They beat Shearwater 7-6.
14 Operations Support Squadron Lieutenant-Colonel Lara Jennings opened the tournament February 21, particularly welcoming all the non-Greenwood teams to the wing.
“Two Greenwood teams – we’re stacking our odds! But no bias here…,” she joked. “Best of luck to all the teams.”
Wing Chief Warrant Officer Jonathan Proulx was interested in the mid-games skills competition, with results banked for use in case of a tie-breaker, and wished everyone a great week.
“If you don’t know each other, hopefully you get the opportunity to make a new friend or acquaintance.”
