Team Bottcher, Team Homan win Champions Cup in Regina

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The winners of the Grand Slam of Curling’s Champions Cup in Regina have been topped. 

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On the boys’s facet, Brendan Bottcher and his group out of Alberta defeated Brad Gushue and his Newfoundland rink 5-3 on Sunday on the Co-operators Centre in Regina within the last Grand Slam occasion of the yr.

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It was an in depth sport all through, as Bottcher led Gushue 2-1 by means of 4 ends. Then Gushue scored the primary deuce of the sport within the fifth finish to take a 3-2 lead, earlier than Bottcher responded with a deuce of his personal within the subsequent finish. Within the eighth and last finish, Bottcher stole one for the win after Gushue narrowly missed a shot for 2.

“It was a good way to cap off a great season for us,” Bottcher instructed reporters after the win. “I believe we’re all wanting ahead to somewhat little bit of a break however simply superior to return out and play properly all week.” 

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It was the second main win of the season for the Bottcher foursome, after additionally profitable the Canadian Open in January. Together with skip Bottcher, the rink options third Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert, who was enjoying this occasion in his hometown. 

“We had an superior week,” stated Hebert of the group’s undefeated report. “It was only a deal with to be residence and play in entrance of household and pals. 

“Couldn’t script a greater solution to finish the season.” 

On the ladies’s facet, it was one other all-Canadian matchup with Kerri Einarson and her Manitoba rink going through Rachel Homan and her Ontario squad within the last on Sunday afternoon.

Einarson jumped out to a 4-0 lead by means of three ends, however then Homan clawed again with three straight factors within the subsequent three ends. Einarson scored a single within the seventh, earlier than Homan scored a deuce within the eighth, forcing an additional finish. And within the further finish, Homan stole a single level for the win.

“That was a complete group effort within the final half,” Homan instructed Sportsnet’s Kevin Martin after the comeback win. “It got here right down to the final shot and we needed to examine to see who gained.

“It was thrilling.”

It was Homan’s thirteenth Grand Slam win in her profession, most all-time amongst girls’s groups.

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