2023 Canadian Wheelchair Curling Championship

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Draw 1[edit]

Monday, March 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nova Scotia (Rutt) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 5 2 0 3 0 1 2 5 18

Draw 2[edit]

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

Draw 3[edit]

Tuesday, March 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Quebec (Lessard) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Ontario 1 (Thurston) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 5
Sheet 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
 Saskatchewan 1 (Dash) 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 7

Draw 4[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 X 8
Sheet 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Alberta 2 (Kuchelyma) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 0 3 0 2 5 X X 12

Draw 5[edit]

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) (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Alberta 1 (Smart) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 6
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 X 4

Seeding pool[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Draw 6[edit]

Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Nova Scotia (Rutt) (has hammer) 2 2 4 2 0 1 X X 11
 New Brunswick (Fitzgerald) 0 0 0 0 2 0 X X 2

Draw 7[edit]

Thursday, March 23, 2:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Ontario 2 (Grose) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 3
 Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 X 7

Draw 8[edit]

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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 2 3 1 1 2 0 X X 9
Sheet 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Saskatchewan 2 (Pederson) (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 2 0 X X 4
 Ontario 2 (Grose) 2 3 5 0 0 2 X X 12

Championship pool[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Draw 6[edit]

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

Draw 7[edit]

Thursday, March 23, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Alberta 1 (Smart) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 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) (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 9

Draw 8[edit]

Thursday, March 23, 7:00 pm

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

Playoffs[edit]

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

Semifinal[edit]

Friday, March 24, 9:00 am

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

Final[edit]

Friday, March 24, 1:30 pm

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

Final standings[edit]

Place Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Saskatchewan 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Northern Ontario
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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[edit]

  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.

External links[edit]

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