GLENN HOWARD FOURTH IN A ROW WORLD CURLING TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP THIS
SEASON
by Jim Easson
Annandale had two junior teams in the Ontario Junior Curling Tour again last weekend. The OJCT event was held in
Kitchener-Waterloo October 31st - November 2nd, 2008, and was The Home Hardware Junior Curling Classic. Jennifer McGhee
the coach with the Team of Lesley Pyne, Stacey Hogan, Suzanne Miller and Katie Hickey qualified after winning all their games in
the round robin but in the main event finals were eliminated at the semi final. The junior men's team of Michael Bryson, James
McPherson, Sandy Martin and Josh Hall with coach Susannah Moylan was eliminated at the semi final in the 2nd Event.
Next for the Junior teams is the Annandale Youth Bonspiel slated for Nov. 8, 2008, followed by the Junior OCA Zone play-down
to be held at the Whitby Curling club Nov. 22 to 25. The Little Rock Bonspiel also goes November 22 at the club. Five teams from
Annandale are signed up along with 7 others from Bayview, Galt, Leaside, and East York to date. The organizers are trusting that 4
more teams will fill the 16 team draw by the time of the 'spiel.
Ontario men's curling champion Glenn Howard with Pickering resident Richard Hart at vice, and Brent Laing and Craig Savill on the
front end, took the team to Brooks Alberta for the 2008 Cactus Pheasant Classic. The event ran October 30 to November 2, 2008
with 24 top teams in contention. In the triple knock-out play-down, the team gave up one of three lives, and then they persevered
through draw B, qualified, and then won the event Sunday afternoon. They had to steal 2 in the last end over the defending
Champion Kevin Martin team. The total purse for the running was $70,000 with $22,000 going to the Howard team.
Next on the calendar for Team Howard is a trip nearby to Waterloo November 12 to 16. Howard will shoot for an unprecedented
third consecutive title for this event when his team competes against 17 of the top squads from Canada, Europe and the United
States at the Masters of Curling, the first of the men's Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series. The teams play in a triple
knockout draw looking for a share of the $100,000 purse.
November 2, 2008
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