CHARLOTTETOWN — Kerri Einarson and her Gimli, Man., club claimed the HearingLife Tour Challenge women’s title at the Bell Aliant Centre.
Einarson scored a single in the eighth end to edge Ottawa’s Team Rachel Homan 5-4 in Sunday’s final to earn a sixth Grand Slam of Curling title.
It’s a full-circle moment for Einarson, who won the event’s inaugural Tier 2 title nine years ago.
“It’s an amazing feeling,” Einarson said. “I know when I was coming up into the Slams and having to win that Tier 2 just to get into them. Now here we are winning Tier 1. Our hard work has really paid off.”
Einarson and third Val Sweeting were supported this week by second Dawn McEwen and lead Krysten Karwacki. McEwen filled in for Shannon Birchard, who is recovering from a knee injury. Karwacki, the team’s alternate, is in the lineup for Briane Harris, who is awaiting a decision on her appeal for testing positive for a banned…
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