Abbotsford鈥檚 Team Wark will represent B.C. at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts later this month after winning today鈥檚 women鈥檚 provincial championship.
Team Wark defeated Team Brown from Kamloops/Royal City 7-4 in nine ends Feb. 3 in Quesnel to claim the 2019 Scotties B.C. Women鈥檚 Curling Championship title.
Team Wark took an early lead, scoring two unanswered points in the first end, but Team Brown answered back with one point in the second. Team Wark took a 6-1 lead after scoring two points in the fourth and sixth ends, and Team Brown answered with one point in the seventh. Team Wark went up 7-2 in the eighth, and Team Brown closed the gap with two points in the ninth.
This is Team Wark鈥檚 first provincial championship title.
鈥淚鈥檓 over the moon right now,鈥� said skip Sarah Wark. 鈥淚鈥檝e dreamed of this since I was a very little girl.鈥�
Wark, third Kristen Pilote, second Carley Sandwith, lead Jen Rusnell and fifth Michelle Dunn suffered only one loss all week, finishing atop the standings after the round robin with a 6-1 record.
鈥淚 literally have the best teammates ever,鈥� said Wark. 鈥淲e are really just best friends who get to travel with each other. A couple times, our front end had to bring Kristen and I back to reality 鈥� and play the safe shot, so they bring a ton to the team. Everybody on the team is super smart and patient and calm, and we just work really well together.鈥�
Wark is happy with her team鈥檚 play at the provincials and leading up to the big event.
鈥淚t was nice we got a few extra spiels in this year, and we were able to be consistent all year,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t gave us a really good feeling coming into the event. And we were really consistent during the whole event as well.鈥�
Team Brown skip Corryn Brown, third Erin Pincott, second Dezaray Hawes and lead Ashley Klymchuk finished second in the round robin with five wins and two losses.
Team Wark has high praise for her opponents.
鈥淭hey played consistent all year, as well,鈥� she said of Team Brown. 鈥淭his is definitely not the first time we鈥檝e had to play them. They are really good and they are so young, and they鈥檙e only going to get better so definitely a team to watch.鈥�
Team Wark will now set their sights on the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, which will take place Feb. 16-24 in Sydney, N.S.
鈥淚鈥檓 so excited [for Nova Scotia],鈥� said Wark. 鈥淚鈥檓 sure my dad is booking his flight right now. He鈥檚 going to be really excited, and I鈥檓 super excited to go back to Abbotsford Curling Club tomorrow night to play in my mixed doubles league. I know they鈥檙e going to be really excited too.鈥�
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